Details: 10,000 points to the school with the best event around World AIDS Day, December 1st.
Deadline: Midnight PST on Sunday, December 7th, 2008
Although World AIDS Day is Monday, December 1st, you get two full weeks to plan and hold your event on any day before December 7th. You can hold a rally, show a film, visit a local high school, pretty much anything goes. Check out our World AIDS Day webpage for some suggestions and resources.
We’ll be judging based on the coolness of your event, and also how many signers you get signed onto ONE’s latest petition. We’re calling on President-elect Barack Obama to make a clear statement in his inaugural address that he remains committed to helping the world’s poorest people, including providing life-saving AIDS vaccines and preventing new infections.
Details: 10,000 points to the school with the most advocacy calls to members of Congress about the FY10 International Affairs Budget.
Deadline: Midnight PST on Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Obama has made a lot of great promises about all he’s going to do to fight global poverty and preventable diseases, such as malaria and HIV/AIDS. But in order to meet those commitments he has to get on the right track right now, with his first budget. If his FY10 budget priorities fall short, it’ll even harder to meet our poverty-fighting goals in 2011 and beyond.
You probably won’t get to talk directly to your Members of Congress, but their staff are sure to take down your message and deliver it. Please be courteous to anyone you talk to. Remember you’re representing ONE!
Now, you may have noticed some pretty wild jumps on our leaderboard lately. A couple of schools have tried to exploit our automatic system to accumulate massive points. But all it gets them is a temporary jump in the standings and a spot on our naughty list, because we have lots of ways of catching cheaters. We will be confirming your calls to Congress so please keep your school on our nice list by playing by the rules.
You can make three calls, one to your Representative and one to each of your Senators. After that, you can encourage your family, friends and classmates to make calls too, or even host a phone-bank. But everybody has to do their own reporting.
Last week we asked you to tell us why you were involved with ONE and the ONE Campus Challenge. Many new Facebook friends and equally many compelling stories later, I stumbled upon a link to a youtube video submitted by Tyler Sangermano, Campus Leader for the University of Missouri-Columbia, sent to us from what appears to be the year 2062. (Rough estimate.) Tyler reflects on her past as a Campus Leader with OCC as well as her experiences in the first Power 100 Summit.
Details: 10,000 points to the school with the best ONE story shared on Facebook.
Deadline: Midnight PST on Sunday, November 16th, 2008
There are two parts of this challenge: tell your ONE story, and use Facebook to share it.
First off, you’ve got to tell your story. You can use words, video, photos, any way you want to express yourself. Doesn’t have to be anything fancy or long. Just a couple lines would be enough to tell us why you care.
Did someone inspire you, maybe a parent, or a teacher? Is there a particular issue or program that matters most to you? Something in your education, religion, travels or background that drew you to ONE?
Once you’ve got your story, the next step is to share it on Facebook. Make sure you’re friends with Maisie Pigeon so she’ll be able to see it! You can use the “notes” function, or post a photo or video with a brief explanation. You can set up an event that tells your story and invite your Facebook friends to “attend” or maybe even share their stories, too. If you have an OCC Facebook group or page for your campus, go ahead and use that too. You can also share your story with other members on the ONE Facebook page.
Remember that just posting your story isn’t quite enough — we want you to actively share it, too. Just hit the “share” button and send it to your Facebook friends, or “tag” a bunch of people in your note to get their attention (and their friends’ attention too). We don’t want you to pester people, but do try to use the tools Facebook offers to share your story. If you’re not familiar with how to use Facebook, you can contact us and we’ll try to help you out.
Oh, and be sure to include the link to your campus page or general OCC sign-up page so you can get some new recruits out of this, too!
Look out for ONE stories from Maisie and me, as well as a few of our ONE interns, here on the OCC blog throughout the week. I hope you enjoy sharing your stories as much as I enjoyed sharing mine!
Well, the Wolverines certainly have the “Wow” factor down. ONE at U of M did not skimp on the “ONE in Your Face” Challenge. They plastered one of the biggest dorms on campus in ONE fliers, they chalked up their heavily-trafficked commons area with information about ONE and Ann Arbor’s chapter, they hung a super eye-catching banner on U of M’s posting wall, they gave me a shout-out in sidewalk chalk (it didn’t go unnoticed – thanks for the love!) AND captured it all on video. Really? Their presence on campus this week could not physically go unnoticed.
