It was an exciting Saturday night in Des Moines, Iowa this past weekend. Megan Berberich and I, members of ONE at Drake University, met with six presidential candidates at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition Fall Banquet/Presidential Forum. We had a chance to talk with Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum and Michele Bachmann. With each conversation, we gave the candidate a ONE bracelet and asked them to support programs that promote agricultural sustainability.
Libby is back at it, delivering On the Record petitions to the Ron Paul and Rudy Giuliani campaigns in Iowa. Great work, Libby! Check back here often to find out the latest on the campaign and how you can get the presidential candidates to go on the record and commit to fighting extreme poverty and global disease.
Right now, some of the world's biggest oil companies are fighting to keep some of their deals with foreign governments secret. Let's tell big oil we won't be bullied.
Cuts to poverty-fighting programs won't balance the budget, but they will set back progress on Canada's development priorities and risk jeopardizing existing investments.
2011 marks 30 years since the first cases of AIDS were documented. Take a closer look at the specific, achievable goals we must hit by 2015 to make this year the beginning of the end of AIDS.
