March 31st, 2008 at 11:27 am | posted by Sammi Fredenburg, ONE member, Seattle, Washington
Snohomish RESULTS and The Snohomish County Health District (a community north of Seattle) held very inspiring event to honor World Tuberculosis Day (TB) at at the Wired & Unplugged Internet Coffeehouse and the region’s ONE members came out to support.
TB is the leading cause of death worldwide among women. More than nine million people are infected and nearly two million lives are lost to TB globally . Over one-third of the population of the earth has been exposed to the bacterium and is according to the World Health Organization, a new case develops every second. Not everyone infected develops the full blown disease, but one in ten will, and without prompt and thorough care, will die from this disease.
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November 12th, 2007 at 4:22 pm | posted by Chandler.Smith
The ONE Student | ONE Vote series came to a close Thursday evening at the University of Seattle. The event was amazing — students, politicians and ONE partners all coming together to lead the charge for the next generation of student voters.
The African Children’s Choir was there - and if you saw them on American Idol — I can tell you that they are even more energetic and inspiring in person. The crowd favorite was clearly “Oh Happy Day,” and at one point I almost jumped up in front of all 450 students to join the dancing.
FOX News anchor and ONE member Carl Cameron opened the conversation with a video message to encourage all participants to become educated about the issues of extreme poverty and global disease. Mike Allen of Politico.com moderated the conversations. State Senator Ed Murray and UW professor Patrick Murphy participated as well as ONE Vote ‘08 superstar and Rwandan political refugee Natalie Sugira. Loyce Mbewa-On’gudi, founder and president of the Rabuor Village Project, also joined in the conversation.
ONE Student | ONE Vote has been an incredible effort to get students involved in the electoral process and each panelist has been a fantastic addition to the ONE community. I’m already looking forward to the lasting effects that students will have on the election and all they will accomplish between now and November 2008.
-Chandler Smith
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