Philly ONE Volunteers Needed 11/14

Greetings!

 

I hope everyone is having a good fall! 

 

ONE Philadelphia is looking for volunteers for the Service Leaders Summit involvment fair taking place on Saturday, November

14th.   The Summit is presented by Campus Philly, PHENND and Drexel University Center for Civic.

 

The Service Leaders Summit provides college students with the chance to interact with various nonprofit professionals and

community organizers.  There will be two sessions; the first focusing on social issues affecting Philadelphia, while the latter

concentrates on nonprofit skill building.   Another portion of the day will be an involvement fair, where students will get the chance

to talk to nonprofits and to learn more about their organizations.

 

ONE Philadelphia will have a table at the involvement fair and is looking for some volunteers to help out.

 

Involvement Fair Facts:

 

When: Saturday, November 14, 2009

Time: 9am to 1:30pm

Location: Drexel University Bossone Research Enterprise Center on Market St. between 31st and 32nd Streets.

 

If you are able to help at the involvement fair tabling please send an email to One.philadelphia@gmail.com

Thank You

one philly needs volunteers now – may 2009

It’s been a few weeks and I want to get right to the heart of matters. We need volunteers in the Philly area for 4 things. We need to keep ONE moving in our area, and that will only work with the help from everyone. Please let us know via Facebook or send an email to one.philadelphia@gmail.com if you can do any of the following. Fighting global poverty is needed now more than ever – since the economy has taken a spiral, many organizations and individuals are donating less and advocating less – we need you. This is critical. Please don’t feel since you have no experience you can’t do any of these – we will and can train you.

Also, thank you to all of you who participated in getting the mural design together. Bernie has sent it off to ONE and we await their decision. Thank you Bernie.

ONE Tabling Opportunities - sign people up to join ONE and make a stand against global poverty. You are provided with brochures, bracelets, t-shirts and the declaration. You staff a table at an event and sign people up on the declaration and give them a bracelet and information about ONE.

1. June 27, 2009 – Dancin’ In the Streets HIV/AIDS awareness festival – 2nd and Girard, Artist Plaza. Fun, food, dancing, DJ’s, artists. ONE will have a table there

2. August 7 – 9, 2009 – *You will only have to staff one day, but the day hasn’t been decided* – Ladies of Hip-Hop Festival. Join lady MC’s, breakdancers, graffiti artists and DJ’s for a celebration of women in hip-hop. Temple University

Letters to the Editor - we need people to write letters about ONE and their personal reasons for being a part of ONE. We will give you help with the letters. These go to local magazine and newspaper editors

Mayor Nutter meeting – The local ONE chapter wants Michael Nutter to declare Philadelphia a City of ONE, which makes total sense since ONE was first announced here. We need people to call and write his office to request a meeting with us about this. The more people that call and write, the more chance we have of getting in.

Please, please, please consider being a part of one of the opportunities above. You can make a difference!

Thank you.

Philly ONE Updates – Chances to get involved!!!

Hi all – Thanks so much for those that came to the meeting last Saturday, February 21st. It is really appreciated. I won’t take up a lot of time, but here are a few ways you can get involved and some things we covered at the meeting. Please email one.philadelphia@gmail.com with what you are interested in, and we’ll get back to you asap. This info also available on Facebook, as well as the blog – one.philadelphia@gmail.com
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Here’s a nice little diddy and blurb on the ONE blog site about the Philadelphia ONE meeting….check it out! In the blog, Brian mentions the Lugar-Casey Global Food Security Act. http://www.one.org/blog/2009/02/25/call-party-in-philly/ *Volunteers needed to call Specter’s office about this bill, as well as Thank Casey’s office for the bill. Email here if you can do either*

CARE’s A Powerful Noise Philadelphia screening – This is this Thursday, March 5th at the Bridge Theater, 40th and Walnut. Come out and witness a film about 3 global women defining their roles in life amidst some obstacles. The movie only has a one night showing and will be joined by a satellite panel featuring CARE CEO, Dr. Helane Gayle, actress/model Natalie Portman and Christy Turlington Burns. You can get your tickets in advance. *ONE volunteers are needed for this event! Email to find out how and if you are available* Info on CARE – www.care.org, Info on getting your tickets: http://www.apowerfulnoise.org/screenings.html

