Help Fight Poverty

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I just took action with the ONE Campaign to ask President Bush to fund poverty fighting programs in 2008. You can help by writing the president here:
http://action.one.org/dia/organizationsONE/one/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1299

Check out this e-mail from Josh Peck at ONE for more info:


From: Josh Peck, ONE.org
Date: Thursday, January 25, 2007
Subject: National Priorities

Dear ONE Member,

Last night, the president not only highlighted extreme poverty as a national priority, but also invited Dikembe Matombo, NBA star and ONE member, as his special guest.

We've come a long way.

In the past, presidents have sometimes failed to even mention the fight against extreme poverty. In part, because of your work over the last year, President Bush reaffirmed his commitment to the fight against extreme poverty and global AIDS. Now we need to make sure that the White House takes the next step for this bold vision by fully funding poverty-focused development assistance in his 2008 budget request.

Send a letter to President Bush asking him to fully fund the fight against extreme poverty and global disease in his budget request to Congress.
http://action.one.org/dia/organizationsONE/one/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1299&t=OneColumn.dwt

As Congress and the president work together in the coming year, we have an opportunity to make real progress. Both parties agree that development assistance is one of the most cost-effective and powerful tools we have to create a better, safer world. Yet, the United States is ranked next to last amongst wealthy countries in terms of how much we spend on lifting up developing nations. The amount of money it takes to save lives and help developing countries is tiny -- just an additional 1% -- compared to our massive 2.8 trillion dollar federal budget.

This is one of our best opportunities to change that. When the president submits his budget request to Congress in the next two weeks, it will shape the conversation for the coming year. At this moment, a letter from you means so much more, because the president so rarely hears from constituents about global poverty.

Send a letter to President Bush asking him to fully fund poverty-focused development assistance in his 2008 budget request.
http://action.one.org/dia/organizationsONE/one/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1299&t=OneColumn.dwt

We have come a long way in the last two years, imagine what we can achieve in two more.

Thank you for your voice,

Josh Peck, ONE.org


Take action now at http://action.one.org/one/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1299&t=OneColumn.dwt