Brittany Walters

ONE is celebrating Children’s Book Week with a focus on literature that centers on global issues. By couching “adult” material with friendly illustrations and dialogue, children’s books explore topics previously deemed too scary, too serious or too difficult to understand. Now, children are learning about the world in a way that is safe but informative. We’ve included suggestions that we think are an educational and interesting way to learn about cultures and places that might be very different from the environment where you and your family live. So get to it and see if your local library has a copy of the books below!

We recently had the opportunity to speak with artist Shannon Cunningham and photographer Diane Dammeyer, whose beautiful collaborative work is currently taking the La Jolla art community by storm. We’ve featured the pieces below: innovative paint, ceramic and photograph collaborations that highlight the tangible joy in each subject. The focus of this particular group of pieces is Africa, a point of inspiration for both Shannon,the artist and Diane,the photographer.

ONE’s Data Report holds governments accountable to their past commitments on agriculture and food security and looks ahead to future opportunities for growth. To celebrate the report and to encourage reading it closely, we’ve got a quiz below that will test your knowledge! Need help finding the answers? All of them can be found on the ONE Data Report. Type your answers in the form below the quiz, then click the submit button. Why take the quiz? Awesome prizes will be given for winning participants!

Here at ONE, we love reading but more than that, we love reading for a cause. Because of our affinity for literature with purpose, we really enjoyed Refuse to Do Nothing, an awesome book that tackles the issue of modern-day slavery. It encourages people who might believe they are unable to influence change to become active and empowered for the cause. So, we’re creating an action around just that: empowerment.

This week, we had the chance to speak to Nancy Delgado, ONE member of the month for February. Hailing from Colmar, Maryland, she tells us of the amazing work done by the ONE members in her state and why her passion for Real Madrid is a very close second to her passion for advocacy. Nancy, speaking on

Kelly Ranck, communications liaison for World Concern, has shared a series of her beautiful photos that highlight some of World Concern’s incredible water, agriculture and education projects taking place in rural Kenya. Please be sure to read each caption as you scroll through the photos – it’s amazing to see how World Concern is addressing some

March 8 marks International Women’s Day, a celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women for their economic, political and social achievements. We wanted to join the worldwide celebration by creating a photo set that champions the beauty and strength of women in Africa. The women that compose the African landscape vary in occupation from farmers

Yesterday, 210 ONE members stormed Capitol Hill for Lobby Day, attending nearly 175 meetings with members of Congress to urge them to protect our life-saving programs for the world’s poorest people. Lobby Day is the crown jewel of the the 2013 ONE Power Summit. After three days of learning about ONE’s issues, sharing best practices

In case you haven’t noticed, we’ve been talking a lot about the amazing nutritional benefits of sweet potatoes today. In fact, we got 25 other food bloggers from across the US to talk about ‘em, too – because today is ONE’s official Sweet Potato Day! Photo Credit: bit.ly/vsNXSk We tend to freak out a little bit