One Campaign

Dear ONE Member,
The 2008 presidential candidates are starting to talk about extreme poverty.
Yesterday, in Manchester, NH, Senator John Edwards gave a major policy speech on extreme poverty in the race for the White house.
He laid out his plan to tackle global poverty, which included:
Leading a worldwide effort to fully fund the goal of universal primary education by 2015, with the U.S. spending $3 billion a year to educate 23 million children in poor countries
Doubling the U.S. investment in clean water programs
A new cabinet position, to oversee efforts to increase political and economic opportunities for the poor
We look forward to hearing the plans of the other presidential candidates and having a real debate on the issue of extreme poverty on the campaign trail. Between now and the 2008 election, ONE will mobilize to make sure that every candidate makes fighting poverty part of their presidential agenda and a part of the debate.
Sign the petition asking 2008 presidential candidates to make the fight against extreme poverty a top foreign policy priority.
As a result of ONE members' efforts, Senator Biden, Senator Brownback, Senator Edwards, Senator Clinton, Mayor Giuliani, Governor Romney, and Senator Obama all wore the ONE white band and discussed our issues on the campaign trail. With your help, we're going to keep talking to all the candidates and ask them to make serious policy commitments to fight extreme poverty.
To help us do that we're launching a petition that we'll deliver to every candidate, on both sides of the aisle, showing them that in the 2008 presidential election American voters will expect them to make the fight against extreme poverty a top foreign policy priority.
Sign the petition asking 2008 presidential candidates to make the fight against extreme poverty a top foreign policy priority.
As we move forward into the primary season ONE members will be at rallies and speeches, parades and town halls to make sure that every candidate commits to fighting extreme poverty. Together, we'll raise our voice for those who won't be heard on the campaign trail.
Thank you,
Josh Peck, ONE.org
P.S. March 22 is World Water Day, a UN designated day of observance and action. We encourage you to get involved: join an event in one of 26 cities in North America on March 22 or 24, or pledge your support through the Virtual Walk For Water.