Brian Sweeney from ONE came down and spoke with us about a few things ONE is currently working on, including changing the slogan name. It is now called ONE, NOT “ONE, The Campaign to End Global Poverty.” Please make a note of that.
He also showed us the proclamation that Governor Rendell signed making Pennsylvania a ONE state. This led into discussion on making Philadelphia a ONE city, which basically means Mayor Nutter signing a proclamation that Philadelphia is on board with ONE to fight global poverty.
*Volunteers interested in contacting the Mayor’s office to get this moving, and meeting with his staff, please email us back here*
Brian also discussed really wanted to push writing letters about ONE to the local newspapers and media outlets. It is one of the most effective ways to get out the word.
*Volunteers interested in writing letters, please email us back here and we will talk you through and send materials*
Thank you Brian for coming to Philly.

Bernie brought designs of the mural and got everyone’s opinion on it. Looks great – thanks Bernie. In the next month, volunteers are going to be putting together a proposal to ONE about the mural, and the associated costs – if it gets permission to execute. To catch you up to speed – Philly ONE is planning on (pending permission) making a transferrable mural about global poverty to put up in the city. Hoping to do that later this year. I will send out the design sometime next week with final suggestion. This may also help in getting Philadelphia to be a ONE city.
*Volunteers interested in helping with this, please email us back here*

Spring is coming and ONE Philly is looking forward to tabling at festivals, events, fairs, ANYTHING. If you know of an event, where we can stick a table and spread the word about ONE, let us know. We will give you all the materials you need.
*If you know of any events, please email us back*

Next Meeting will hopefully be in early April/late March.

Below see an email sent from ONE staff that may be of interest to you. Again, THANK YOU for all of your help. Any comments, suggestions, or questions, please reach out to one.philadelphia@gmail.com.

Have a good weekend.

ONE Applauds President Obama’s Budget

Budget outline lays the groundwork to double foreign assistance, tackle global poverty, disease

Washington, D.C.—ONE today applauded President Obama’s FY2010 budget blueprint, which included a robust increase for the international affairs budget, and lays the groundwork for President Obama to meet his commitment to doubling foreign assistance to promote global health, education, agriculture and other investments.

David Lane, President and C.E.O. of ONE, made the following statement today:

“The President, Secretary Clinton, Secretary Gates and leaders in Congress have strongly articulated the need to elevate development as a pillar of a smarter, more effective U.S. foreign policy. Today’s budget blueprint is a positive sign that these words will be backed up with action. ONE applauds President Obama for a strong start to the process of strengthening America’s efforts to combat global poverty, hunger and save lives from diseases like AIDS and malaria.”

The budget outline submitted by the President designates $51.7 billion for the international affairs budget (the 150 account), the portion of the budget that includes global poverty reduction programs. As President Obama explained in his address to Congress this week, he has brought regular spending and emergency spending together. His 2010 outline represents a $4.5 billion increase over the combined regular and emergency international affairs budget for FY2009. The full budget will be released later this spring and will detail how much of this increase will be directed specifically to poverty-reducing activities.  ONE is hopeful that this amount represents a significant increase.

The blueprint document states that the budget, “puts the United States on a path to double U.S. foreign assistance. This funding will help the world’s weakest states reduce poverty, combat global health threats, develop markets, govern peacefully, and expand democracy worldwide.” To further underscore this commitment, the budget also lays out proposed continued increases through to 2014.

