Poverty

Katie Andrews is a Field Organizer, based in Columbus, OH, for the ONE Campaign. I invited her to tell us a bit about the One Campaign and what they're up to.
--Alex

So, you may have seen the ONE white wristbands or ONE shirts in the community but do you know what ONE really is? Well, I am a Field Organizer for the ONE Campaign (www.one.org) and cover the region of Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia, Kansas and Missouri. I am here to give you the gist of what ONE does and how you can help locally if you choose. Basically, ONE's goal is to build a constituency of Americans in the U.S. that are concerned and take action on global issues to ultimately eradicate extreme poverty (people living on less than $1USD/Day) and global disease. The take action part is really the key--we need to make sure that not only are people knowledgeable about global issues such as clean water & sanitation, education, trade justice and global disease but people need to call, write and meet with their legislators to make sure that a real change can take place in U.S. policy to have a positive impact in the world.