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.

San Diego, California is famous for its perfect weather and crystal blue surf. ONE volunteer Mama Marlaine (Marlaine Paulsen Cover) makes media headines each spring doing something no San Diegan ever did previously – she and fellow moms and daughters hit the waves wearing dresses for their annual Mother’s Day Fancy Dress Swims.

Come with me, and you’ll see, a world of pure imagination! I could only think to sing the words of Willy Wonka as 10 ONE members stepped into the elevator at Senator Diane Feinstein’s office building in Los Angeles a few weeks ago. The world that my fellow ONE members and I were imagining,of course, was one that worked together to eradicate extreme poverty.

Kekoa Cambra, Congressional District Leader, California (49), believes in spreading ONE’s message through advocacy directed at our elected leaders. This week, ONE members from North Los Angeles, along with members from as far away as San Diego, came together for a night of education and advocacy. We were extremely fortunate to have ONE Field Organizer

High school student Camaron Engels reached out to ONE board member Bobby Shriver to discuss extreme poverty during a recent Santa Monica City Council meeting, of which Mr. Shriver is councilmember. In this blog post, Camaron shares his experience. As the time for me to enter the Santa Monica City Council chamber approached, beads of

Last Sunday, ONE members joined RESULTS and other Global Fund friends and partners for the the 26th Annual San Francisco AIDS Walk. During the event, we had the opportunity to meet with AIDS champion and leader Rep. Barbara Lee, who recently participated in National HIV Testing Day.

Earlier in May, ONE Mom Blogger Amy Graff and I joined a group from RESULTS and CARE for a meeting in San Francisco with Dan Bernal, district director for House Minority-Leader Representative Nancy Pelosi (CA-8), to discuss why life-saving programs should be protected in the 2013 State and Foreign Operations bill. Making up less than

Launching ONE’s Thrive campaign last week gave ONE member Alicia Lowe the perfect platform to highlight smart agriculture investments at an event called the Great American Write-In. Organized by Women For: Orange County, this annual event invites the local community to raise awareness and take action together around a number of local, state, national and

A little rain didn’t stop us. We almost had to take a canoe to the Power in the Park’s “Yoga Against Extreme Poverty & AIDS” event, featuring ONE, this past Saturday. It sure would have been easy to stay in bed on Saturday morning as we heard the rain pounding away on our roof but

Agriculture Griot and ONE Congressional District Leader Daniel Young reports on his successful ONE member meetup in San Clemente, Calif. What a beautiful night to have our first meet-up in San Clemente. Over pizza and drinks, 15 people discussed how we can make a difference locally as ONE volunteers in California’s 44th Congressional District. Whoever

Last night, close friends and partners gathered to show some love to activist Janessa Goldbeck during the Cycle for Security San Francisco Launch Party. Headlining the event was Lt. Col Paul Clarke (USAF-Ret.), a Truman National Security Project Fellow, who spoke in detail about how proposed cuts to international development assistance would negatively impact a

Last weekend, Orange County ONE member Gina Kim opened her home to her community to join her in writing letters to Senator Dianne Feinstein, asking her to oppose any cuts to the FY12 State and Foreign Operations bill. This bill funds ONE’s priorities, including agricultural development, childhood vaccines and HIV/AIDS treatment. Last week, we learned

ONE volunteers recently hit the streets of San Diego for the annual AIDS Walk. Programs here at home help those living with HIV, and the San Diego AIDS Walk raised $377,249.91 as donors walked around beautiful Balboa Park, proving they do care about helping prevent this disease.