The budget blueprint continues:

“By increasing foreign assistance the United States will reach out to the global community and renew its role as a leader in global development and diplomacy. Through increased foreign assistance funding, the United States will embark on several new initiatives that will give children in the poorest countries access to education ensuring they can participate in the global marketplace; foster global food security through sustainable agriculture; expand goodwill and inspire service by increasing the size of the Peace Corps; and stabilize post-conflict states, creating room for them to plant the seeds of democracy….The Administration will continue to build on its commitment to save lives through increasing investments in global health programs, including areas such as maternal and child health, family planning and other core health programs, while also emphasizing a commitment to HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis through successful programs, such as the President’s Emergency plan for AIDS Relief and the Malaria Initiative.”

During the 2008 presidential campaign, President Obama committed to doubling foreign assistance and to prioritize the provision of basic medicine, food and education in areas where people are living on less than $1 per day. President Obama also stated that he will embrace the Millennium Development Goals of cutting extreme poverty and hunger around the world in half by 2015. Since those campaign commitments, the President has continued to articulate the importance of addressing global poverty, including in his Inaugural Address and most recently in his address to a joint session of Congress. President Obama’s commitments on HIV/AIDS, hunger, and child and maternal health, basic sanitation, and primary education can be viewed at www.ONE.org.

ONE is a global advocacy and campaigning organization backed by more than 2 million people from around the world dedicated to fighting extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa. For more information please visit www.ONE.org

PHILLY ONE MEETING – 2/21/09

Saturday, 2/21/09

11am

Meet in the lobby of the building. You will see a Starbucks. Meet in front of that.

Bellevue Park Hyatt Building

Broad and Walnut, 200 South Broad Street

Center City Philadelphia

 

Please wear your ONE shirts, bands, hats or whatever else you have that says ONE or an organization you are representing. Brian Sweeney from ONE will be coming down to introduce himself and give us the 411 on upcoming ONE activities.

 

Discussion of the in progress mural will be in place, as well as discussion on volunteer and tabling opportunities.

Also want to talk a bit about the letter writing to the editor that hopefully some of you will take part in.

 

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT: The office building is basically closed on Saturdays, but you need to be there on time because you can’t just go up to the room by yourself and the guard won’t let you upstairs. So, please please please be there on time. If you are not or you get lost, please call Deesha at 267-243-1896 and I’ll have meet you.  If we meet in the food court, note that my phone might not work, so you either have to come down and look for us…or…just be on time!

 

Questions, comments or anything else, please call Deesha at the number above. I look forward to seeing you there and it should only last an hour or so.

 

Until then!

GeoDialogues – 2/24/09

From the creators of the e-magazine/resource website GeoClan.com and events such as The Art Fix, Issues Through Film and The MLK Symposium comes the latest event dedicated to dialogue and networking: The GeoDialogues. GeoClan will be hosting the initial event will be held from 6-8pm on February 24th at the Carriage House 3907 Spruce St. on the University of Pennslyvania’s campus. This is an opportunity to meet with the GeoMembers and find out information about GeoClan and other organizations dedicated to making positive change. We will be discussing what you think your top priorities in a changing American environment, Obama’s first month in office, what the bad economy means to us all, getting involved in your communities and more! Individuals and groups in making a positive impact are highly encouraged to come on out and share their stories, share literature and contribute to this event.

This event is free and open to the public with a light dinner and refreshments to be served.

Getting to the Carriage House is relatively simple. Just take any Green line except #10 to 37th and Spruce Sts, the Blue line to 40th and Market Sts, the #40 bus to 38th and Spruce Sts, the #42 bus to 39th and Spruce Sts, or the #21 bus to 39th and Walnut Sts. Metered parking may be available on the street in the 3800-4000 block of Spruce St, the 3800-4000 blocks of Walnut St, and the 200 blocks of S. 40th and 38th Sts. Parking lots are also located at 38th and Walnut Sts (entrance on northbound 38th St) and located above Fresh Grocer at the corner of 40th and Walnut Sts. (entrance on Walnut St).

