DGAAN (DuPage Glocal AIDS Action Network) – meets with ONE
On February 22nd, DGAAN members were treated to a lively presentation by Maura Daley, Field Representative from the organization, ONE. You may remember, it was with ONE that the musician Bono came to Wheaton College, who then worked with Sr. Sheila in her efforts in Africa.
Maura shared information about three new ONE initiatives:
Here are direct links to the three initiatives that ONE is focusing on in 2010:
ONE Campus Challenge
http://www.one.org/campus/
Every year, ONE hosts the ONE Campus Challenge (OCC): a friendly competition to determine which university's student body has the most effective global poverty-fighting campaign.
College students work together -- with others on their campus and across the country -- to learn about global poverty and preventable disease, and to achieve change on behalf of the world's poorest people through advocacy, action and awareness-raising.
During the school year, students earn points and recognition for their schools by participating in different actions and monthly challenges, including advocating for important legislation, educating people on campus about challenges to international development, and raising the visibility of ONE and the issues we champion. The schools accumulating the most points in monthly challenges and throughout the season are eligible for exciting prizes and national recognition for their efforts in the fight against global poverty. For monthly challenges visit http://www.one.org/campus/about.html
Women ONE2ONE
http://www.one.org/women/
Who we are: Women ONE2ONE is a growing voice made up of people who know that maternal health, girls' education, economic opportunity and women's empowerment are key to fighting poverty and preventable disease for everyone. This campaign recognizes women as change-makers, community-builders and peace builders. Together, we will harness our power to connect, take action and shape the future.
What we do: Women ONE2ONE is about connection and change. We apply pressure during key political moments, raise awareness of how poverty and preventable disease affect women, and lay out the remaining challenges and steps needed to accelerate action. We report on what's working and push for policies central to empowering women worldwide.
How we work: Our campaign will harness this power to recruit more than one million women in the fight against poverty and preventable disease. We will connect and take action online through innovative means and create new tools to engage others and tell stories of the results we see when we invest in women. We will continue this conversation offline through awareness-raising events, engaging our political leaders and convening our powerful coalition to make change.
ONE Sabbath
http://www.one.org/us/onesabbath/
What is ONE Sabbath?
ONE Sabbath - along with its companion Muslim and Hindu programs ONE Sadaqa and ONE Seva - rallies individuals and congregations of all faiths to raise awareness and advocate on behalf of people living in extreme poverty and struggling against preventable diseases. Using ONE Sabbath tools, churches and houses of worship respond through advocacy to such global challenges as AIDS, malaria, lack of clean water and children out of school.
How do we get started?
Go to http://www.one.org/us/onesabbath to learn more and sign up.
ONE offers participating individuals and congregations the tools to respond and make a difference within their own faith tradition. These tools, which can be found at ONE.org/onesabbath, include:
Additionally, Maura was interested in how she can support DGAAN and be involved in our activities. In particular, she’s interested in meeting Sr. Florence Muia and exploring ways ONE might collaborate with Upendo Village. Sr. Theresa Langfield and I will continue to connect with Maura about this exciting opportunity.
To learn more about ONE’s current Hot Topics visit http://www.one.org/c/us/policy_news/ such as President Obama’s FY11 Budget Request, Eradicating Polio and Real Help for Haiti-just to name a few.