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

Last week, ONE members from Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia gathered outside the US Capitol Building to attend the official launch of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus on HIV/AIDS. Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Barbara Lee, D-Calif., Trent Franks, R-Ariz., and James McDermott, D-Wash., hosted the press conference that included an impressive array of speakers involved in the

What do a mom, a grandmother, a student, an activist, a faith leader, a veteran and an African have in common? We all live in the 8th District of Maryland, and last week I shared with them the wonderful experience of participating in my first in-district meeting with ONE. It couldn’t have been better! Having

My ONE regional field director Ranna Lanagan and I took advantage of the Congressional August recess to meet with Rep. Donna Edwards of Maryland’s 4th District on behalf of the 4,300 ONE members in her district who care about fighting global poverty and preventable disease. Rep. Edwards was already familiar with ONE and the fact

ONE is hosting ONE Can ONE Call events all over the country to raise awareness for hunger in both the US and Africa. Find an event near you on our website. Here’s us with our neighbors Last Thursday, our generous friends and neighbors came together for just a few moments to make a big dent

It’s not everyday you can say “I met Bill Clinton!” Spending six hours in the chilly wind was more than worth the wait yesterday in Baltimore — because I ended up passing a ONE band to the 42nd president of the United States! Pictured left to right are Mike Fazzino , Genevieve Gearity , Deidree

Nancy D. with Sen. Mikulski What an incredible day for ONE at President Obama‘s rally at Bowie State University! A dozen people in ONE shirts and many more sporting ONE stickers got close to the stage after waiting in line for hours and battling the heat. After the president spoke, ONE congressional district leader Deidree

Sen. Benjamin Cardin, (D-Md.), is truly a champion for the world’s poorest people. He took the time to meet with several ONE members recently, and we were extremely honored and excited to be able to personally thank him for his leadership in the fight against global poverty and disease. We started the meeting by thanking

ONE members across the country have been busy engaging their respective congressman and senators during the August recess. Maryland ONE member Nancy Kobel put forth a strong effort to meet with her congressman, Rep. John Sarbanes, (D-Md.), to let him know that she and her fellow constituents care about fighting extreme poverty and preventable disease.

Some determined souls braved the humid sweltering heat this weekend, and joined our ONE meetup at Rockville Library in Maryland. There we screened the (RED) documentary ‘The Lazarus Effect’, a moving short film about how inexpensive AIDS medicine brings skeletal looking people back from near death. While profiling the lives of several individuals who are

Yesterday, Senator Ben Cardin helped to open The African Trade Office that would help to facilitate trade, business, and investment between the state of Maryland and countries in Africa. Most ONE members know Senator Cardin from his hard work to maximize the International Affairs Budget, and most recently with the Cardin Lugar Amendment that would

Got this post in from ONE’s Congressional District Leader for Maryland, Deidree Bennet. Two young advocates took to the streets of Rockville and signed up over 200 new ONE members this weekend! How did they do it? The Hometown Holidays event in Rockville, MD, is a massive festival which drew thousands of visitors, the majority

Recently, I joined Maryland ONE Members for an afternoon of awareness, education, and advocacy for ONE in Baltimore. Our discussion about ONE and our 2010 priorities eventually lead us to Action! Since Congress has not met its informal deadline of May 15th for passing the budget, I explained that as advocates, we need to fix

On Friday I joined MD ONE Members’ Deidree Bennett, Molly Corbett, and Sister Diane Bardol at a meeting with Senator Ben Cardin’s State Director Bailey Fine in Baltimore, MD. Our Members made sure to take the opportunity to express their gratitude towards the Senator for being a champion of the world’s poorest people and his

Yesterday it was my distinct pleasure to meet one of my Senators from Maryland, Ben Cardin. He was at the University of Maryland’s Student Union for a town hall meeting, which was presented by UMD for Clean Energy. The Senator was gracious enough to speak and answer questions about the current climate bill. Senator Cardin