CARE – A Powerful Noise in Philadelphia – 3/5/09

www.apowerfulnoise.org

 

Join Deesha, Katie, and Mary Day (CARE) on March 5th for the big theater screening of A POWERFUL NOISE, a documentary about 3 women around the world overcoming their situations to be global leaders in their community. More info available at link above. It is showing one night only in Philadelphia at The Bridge Theater, 40th and Walnut. It will be followed by a televised broadcast of a panel that includes the CEO of CARE, Helene Gayle, as well as actress/model/activist Natalie Portman and Christy Turlington Burns. Please see or email Deesha at deesha34@gmail.com for details, and you can get your tickets in advance at the link above. Make it a cool family or date night out…for a good cause!

 

For those not in Philadelphia or want to help spread the word, it is showing around the country. See here to find the theater near you:
http://www.fathomevents.com/news/default.aspx?newsid=174
 

 

Dear Megan, In celebration of International Women’s Day, CARE and NCM Fathom — in partnership with ONE and the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women — will present A POWERFUL NOISE Live in more than 450 theatres nationwide for one night only on Thursday, March 5, 2009. The evening will begin with a screening of the acclaimed documentary “A Powerful Noise.” This remarkable film features three inspiring women, who overcome daily challenges to achieve significant victories over poverty and oppression: Madame Urbain — an activist working to educate and empower young women and girls in the slums of Bamako, Mali Bui My Hanh — an HIV-positive widow helping others combat the spread of HIV and the social stigma associated with the disease in Vietnam Nada Markovic — a survivor of the brutal Bosnian War bringing women together to rebuild their once-tranquil community These women are changing the world. Their stories will inspire you to join them. Immediately following the film, I will be joined by former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, CARE Advocate Christy Turlington Burns, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof and actress and activist Natalie Portman for a town hall discussion broadcast live into your theatre. The film’s executive producer Sheila C. Johnson will be on hand to make a special announcement! Tickets are limited — purchase yours today! The evening promises to leave you encouraged and empowered. Your ticket to this event is a passport into the lives of powerful women who are overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds to transform their communities. And you’ll find out concrete steps you can take to help make a big difference in the fight against global poverty. Please buy your tickets now to this once-in-a-lifetime event. Better yet, spread the word — bring your family, friends, co-workers, church group, civic club, anyone you can think of for this special night out — all for a great cause! More than 30 percent of ticket purchases (based on estimated ticket sales) will go directly to support the work of CARE. Join the movement! A POWERFUL NOISE Live is more than a night out at the movies; it’s a movement coming of age. When the lights go on, you’ll be energized with a better understanding of what you can do to fight global poverty and empower women and girls. We look forward to seeing you, your family and friends on March 5. Sincerely, Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH President and CEO, CARE P.S. When you get 10 or more of your friends to buy tickets to A POWERFUL NOISE Live, we’ll give you one event ticket to a participating theatre of your choice for free! Please don’t delay. Free tickets are limited. Find out the details and earn your free event ticket today!

Meeting 2/21/09 – Interested in Writing a Letter to Local Papers?

Hello all -

There will be a ONE Philly meeting on February 21, 2009 at 11am. It will be at Broad and Walnut, the Bellevue Building. You will need to let us know you are coming, so we can direct you in the appropriate space. Please email one.philadelphia@gmail.com immediately. Brian Sweeney, the ONE organizer for Pennsylvania will be making a special trip out, so we need you to come out and represent and find out how you can help fight global poverty. Also, you will get updates about the mural project…fun times.

Also, we are looking for people to write letters to the editor on behalf of ONE. Letters to local newspapers and such. It gets the word out about ONE and alerts more PA folks to what they can do. Please email one.philadelphia@gmail.com if interested.

Thanks!

ONE PHILLY 2009

Happy New Year All -

 

Hoping that you are excited about the new administration and your passion for fighting global poverty is still ignited! A few things going on in the ONE Philly land that we need your help with.

 

Dates -

 

January 19, 2009 – Annual MLK Day of Service. We are about 85% confirmed for volunteering with GeoClan (www.geoclan.com) at a recreation center, but more details are emerging. If you are interested, please email us back, so we may keep you posted. It’ll be starting at 9am.

