New York
Dec 15th, 2011 10:54 AM UTC
By Field
More than 120 ONE members converged in Washington, D.C., to lobby Congress for foreign aid and attend a White House leadership briefing. ONE New York and the American Academy of Pediatrics sum up their experience, which included some holiday spirit.
We here at ONE New York were proud to have the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) join us in our visit to Washington, D.C., for lobby day and for a special leadership briefing at the White House.
The American Academy of Pediatrics has been a strong advocate for children’s health domestically and globally. Their new alliance with ONE has strengthened the cause to ensure that voices of children in need worldwide are heard loud and clear.
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Nov 3rd, 2011 11:37 AM UTC
By Field
ONE Regional Field Director Christopher Geer, Ron Mitchell, Stephen Groth, Bread for the World, Rep. Nita Lowey, Ruby Thomas and Carmen Paolercio
New York area ONE members gathered recently with Rep. Nita Lowey, meeting with her at her White Plains office. The meeting gave us a great opportunity to encourage Rep. Lowey to support global health and poverty funding in the face of increasingly intense pressure to scale back foreign aid. It was exciting to see Rep. Lowey again in person and hear as she spoke about her appreciation for the work that ONE is doing, and the role of advocacy in ensuring that development assistance continues to be effective.
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ONE members, if you live in the greater New York City area, this event may be of interest to you. Concern Worldwide, an international humanitarian organization that works to end extreme poverty, is hosting a spring run this Saturday, April 9th at 9:30 AM in Central Park. The four-mile run/walk will support Concern’s programs in 25 of the poorest countries around the globe.
Miss New York 2011, Nency Escamilla, will be at the event to help call attention to the plight of the global poor as well as introduce her personal charity, “Uplifting Heroes,” which supports US troops on active duty around the world through community mobilization.
Register for the event on Concern’s website and join hundreds of other poverty-fighters just like you. And don’t forget to join the after party at the East End Bar post-run!
Through my work with Journey for Change: Empowering Youth Through Global Service, a service program for at-risk youth from Brooklyn, New York, I’ve seen firsthand the tragic toll that AIDS has on families and communities both in Africa and here at home.
This summer, our group of teens from three Brooklyn neighborhoods served in the poverty-stricken South African shantytowns of Diepsloot and Soweto, helping orphaned and vulnerable children and granny-led households. While some may feel like the fight against AIDS is too big to overcome, tomorrow I plan on standing on the steps of the Brooklyn Borough Hall to turn it (RED) and help raise awareness of a very real, exciting and attainable goal in the fight against this disease: virtually eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV within five years.
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Nov 9th, 2010 2:27 PM UTC
By Field
Last week on election night, one of our congressional champions, Representative Nita Lowey, won her seat for the 18th District of New York. At her celebration night party, ONE was there to thank her for her leadership on behalf of the world’s poorest people and remind her of our hopes that Congress will provide at least $1.3 billion to support smart agricultural programs.
For years, Rep. Lowey fought hard for the world’s poorest people on a variety of important issues like global HIV/AIDS, extreme poverty and basic primary education. Her supportive voice, matched only by her bold actions as the chairwoman of the State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, have provided much needed funds to alleviate dire poverty and human suffering all over the world.
At her election party on Tuesday night, even though it was jam-packed, I spoke briefly with her and asked her to continue her strong leadership after the elections were over during the possible CR process to fight for the $1.3 billion for global agricultural efforts in Africa.
She was as supportive as ever, but she also reminded us that more political support is needed in the Congress to make sure that we hit our target. Our ONE members are doing their best to let our elected officials know about this issue. In fact, a group of members spoke with Senator Pat Leahy, her Senate counterpart, in Vermont last week about our agriculture efforts.
I cannot thank Congresswoman Lowey enough for all her efforts throughout the years. But now, more than ever, we need her and all of our elected leaders, to continue America’s leading role in the fight against extreme poverty and global disease to build a better, safer world for us all.
Congratulations, Rep. Lowey on your win, and we look forward to working with you on achieving our goals of eliminating global poverty.
You can help farmers around the world earn their way out of poverty for the long term by committing $1.3 billion to smart agriculture programs. Sign your name to our petition today.
-Ruby Thomas, ONE member, New York
Sep 15th, 2010 2:45 PM UTC
By Field
New York City ONE members were in fine form today as they showed up bright and early to be in the audience at NBC’s “Today” show.
Wearing ONE shirts and holding signs highlighting the issues of global poverty, more than two dozen ONE members joined together for a chance to get on camera during the show. These ONE members got up at the crack of dawn to come to New York City as part of ONE’s efforts around the U.N. Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), set to take place next week.
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ONE is hitting the campaign trail to find out where candidates in New Hampshire, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Florida stand on extreme poverty. Stay tuned for more updates like these from our field team and organizers on the road.
Already, New Hampshire ONE members are taking action to ensure that our elected leaders know that with continued leadership, our nation can help save millions of lives in the developing world.
The other day, ONE member Trey Schaft was at work when New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch came to visit. Trey, fresh off his engagement with New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg was able to speak briefly with Gov. Lynch and thanked him for his past support of ONE.
Gov. Lynch has already made New Hampshire a ONE State, and even spoke at our ONE event with the African Children’s Choir at the New Hampshire State House. Gov. Lynch was complimentary and supportive of our bipartisan efforts and took time to take a photo with Trey – who of course, was wearing his ONE band – and with New Hampshire state Sen. Bob Odell as well as Kate Managan who also is a ONE member!
And this past Tuesday, ONE member Jason Bloxham attended an Americans for Prosperity event in Exeter and wore his ONE shirt. He was able to speak with many of the Senate candidates, and took time to snap a quick photo with Jim Bender, who put the photo on his Senate campaign Facebook page!
All over New Hampshire and across America, ONE members are letting our elected leaders know that US efforts in Africa are helping to end deaths from malaria, turn the tide against HIV/AIDS and help fight corruption in the poorest places on earth. Good people from all backgrounds, faiths and political parties are uniting to ensure that America stands tall with those in Africa who struggle to overcome extreme poverty.
Be sure to connect with other ONE Vote 2010 New Hampshire members on Facebook and Twitter.
