Florida
Last week, Miami Beach officially became “ONE City,” a declaration that the city is united against global poverty and preventable disease!
Recognizing years of hard work by Miami ONE members — including congressional district leaders Alix Gordon, Betsy Skipp and Danielle DePas — Mayor Matti Herrera Bower issued an official proclamation, underscoring the importance of local advocacy efforts to fight poverty, save lives from disease, put children in school and increase opportunities in poor countries around the world, particularly in Africa.
By being declared a ONE City, Miami Beach joins more than 130 ONE Cities across the nation in helping raise awareness about simple, effective solutions that can save the lives of millions of people.
In just the last several years, America’s global poverty-fighting and disease-fighting efforts have delivered historic results, and we thank Mayor Herrera Bower for recognizing the important role Miami Beach citizens play in the global economy and community.
Oct 26th, 2010 2:15 PM UTC
By Field
ONE is hitting the campaign trail to find out where candidates stand on extreme poverty. Stay tuned for more updates like these from our field team and organizers on the road.
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This past Friday evening, I attended a rally for Congressman and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek, who appeared with DNC Chairman and former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine.
The event took place at the Miami Dade College campus in Homestead, Florida. After Gov. Kaine rallied the crowd, and recognized Congressman Meek and other Democrats, he recognized me in my ONE shirt as he was leaving. When he saw me he said, “Hey ONE Campaign!” After I introduced myself, he took time to compliment the work we are doing across the country to help urge our elected leaders to continue U.S. efforts to fight extreme poverty and global disease in the poorest parts of Africa.
We are now one week away from Election Day. Florida ONE members have been out on the campaign trail over the last few months, talking with U.S. Senate candidates and voters, about the life-and-death issues of extreme poverty and preventable disease in the developing world.
But we are not done yet, ONE members in Florida will continue bringing the fight against extreme poverty to campaign events across the state over the final days of this election season. Please join our team to get updates and find out how you can get involved over these last few days of ONE Vote 2010.
Be sure to connect with other ONE Vote 2010 [FLORIDA] members on Facebook and Twitter.
-Will Godfrey, ONE Vote 2010 Florida State Organizer
On Saturday, just 10 days before the midterm election, former vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin traveled to Orlando for a GOP rally with U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio. With many elected leaders, press and voters in attendance, we knew this would be a great opportunity for ONE to continue to get the word out about our efforts to rally Americans in the fight against extreme poverty and global disease in the developing world.
When the event kicked off around 3 P.M., our group of ONE members were right up front, waving ONE signs and proudly displaying our ONE shirts.
While we listened to speeches from Gov. Palin, Marco Rubio and many of the other top Republican leaders, I was thinking what the view must look like from stage — so many people were there showing support for ONE and our nonpartisan movement to help celebrate efforts to save lives and make sure that life-and-death issues like hunger, HIV/AIDS and malaria remain a key focus of U.S. foreign policy.
As the event came to a close, I was able to quickly introduce myself and ONE to Gov. Palin. With almost no time to chat, I did not get the chance to remind her of our recent engagement with her in Iowa, but I did thank her for always making time for ONE on the campaign trail in 2008 and beyond. Stay tuned to the ONE blog to see our photo with Sarah Palin, which will be posted later this week!
Live in Florida and want to join the campaign trail, too? Follow me on Twitter or join ONE’s South Central Region Facebook Group.
Gov. Crist and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Election season is heating up, and so are we! The Senate candidates are out in full force, criss-crossing the state to meet with voters, and we are working hard to make sure ONE has a presence at each campaign stop.
Just yesterday morning, I caught up with Governor Crist at Shelby’s Diner in Deerfield Beach, Florida where he received an endorsement from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. As the Governor entered the diner, he noticed my ONE shirt right away, shook my hand, thanked me for coming out and told me that we were doing very important work.
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Oct 11th, 2010 11:44 AM UTC
By Field
Alix Gordon and Marco Rubio
ONE is hitting the campaign trail to find out where candidates stand on extreme poverty. Stay tuned for more updates like these from our field team and organizers on the road.
During a stop on his bus tour of Florida last Saturday in West Miami, former Florida Statehouse Speaker and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio, was greeted by several hundred Floridians — and some ONE members who were there to remind him about the world’s poorest people. Despite the large crowd, we arrived extra early, and were able to stand in the front row as he gave his speech.
After the event concluded, we were able to quickly speak with Marco, and ONE Congressional District Leader, Alix Gordon, was able to hand him a ONE band. He immediately recognized our ONE shirts and we urged him to support America’s leadership in the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease, such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria if elected to the U.S. Senate. He told us we were “doing great work” and urged us to continue what we are doing.
Over the next three weeks leading up to the elections, Florida ONE members will be out in full force as we continue to engage candidates and voters about America’s efforts in the fight against extreme poverty in Africa. Florida ONE members have already had great interaction with all three candidates for the U.S. Senate, and look forward to continuing the hard work all the way to November 2nd and beyond.
Be sure to connect with other ONE Vote 2010 Florida members on Facebook and Twitter.
-Will Godfrey, ONE Vote 2010 state organizer, Ohio
Oct 7th, 2010 1:59 PM UTC
By Field
Will Godfrey and Rep. Deutch
ONE is hitting the campaign trail to find out where candidates stand on extreme poverty. Stay tuned for more updates like these from our field team and organizers on the road.
Earlier this morning, I met up with a group of ONE members to attend Alliance of Delray Residential Associations meeting at the Delray Beach Civic Center. Florida Governor and U.S. Senate candidate, Charlie Crist was one of the featured speakers, along with Democratic Florida Rep. Ted Deutch.
After his speech, Governor Crist had to leave immediately to catch a flight, but we were able to spend a few minutes chatting with Rep. Deutch. As we were introducing ourselves, I reminded the congressman that we had run into him earlier this year at another campaign event in Delray. He remembered ONE and was very interested in hearing about our work in Florida to boost U.S. efforts to help people living in extreme poverty around the world.
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Oct 4th, 2010 4:34 PM UTC
By Field
Charlie Crist with Danielle
ONE is hitting the campaign trail to find out where candidates stand on extreme poverty. Stay tuned for more updates like these from our field team and organizers on the road.
On Saturday, ONE congressional district leader Danielle DePas and I went to and event at Governor Charlie Crist’s Senate campaign office in Fort Lauderdale to remind him about ONE and the world’s poorest people.
Last Sunday, when Gov. Crist saw us in our ONE shirts, he told us, “We must take care of the world’s most vulnerable people.”
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