Mineral Springs Declared Second City of ONE in North Carolina

January 22nd, 2008 at 12:00 am

On January 10th, Mayor Rick Becker of Mineral Springs, North Carolina signed a proclamation declaring the town a City of ONE, and thus making it the second such North Carolina city in two months to do so. On November 19, 2007, Durham signed a similar proclamation to become the first City of ONE in the state after Duke graduate student Shawn Selleck petitioned the City Council for the proclamation. Selleck led the Mineral Springs effort as well. ‘After petitioning the city of my studies to be the first City of ONE in North Carolina, I only thought it appropriate that the second ONE city should be my hometown,’ Selleck said after receiving news of the signed proclamation. When he was in elementary school, Selleck’s family moved to Mineral Springs, where he resided until leaving for his undergraduate studies at N.C. State. He visited the Mineral Springs Town Council meeting on Dec. 13 to address the council and Mayor Rick Becker, who has lived in the same neighborhood as Selleck’s parents since the family moved to Mineral Springs. Before signing the proclamation, Becker said, “Poverty and disease do not carry the labels of ‘Republican’ or ‘Democrat’, and it is a responsible thing for a local government to acknowledge the benefits of working as a community toward ONE goal. Education, cooperation, innovation and communication are non-partisan keys to improving the lives of our fellow human beings worldwide.”

Duke Dude Does Durham Declaration Part Deux

November 21st, 2007 at 4:06 pm

Here is the promised YouTube video of the Durham City of ONE presentation.

Congratulations to Shawn and all of ONE at Duke for their hard work in making this happen.

Duke Dude Does Durham Declaration

November 21st, 2007 at 3:55 pm

Duke University student Shawn Selleck grabbed some headlines today for his awesome work getting the city of Durham, North Carolina declared the state’s first a City of ONE. In his own words:

Duke University’s ONE Campus Challenge standings received a large boost on Monday, November 19th as our home city, Durham, became North Carolina’s first City of ONE. I received a proclamation signed by Mayor William “Bill” Bell from the Durham City Council tonight, proclaiming November 19th, 2007 “City of ONE” Day. The local NBC crew anxiously approached me to film a post-presentation interview. A link to the summary of the interview was immediately placed on the front page of the NBC17 website.

It was a great evening, as Andy Krzmarzick, a member of the area Triangle ONE group joined me to videotape the presentation, which we hope to have up on YouTube soon. I met Andy through the local RESULTS chapter which we are teaming up with to bring some politicians to Duke University in the near future. Two hours after the presentation, I received a phone call from The Chronicle, Duke University’s newspaper. I conducted an interview with them and hope to provide a link to that as well tomorrow.

There is also a blurb up on MSNBC right now. Check it out.

Picture below is Shawn holding the freshly minted proclamation. Now that’s kickin’ poverty’s butt in style (in a ONE shirt).