 

January 24, 2009 – Annual MLK Symposium is going on. ONE will be tabling at this awesome event. You are welcomed to come help volunteer at the table or participate in the Symposium. Deesha will be conducting a workshop on advocating with your politician. Please come through and also let us know if you are interested in volunteering or attending. www.geoclan.com/mlk

 

January 31, 2009 – There is a tentative meeting schedule for ONE Philly, so we may meet Brian Sweeney, the Philadelphia ONE staffer. Please let me know if you are able to attend. If a few people can make it, we can have the meeting. If not, then we will postpone it until February. Your email response back is appreciated.

 

MURAL UPDATE – As many of you may or may not know. ONE Philly member, Kaki Burns initiated getting a ONE Mural in Philadelphia. There is a Mural Committee team dedicated to this project, and Bernie Wilke, ONE member has been leading up some of the details. If this interests you, please contact us back as well, so you can get in touch with the team and get your ideas heard.

 

Below, there is an important email from ONE. If you are not on their email list, please go to www.one.org and sign up. They need voices heard to PA Senator Casey and would like your voice to be one of them. Please follow the directions below and let us know how the call went.

 

Save the Date – ONE founding partner, CARE is having their annual advocacy conference in Washington, DC the first week of May. It is 2 days of workshops, good food, music, dance and more importantly meetings with the politicians on Capitol Hill. More about the conference will emerge soon, but in the meantime, check out www.care.org for information on CARE.

 

I think that is it!

 

Looking forward to working with you to help out the world’s poor. Thank you for all you do, and please respond to the above task items. If you are on this list by accident or want to discontinue receiving these, please let us know and we’ll be sad…but will remove you!

 

Have a good Monday.

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This Tuesday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing to confirm Senator Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State.

Because your Senator is on the Foreign Relations Committee, you have a unique opportunity to make your voice heard. Call and urge Senator Robert Casey to ask Hillary Clinton about issues related to global poverty – issues that matter to the two billion people living on less than $2 a day, and to all of us working for a safer and more prosperous world.

Senator Robert Casey
Phone: 202-224-6324

You can call your Senator at the number above, or click to our action center for instructions and a video about how to make effective calls to Members of Congress:

http://one.org/call?tg=FSPA_2&cp_id=44&id=789-3995084-o9lrJOx&t=2

As a Senator, Hillary Clinton sponsored several bills critical to the world’s poorest people, including her “Education for All” Act as part of an international effort to enroll 75 million children in school in poor and conflict-affected countries. As a presidential candidate, she introduced bold plans to eliminate malaria deaths in Africa, combat HIV/AIDS across the globe, and ensure debt cancellation for all Heavily Indebted Poor Countries. Now we need her continue the fight against poverty and disease as Secretary of State.

The questions asked during Senator Clinton’s appointment hearing next week will set the tone for her State Department priorities and—if you take action—remind her that millions of Americans want strong leadership against global poverty and preventable disease.

You can make sure Sen. Casey asks the right questions and helps to set the right priorities for the State Department by calling right now or visiting our call action page:

http://one.org/call?tg=FSPA_2&cp_id=44&id=789-3995084-o9lrJOx&t=3

The Senate hearing will be televised on C-SPAN on Tuesday at 9:30 AM (EST), so you can watch in real time to see whether our questions are asked. We’ll let you know the results of your calls as soon as we can.

Thank you for your voice,

Josh Peck, ONE.org

ONE Philly Meeting – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

ONE Philly Meeting Minutes – 9/13/08 * VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES GALORE!     

 

Thank you to everyone who attended the 9/13/08 ONE Philly meeting. The next one will be scheduled for late October or early November. Please email one.philadelphia@gmail.com if you have any roadblocks with either.

 

ONE Philly Mural – Bernie and Sarah have been putting together design ideas to present. From there, the committee can know what the next steps are.

 

Poverty Potluck – Nick is working on a dinner and speaking affair. Attendees would bring a dish and have a discussion about poverty and all things related. He would like to get representatives from the Obama and McCain campaign to come out and speak on what each candidate will do concerning poverty. Please contact Nick if you would like to help or have further ideas for this: ndarecca@temple.edu or 215-284-7010.