Well-done, Blue! Keep an eye on the mail for the Weekly Challenges Winner Prize Pack and another 10,000 points coming your way.
Details: 10,000 points to the school with the best ONE display on their campus.
Deadline: Midnight PST on Sunday, November 9th, 2008
We want ONE to be “in Your Face” on your campus this week. You have until Sunday to create a cool ONE display that other college-goers can’t miss.
You can hang a home-made ONE banner. Or if the forecast is clear, break out the chalk and hit your paved common areas. Just try to make the biggest impact you can, and get the most (positive) attention for ONE and our issues.
Be sure to get permission before using any non-public areas of campus. And of course, snap lots of pictures to submit along with your description of what you did using our submit tool.
Also, remember you can rack up the points by getting creative in combining actions. You could get 1000 points by hanging your banner on your school’s Greek row. Or 500 extra points for doing a human ONE logo. And think about doing some tabling near your display — that’s worth 600 points plus 100 for every new OCC member you sign up.
Check our actions list for more ideas and opportunities.
Details: 10,000 points to the school with the best ONE Halloween photo, to be determined by popular vote.
Deadline: Midnight PST on Sunday, November 2, 2008
Okay, here’s how this works: You take a photo involving ONE and Halloween. It doesn’t need to be too elaborate, but do try to get a quality, interesting picture. ONE’d pumpkins, ONE’d costumes, ONE Halloween parties…whatever floats your boat. Just make sure you submit your photo (just one per OCC member, but as many per school as you like) by midnight on Sunday, November 2nd.
Here’s where things get a little tricky in terms of getting your treats: we want YOU to vote on your favorite photos for the winner. But we don’t want you to get distracted from voting in another little contest that happens to be next Tuesday, so we’ll wait until Wednesday to post the top contenders and send you the link in our weekly email.
So look for the next challenge email, including the link to Halloween Photo Contest voting, on Wednesday next week — not Tuesday!
You’ll have all day Thursday to vote, and we’ll post the winner here on the blog on Friday. So keep checking back for that.
What about the regular weekly photo contest, you ask? It’s still running, in a way. We’ll give a 1,000-point photo contest winner prize to anyone who makes our top contenders list. So if your school has one of the vote-able photos, you automatically get points for being a photo contest winner!
But the 10,000-point (plus goodie bag) treat only goes to the school with the winning photo — the one netting the most votes.
The Weekly Challenge last week was to “ONE Your Candidate” where we awarded points to the schools that were able to ONE the most and/or most high-profile candidates and elected officials.
Well, WKU was not messing around. They engaged a host of candidates, as well as getting high-profile candidates and elected officials. They had a discussion with Charlene Rabold, who is running for the Kentucky House of Representatives (good for 500 points), they were pictured with Bruce Lunsford, Senatorial candidate (2,000 points), they banded former President Bill Clinton (for 2,500 points), as well as continuing their relationship with Bowling Green mayor, Elaine Walker, working side-by-side at Habitat for Humanity event (for 250 points – and also good for Partner points!) for a grand total of 5,750 points in addition to the 10,000 they’re taking home for winning the Weekly Challenge.
Two Weekly Challenges in a row? As always, way to set the bar high, Hilltoppers.
Details: 10,000 points to the school that gets the most and/or highest-profile candidates to show their support for ONE.
Deadline: Sunday, October 26th, 2008
This week, we’re asking you to respectfully document elected officials and/or candidates supporting ONE. We’ll be judging based on how many candidates/officials you ONE, how high-profile they are, and also the quality of your contact with them. You’ll need to submit a picture using our report tool in order to get points for challenge participation and be considered for the win.
Here are some great tips for how to properly ONE your candidates, and some sample questions to ask at events.
5 Ways to Get a Candidate’s Attention:
1. Ask good questions. At a public appearance, ask candidates what kind of leadership they will provide on global poverty. You can ask questions directly or submit them through a media or organizational host, depending on the format of the forum or event.
2. Have a strong showing. Organize a group of ONE Members in ONE t-shirts for a big rally or local forum. Try to stand near the front and in the view of television cameras and/or reporters.
