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Brownsville, TX-<\/strong>Today city leaders joined local members of the global anti-poverty\u00a0 organization ONE to officially declare Brownsville a “ONE City” against global poverty and disease.<\/p>\n

By becoming a ONE City, Brownsville joins more than 130 cities across the\u00a0 United States working to get people involved in efforts that are fighting\u00a0 global poverty, saving lives from disease, putting children in school and\u00a0 increasing opportunity in poor countries around the world, particularly in Africa.\u00a0 ONE is a grassroots advocacy group with more than two million members worldwide, including many in South Texas, dedicated to fighting extreme\u00a0 poverty and preventable diseases like AIDS and malaria.<\/p>\n

“Today, Brownsville stands together as ONE with those struggling against extreme\u00a0 poverty and diseases like AIDS and malaria around the world,” said Brownsville ONE member Paulina Sosa. “Problems like global poverty and disease,\u00a0 which once seemed so distant, are no longer far off challenges that we can\u00a0 ignore in today’s globalized, interconnected world. I’m\u00a0 excited Brownsville is joining ONE to raise awareness of smart American efforts\u00a0 that are saving lives and building opportunity for the world’s poorest people-and helping make our world a better, more stable place for all of us.”<\/p>\n

Brownsville was unanimously declared a ONE City at a City Commission Meeting in\u00a0 2009, and several city leaders gathered at Brownsville City Hall for today’s\u00a0 public announcement. In attendance were: Edward Camarillo, Brownsville City Commissioner; Paulina Sosa, ONE Member and ONE Brownsville Coordinator;\u00a0 Pastor Brad Burkes, Brownsville City Commission Chaplain; Luis Cavazos, Past\u00a0 Sunrise Rotary President; Dr. Enrique Escobedo, Brownsville Independent School\u00a0 District Trustee; Connie Hensley, Brownsville Chamber of Commerce Trustee; Gloria Miranda, The University of Texas at\u00a0 Brownsville and Texas Southmost College; and Roscoe Mapps, ONE Regional Field\u00a0 Director. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

ONE achieves change through advocacy and public mobilization, pressuring\u00a0 global leaders to adopt smart policies and invest in tested, proven solutions\u00a0 that save lives and combat extreme poverty. ONE works closely with policy\u00a0 experts, African leaders, global health organizations and its millions of\u00a0 grassroots members to move these effective policies forward.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0 just the last several years, America’s global poverty-fighting and disease-fighting efforts have delivered historic\u00a0 results. U.S. support for programs like PEPFAR and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria have contributed to putting nearly 4 million\u00a0 people living with HIV\/AIDS globally on lifesaving medicines, up from just\u00a0 50,000 people in 2002. Millions more are surviving malaria thanks to the\u00a0 delivery of bed nets and medicines by U.S. and other donors. Some 42 million more\u00a0 children living in sub-Saharan African countries have gone to school for the first time, largely thanks\u00a0 to debt relief.<\/p>\n

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