PLANT A SEED OF CHANGE IN THE G8

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NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote!

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ONE Asks: Send the GOP Presidential Candidates a Message

Send this message to all the Presidential Candidates:

As you define your foreign policy priorities, please support solutions that save millions of lives, create a safe and more stable world and uphold a proud America legacy, all for less than 1% of the federal budget.

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One's Famine Campaign

As a member of ONE, I signed the petition.

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NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote!

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No child born with HIV by 2015

We now know how to stop the HIV virus from passing from a mother to her child -- and we can prevent any baby from being born with HIV -- We have the medicine and we have the knowledge, but in order to get President Obama's full support, he needs to know that enough American's care. But only if we get President Obama's full support.

Use the above link to add your name. It won't happen without your help.



Over 1,000 babies are born every day with HIV. But the plain truth is this can all be prevented. We can reach the goal of no child born with HIV by 2015, but it won't happen without you. Go to ONE.org and join the movement.

Add your voice to the 2 million ONE members around the world. Together we can stop the spread of HIV from mother to child, so no mother ever has to worry about this again. We're not asking for your money, we're asking for your voice.

Our petition to President Obama reads:

Please commit $6 billion to the Global Fund over the next 3 years.
We can make sure that no child is born with HIV by 2015—but your help is critical. Thanks for lending your voice to such an important cause.

Michael H. Drucker
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September UN MDG Summit

This September, leaders from around the world will gather in New York City for a UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

The MDGs are more than just a mouthful. They're eight poverty-fighting goals-agreed to by more than 180 nations-that if achieved by their 2015 deadline, would save lives and provide economic opportunity for millions in the world's poorest countries. They would help mothers deliver healthy babies, allow all boys and girls to go to school and ensure that women don't have to walk hours to fetch water for their families.

But the future of these lifesaving goals hangs in the balance as world leaders meet this September to discuss progress made, lessons learned and critical next steps. That's why we must make sure that the summit produces a plan with clear actions for all governments-rich and poor-that will produce real results over the next five years. The plan must fight corruption, create new jobs, empower women and increase smart investments to beat poverty and disease.

Let's show the world that we support these goals and the hope, health, security and opportunity they offer to the world's poorest people.


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Michael H. Drucker
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U.S. Gov. Calls for Full Haiti Debt Relief!

202,171 ONE members have already called on world leaders to cancel Haiti's debt and the U.S. government has come through with a major commitment to debt cancellation for Haiti! Keep up the pressure on other world leaders by sharing the video with your friends.


Haitian Ambassador to the United States Raymond Joseph thanks ONE members for taking action and calling for debt relief for Haiti.

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SECRETARY GEITHNER VOICES SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEBT RELIEF FOR HAITI, FINANCING OF RECOVERY THROUGH GRANTS

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced the United States will work with its partners around the world to relieve all debts owed by Haiti to international institutions and to ensure grant financing to support Haiti’s reconstruction and recovery from the devastating earthquake in January.

“The earthquake in Haiti was a catastrophic setback to the Haitian people who are now facing tremendous emergency humanitarian and reconstruction needs, and meeting Haiti’s financing needs will require a massive multilateral effort,” said Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. “Today, we are voicing our support for what Haiti needs and deserves – comprehensive multilateral debt relief.”

Secretary Geithner also welcomed International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s call to provide full relief for Haiti’s outstanding IMF debt, including the $102 million emergency loan approved on January 27, 2010.

“We are committed to working quickly and closely with these institutions in a way that provides immediate grant assistance to help the Haitian people recover and rebuild,” Secretary Geithner continued. “I very much welcome the initiative taken on this issue by leaders in Congress, the IMF, and the MDBs and look forward to working with them to provide the critical support Haiti needs for recovery as well as to discussing this issue with my G-7 colleagues this weekend.”

Treasury announced that the U.S. intends to seek a commitment with other donors for the relief of Haiti’s debt to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the International Development Association (IDA) in a manner that provides direct and immediate grant support to Haiti.

In September 2009, the U.S. concluded an agreement with Haiti that eliminated 100 percent of the Haitian Government’s outstanding debt to the U.S. This action was taken following Haiti’s successful completion of the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative process in June 2009.

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World AIDS Day

The more people talk, the more we can accomplish. Just sharing your commitment to fighting global poverty with your friends can inspire them to make the same commitment, and start up a buzz that will build into a roar of collective action.

For World AIDS Day 12/1/2009, join with friends from TV and film who made a video sharing our commitment to defeating extreme poverty and preventable disease. I hope you'll watch, and share your own commitment by passing it on to people you know:

Throughout history we've seen how committed people, together, can change laws, break barriers and decide elections. And together, we can defeat extreme poverty and eradicate preventable, treatable diseases including HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.

But it takes all of us working together across borders, time zones, cultures...through advocacy, action, and awareness-raising.

You can help us raise awareness about ONE and build a better future for millions of people living in poverty. Please join Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone and me, Ashley Greene, from Twilight; Leighton Meester, Jessica Szohr and Ed Westwick from Gossip Girl; Corbin Bleu from High School Musical; Hayden Panettiere from Heroes; Tristan Wilds from 90210; Star Trek’s John Cho and Tropic Thunder’s Brandon T. Jackson by sharing our video to create a buzz in your community.



We're making progress in our fight, but more remains to be done. And it starts with you...me...all of us coming together.

It all starts with a buzz.

Thank you, use the above link to find out more about ONE.

Michael H. Drucker
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Ask the G20 to go to Africa

We know Africa has the potential to be an economic engine of the 21st century and must be a part of the global economic recovery. Now we need to convince the world. As the leaders of the twenty wealthiest and most powerful nations meet in Pittsburgh for the G20 Summit, September 24-25, we must convince them to hold an upcoming summit in Africa and focus the world on Africa's opportunities and promise.

Use the above link to sign the petition.

Michael H. Drucker
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We can end hunger!

I've just taken action with the ONE campaign and asked my senators to set an example for the world by fully funding President Obama's request for $1.36 billion in global agricultural development funding.

This action couldn't be more urgent. Next week, President Obama and world leaders will meet in Rome for the G8 Summit. If we can convince the senate to step-up the fight against hunger now, America will set an example for the world and put pressure on other countries to invest in a global effort to end hunger.

I hope you'll join me, use the above link to tell your senators to join the fight against hunger.

Together as ONE we can make a difference!

Thanks!

Michael H. Drucker
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