3. Use the handshake line. At candidate events, there is almost always a handshake line. It’s a great chance to get in a good question and to ask the candidate to put on a ONE wristband.
4. Get a photo. Candidates like posed photographs and you need one to complete this challenge. Getting a photo of you or your group in ONE t-shirts with the candidates is a good way to ask a question and extend a discussion. Or you can use a photo of just the candidate wearing a ONE band. Just make sure ONE and the candidate are in the picture.
5. Have 1-2 talking points for reporters in case you’re asked questions. Let them know that a factor determining your vote is a candidate’s proposal to fight global poverty and preventable disease.
Sample Questions for Candidates
For candidates for federal office:
1. How will you work to fight diseases such as AIDS and malaria in the developing world, and how do such efforts fit into your approach to foreign policy?
2. The Millennium Development Goals range from providing universal primary education to halving the number of people suffering from hunger. What role should the United States play in the international effort to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015?
For candidates for state and local office:
3. How will you work locally to support the global effort to fight diseases such as HIV/AIDS and to support leaders at the national level in their efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals?
4. What role do local elected leaders play in the global effort to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, which range from providing universal primary education to halving the number of people suffering from hunger?
Remember: The voice of the ONE Campaign is always earnest, collaborative, positive, respectful and hopeful. It produces results and, most importantly, makes the hope contagious. The ONE Campaign is bipartisan and does not endorse any single candidate, so get both sides of the aisle if you can. And get those pictures!
Weekly Challenge #4: Hold a “Stand Up and Take Action” Event Details: 20,000 points to the school with the best “Stand Up and Take Action” event October 17th- 19th. Deadline: Sunday, October 19th, 2008
Soon, millions and millions of people around the world will be getting on their feet at the same time to “Stand Up and Take Action” against global poverty and for the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Last year, the event set a Guinness World Record, with 43.7 million people from 127 countries standing up. The goal is to top that number this year, mobilizing 1% of the world’s population, or 67 million people.
67 million pairs of legs standing would be impressive, but a more sobering number is 1.3 billion. That’s the number of people worldwide currently living on less than $1 a day.
We’re standing up for the impoverished, and the UN-led action plan for cutting poverty in half by 2015. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set eight concrete objectives for enhancing quality of life around the world by preventing diseases, providing education, ending hunger, creating economic opportunities and protecting the environment, and we need to make sure our leaders live up to their MDG promises.
So what should your team do to Stand Up and Take Action against global poverty and for the MDGs?
Last year, Rutgers won this challenge with a 3-day stake-out on their main campus thoroughfare. They held fundraisers, netted petition signatures, featured a local band and got media attention. The College of Charleston did a simulated night of poverty, camping (with permission) on a central campus lawn with cardboard boxes, sheets and little else. The University of Florida did a congressional letter-writing campaign. Many schools held tabling events or drew other ideas from our list of actions. And we’ll be posting some big point-getting event ideas here on the OCC blog later in the week, so stay tuned for those.
How do you organize your school’s “Stand Up and Take Action” event?
1) Meet. Get together with other OCC members at your school to decide what you’re going to do and plan your event. If your school doesn’t have a team or a leader yet, consider signing up as leader at least temporarily and posting a first meeting announcement on your school’s message boards, Facebook, etc. You can get extra points for holding your first meeting!
2) Create your event using our handy online event tool, which lets you control all aspects including emailing those who sign up to attend. You can also download flyers and graphics to use in publicizing your event.
3) Advertise. Be sure to hit your school’s message boards, Facebook and Myspace pages, and regular website, and make in-class announcements and hand out flyers — anything to drive up attendance!
4) Hold your event. This is the fun part!
5) Report. Be sure to use our challenge reporting tool to send us your event description and results, plus any media reports, pictures or videos of the event.
You’ve got two weeks, but you should start organizing ASAP so you’ll have enough time to get the word out about your event. Meanwhile, keep checking in to the OCC blog for more event ideas and news, and watch the video below for a report on last year’s “Stand up and Take Action” events.
The OCC Blog is a daily log of the ONE Campus Challenge, a friendly competition to determine which university's student body has the most effective global poverty-fighting campaign. The site is operated by ONE staff, Campus Outreach Ambassadors (COAs), and Campus Leaders.
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