Indiana
Oct 27th, 2010 5:53 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.
Last night, more than 1,000 Hoosiers attended this year’s State Dinner in Indianapolis, Indiana. As people were checking in, I ran into U.S. Senate candidate Dan Coats and his campaign manager. Dan Coats and his staff are well aware of ONE and our efforts to continue our nation’s heroic efforts to save lives in the poorest parts of Africa, and he has seen ONE members all along the campaign trail. This time was no different — he even remembered me by name!
Gov. Mitch Daniels opened up the night with a speech. I must admit I had a good time, but was definitely there to catch up with him and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to let them know more about ONE. So, I tried my best to make my way to Gov. Christie and talk with him more about U.S. life-saving efforts, and how he recently saw ONE members in Iowa earlier this month, but he slipped out of the event before I could talk with him.
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Oct 21st, 2010 6:52 PM UTC
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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.
Today, Senator Richard Lugar and the Sagamore Institute unveiled the Indiana-Africa Connections Project at the historic Levey Mansion in Indianapolis. The project is a database that contains almost 300 Hoosier organizations, mostly charities, who work with organizations in sub-Saharan Africa to provide assistance by way of food, immunizations, transportation, education, etc. The Sagamore Institute worked with local graduate students on the project, which will soon include our local ONE initiative.
ONE members were in attendance today, and I made a point to personally thank Senator Lugar for his work on PEPFAR, which has provided life-saving antiretroviral treatment for more than 2.4 million people. I also thanked him for his recent work on the Cardin-Lugar Transparency Amendment which helps fight corruption in resource-rich, but highly impoverished countries in Africa.
Senator Lugar has been a champion for ONE’s issues throughout the years, and we’re proud of his efforts with ONE to fight extreme poverty and help save millions of lives in the poorest places on earth. His speech is available online and highlights the Global Food Security Act, GAVI, AGOA and the MCC.
Be sure to connect with other ONE Vote 2010 Indiana members on Facebook and Twitter.
-Maddison Klontz, ONE Vote 2010 state organizer, Indiana
Oct 21st, 2010 5:52 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.
Wednesday evening, U.S. Senate candidate Dan Coats attended a gathering in Terre Haute, Indiana. I made it out with some ONE members too, including some local Indiana State University students, to show support for fighting global poverty and preventable diseases in Africa.
Coats had spent the majority of the day in Terre Haute, taking time to speak to local Indiana State University Students on campus. But this event was at the local Shriners Temple with more than 400 attendees, including many local candidates and staff. But when we got there, we noticed a surprise guest – South Dakota Senator John Thune!
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Oct 18th, 2010 7:02 PM UTC
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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.
This past Friday, Indiana Congressman Mike Pence held a lunch meeting with pizza for local college republicans at the state party headquarters in Indianapolis. I took this opportunity to listen to the Congressman speak about issues facing our country, and to talk with him about ONE and US efforts to fight extreme poverty and disease in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Upon meeting Rep. Pence, I gave him a ONE band – a small symbol of the 24,000 Hoosier ONE members who want our elected leaders to do all they can to save lives in the poorest nations on earth. I told him how proud I was of the leadership of both Republicans and Democrats in fighting extreme global poverty. Rep. Pence thanked me for my efforts with ONE, and I urged him as a man of faith to continue to work on behalf of least among us in this world.
No matter what politician or political party, ONE will be out to celebrate and encourage contuined international life-saving policy!
Be sure to connect with other ONE Vote 2010 Indiana members on Facebook and Twitter.
-Maddison Klontz, ONE Vote 2010 state organizer, Indiana
Oct 14th, 2010 5:00 PM UTC
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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.
Former Governor Huckabee and ONE field organizer Maddison Klontz
Last night, I attended the annual Allen County Bean Dinner in Fort Wayne, Indiana. former Governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee was the special guest and I had the time to catch up with him and chat with him for a few minutes about his own efforts with ONE on behalf of the world’s poorest people.
After introducing myself, I gave Gov. Huckabee a ONE band and thanked him for always making time for ONE when he was on the trail, and for always remembering the world’s poorest people. As man of faith, Gov. Huckabee has certainly done much to remember the least among us and we can’t thank him enough!
Although U.S. Senate candidate Dan Coats was unable to attend the event, his wife Marsha was in attendance. She was sure to mention her gold blazer to me, which I thought was for fall, but learned that it represents Purdue University and their game this weekend. ONE members will be at Purdue tailgating event this weekend and we hope to run into Dan Coats. We can only hope to get Marsha a black ONE t-shirt to go with the rest of her Purdue wardrobe!
Be sure to connect with other ONE Vote 2010 Indiana members on Facebook and Twitter.
-Maddison Klontz, ONE Vote 2010 state organizer, Indiana
Oct 14th, 2010 4:00 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.
Congressman Ellsworth with ONE Field Organizer Maddison Klontz.
Congressman Ellsworth has been traveling the state of Indiana, hosting rallies at early voting centers for Hoosier voters. As always, ONE has been on the trail speaking to the U.S. Senate candidate about extreme poverty and preventable disease in Africa.
I caught up with him in Indianapolis on Saturday and had a chance to talk with him about ONE and our efforts here to make sure that no matter who wins next month, our next senator continues U.S. efforts to save lives in the poorest places on earth. We chatted a bit, and snapped a quick photo in my ONE shirt!
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Oct 8th, 2010 5:17 PM UTC
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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.
Sen. candidate Coats speaks at a Chamber of Commerce event. Afterward, he told us, “I like what ONE’s doing!”
Starting Sunday, ONE members kicked off a busy week with their U.S. Senate candidates. Dan Coats was in attendance at the annual Lake County Reagan Breakfast in Indiana. We caught up with him before the event and urged him to continue the fight against extreme poverty in Africa if elected, and he told us, “Thanks for what you’re doing. You have a great operation going there.”
ONE members also ran into Brad Ellsworth in Northern Indiana as he toured east Chicago and South Bend — a reminder that ONE is everywhere on the trail! I’m excited to see him at my soon-to-be alma mater Ball State University next week!
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