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As the most energetic and dynamic constituency in the United States, students are vital to maintaining momentum behind these efforts throughout Africa. My hope is that we all leave tonight with renewed energy, greater knowledge on the issues and new, creative ideas about how we can help shape a better world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Edith Jibunoh Senior Manager of Africa Outreach, ONE Abuja, Nigeria<br \/>\nNoelle LuSane Staff Director, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Office of Congressman Donald Payne Washington, DC<br \/>\nJeff Johnson Host, BET News \/ Commentator, Tom Joyner Morning Show Bowie, Maryland<br \/>\nBriggs Bomba Director of Campaigns, Africa Action Washington DC<br \/>\nTonex Grammy Nominated Gospel Artist Los Angeles, California<br \/>\n<strong>When: <\/strong> Monday July 13, 2009 6:30-8:30PM EST<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where: <\/strong> 100th NAACP Convention Grand Ballroom, New York Hilton Hotel 1335 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019<\/p>\n<div class=\"buffer\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ONE joins the NAACP to rally hundreds of young people in the fight against global poverty in Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"contributor":[],"class_list":["post-52430","one_press","type-one_press","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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