About 30 ONE volunteers approached 70,000 people attending the U2 concert in East Lansing, Michigan, adding 3,257 new members to the existing 2.5 million members of ONE. Each signature also supported the GAVI vaccine petition, which will help save four million premature childhood deaths by 2015. ONE members from as far as South Carolina and Ohio engaged concert attendees alongside Amnesty International and the Aung San Suu Kyi Charity in the summertime heat for nearly five hours on the Michigan State University campus.
Summer is nearly here –- the weather is getting warmer, exams are almost over, and our ONE Campus students certainly deserve a change of pace after a long yet rewarding year of advocating for the world’s poorest people. Students from around the country have a lot planned for their summers -– they’re going to volunteer, travel and get internships all around the world during their well-deserved break.
That’s why this year, we’re encouraging our students to grab a camera and start taking some captivating photos. Send us a photo of you in ONE gear, of your travels in the developing world or of a personal story centered on extreme poverty in Africa — and submit as many high-quality, high-resolution photos you would like for a chance to win our Summer Photo Challenge!
The first, second and third place winners of the challenge will receive special media outreach from ONE’s stellar communications team, will be featured on the main ONE blog and get some exclusive ONE gear. Check out our full challenge rules here –- and break out those cameras!
This year, our campus students brought in 7,000 new ONE Campus Challenge members, generated 8,000 petition-signers and wrote more than 4,000 letters to Congress. Across the nation, students took action and made a tremendous impact on the lives of the world’s poorest people. In addition to the OCC Grand Prize winners, this year we’ve decided to select three individual prize winners for their outstanding work.
Sarah, Conor and Domonique, winners of our ONE Campus Individual Awards
Last night, the student chapter of ONE at the University of Delaware hosted a forum on global poverty and preventable disease on campus, featuring Delaware Senator Chris Coons.
Though hundreds of campuses participated in Season 4 of the ONE Campus Challenge and proved their mettle month after month, there was one campus that stood out above the rest. The University of Michigan – Ann Arbor took the title as the top poverty-fighting university in the country! Check out their winning video:
You guys did it! Season 4 of the ONE Campus Challenge has come to an end — and our final 9 competing campuses did not disappoint. In the last few weeks, campuses around the country met with their senators and representatives, put together a rap concert, ran a 5k race, hosted letter writing parties around ONE’s key issues and even launched a big food fight.
Over the next few days, our judges will be busy watching the final campaign videos and tallying up the scores. So be on the lookout for an email next Monday announcing the grand prize winner. But In the meantime, check out a few of our favorite videos below, and head over to the ONE Campus Tumblr to see all nine videos!
University of Delaware: Advocacy at its Best
University of Delaware delivered letters to their senator with facts on HIV/AIDS, proclaiming that “action starts with a letter.”
While waking up at the crack of dawn on a weekend isn’t exactly anyone’s favorite pastime, our dedicated intern team showed up in full-force Sunday morning, excited and ready to cheer on the 15,900 participants (including ONE staffers and interns) in the DC Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run.
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.
Sen. Coons meets UDel ONE members
