On Poverty
Today is officially Blog Action Day, one day every year that bloggers across the world take time to focus on a specific topic and bring awareness about it. This year, the selected issue is poverty, something that affects millions of individuals worldwide.
The ONE Campaign to end Global Poverty is an amazing organization that was started by Bono of U2. I’ve blogged about it before, but it is worth mentioning again. Since today is Blog Action Day, I encourage you to join an organization like ONE and help to shine a light on the issue of global poverty. You can check out the presidential candidates’ stances on global poverty at ONE Vote ‘08 and compare them here.
I also encourage you to sign the petition to send a message to the next president to keep our global commitments to this cause. No matter how tough our economic times get, people continue to suffer abroad and it is important for us to be vigilant in our support for the eradication of global poverty and HIV/AIDS.
3 Comments to “On Poverty”
Tyson
What a great cause. I signed it.
- 1:56 pm on 10 15, 2008
Sherry L.
I feel like we need to focus on HIV/AIDS here in the US. More and more are becoming infected here in our own front yards. Why do we need to focus on other countries. We have a large povery problem here in the US too. Why not start here?
Just my “two cents.”
- 7:43 pm on 10 15, 2008
Alli
ONE is a fantastic organization. I like supporting organizations that remind us “WE” really are all connected.
- 9:52 am on 10 16, 2008
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