 

First Friday Outreach – Nick is looking for anyone that would like to come out to First Fridays in Philadelphia and pass out ONE literature and collect signatures. Please contact Nick if you would like to help or have further ideas for this: ndarecca@temple.edu or 215-284-7010. This would be selected first Fridays of the month. We’ll get you a ONE shirt and band to wear

 

Campus Philly, September 27^th – Charla and Bernie have hooked up a ONE/Bread for the World table at the huge Campus Philly event on the Parkway on September 27^th. This event has a past attendance of over 15,000 college students! Great exposure for ONE. They are asking if anyone can help out at the ONE/Bread table to contact Charla. The time of the event is 11 – 7, so whatever time you have to give, Charla will appreciate it. We’ll get you a ONE shirt and band to wear. Contact Charla at one.philadelphia@gmail.com.

 

AIDS Walk 2008 – Philadephia is holding the annual AIDS Walk on October 19, 2008. ONE Philly is looking for volunteers to pass out literature, collect some names and spread the word about ONE. It would be anywhere from 8 am – 5 pm. Contact one.philadelphia@gmail.com if you can help out! We’ll get you a ONE shirt and band to wear.

 

 

World AIDS Day 2008 – December 1, 2008 Looking for any volunteers to give out info, collect names and pass out literature. This is a great opportunity to get the message out about global AIDS and urge our fellow Philadelphians to remind their politicians to do all they can for those fighting AIDS. This will be in shifts of morning, afternoon and evening at transportation hubs Gallery East, Suburban Station and 30^th Street Station. Contact one.philadelphia@gmail.com if you can help out! We’ll get you a ONE shirt and band to wear.

 

Congressman Bob Brady’s office – September 24^th, 3pm. – ONE will be joining CARE in meeting with a representative from PA – first district Congressman, Bob Brady. We will meet at the Starbucks at Broad and Jackson in South Philadelphia at 2:30pm, and the meeting with the office is at 3:00pm. If you can make it, please contact Deesha at dyer95@hotmail.com. Let Brady’s office know what matters to his constituents.

 

Senator Arlen Specter’s office – September 25, 11 am – ONE will be meeting with Senator Specter and letting their office know that fighting global poverty is a priority. If you can make this meeting, please contact ONE Field Organizer, Lauren Conn – lconnone@yahoo.com. The power is in numbers.

 

Race the White House – ONE VOTE ’08 – The race to the White House for Obama and McCain goes through Pennsylvania, so if you hear of an event surrounding the election going on in our area, let us know! Or go and be sure to make a ONE presence with a shirt, band or whatever other creative item you come up with. Contact one.philadelphia@gmail.com if you hear of anything!

 

CARE Day of Action – Dinner and a Movie CARE’s National Day of Action

October 17, 2008, 6:45 pm – Join local CARE advocates for a screening of

“A Powerful Noise” – a 90 min. documentary that follows 3 women from Mali, Vietnam and Bosnia. www.apowerfulnoise.org.  See how these women are changing the world, and discuss how you can too! Write a letter to the next president stating that ending poverty is a priority. Food from the countries featured will be served. Yum!

Where:  The Carriage House (UPENN), 3907 Spruce Street , Contact Info/RSVP: Katie Holscher – kholscher@yahoo.com or Deesha Dyer – dyer95@hotmail.com Suggested donation: $5.00, which will be donated to CARE to help aid in its global poverty fighting efforts. www.care.org

REFERENCES – ONE PHILLY

ONE official site – www.one.org

Email – one.philadelphia@gmail.com

Blog – www.onephilly.wordpress.com

Yahoo Group – This is the spot where ONE staff posts up opportunities and such that may not be available to see elsewhere, so please check it when you can. We will try to put it on the blog as well, but sometimes time doesn’t allow that. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PhilaONE/

Facebook – You have to be on Facebook to see it:   http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2364737857&ref=mf

 

CARE – National Day of Action – 10/17/08