Spirits remained high, even after waiting in lines for 2 hours, to represent ONE at a “Change We Need” Rally in Philadelphia with guests of honor, Michelle Obama and Jill Biden. When we met up with Jill Biden, we were able to hand-deliver a familiar gift. Dr. Biden laughed as she put on her ONE wristband thanking me because she had left her “ONE bands at home.” I think her laugh had something to do with the fact that it was the THIRD band I had given her in two weeks!

Dr. Biden has spent a lot of time in the Philadelphia area lately and ONE volunteers have been there thanking her for her support every step of the way! Perhaps she discussed her multiple campaign trail run-ins with ONE with Ms. Obama who will hopefully receive just as many ONE bands from PA volunteers before November 4!

-Lauren Conn

Next week ONE debuts our new TV ad nationally, but we’re debuting it to our
members as soon as we possibly can – right now!

Check it out at one.org/voices.

For more than a year, ONE members have been trailing the presidential
candidates asking them to go on the record with their plans to combat global poverty. Now we’re taking our message to the airwaves with this major new TV ad. The spot spot features Matt Damon with different Americans’ voices – among them Michelle Obama, Cindy McCain and Mayor Bloomberg.

Share this online sneak preview with your friends now, and then watch for it on TV nationally starting Sunday, August 24th.

You can learn more about the ad here.

-Virginia Simmons

ONE member Nick Means was able to snap this quick shot of ONE member Jennifer Bryce banding Michelle Obama this week in Chillicothe, OH.

With the Ohio presidential primary on Tuesday, we’ll see being seeing more and more ONE members across the state showing the candidates that Ohio cares about global poverty and disease.

-Katie Andrews