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  • “Stand Up” House Parties 2006

    Oct. 1 2006

    The "Stand Up" movement set the Guinness World Record for "the largest single coordinated movement of people in history" in 2006, and in 2008, 113 million people -- nearly 2% of the world's population -- "Stood Up" during Stand Up and Take Action events, breaking the previous World Record and continuing the important discussion on global poverty worldwide.
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  • Save the International Affairs Budget

    March 1 2006

    The Feinstein-DeWine-Durbin-Santorum letter set a precedent for supporting the Global Fund and Millennium Challenge Corporation. Although all budget issues were set aside until after the 2006 election, the momentum from this letter was critical in securing commitments through the FY2007 Budget Continuing Resolution in early 2007, which resulted in a $1.4 billion increase to poverty-fighting assistance.
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  • Live 8

    May 1 2005

    "Live 8 was, and remains, a brilliant moment, but what is more important is the brilliant movement of which it was a part. This gives the poorest of the poor real political muscle for the first time." - Bono
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