Welcome Back ONE Philly - Fall Happenings!

Welcome Back ONE Philly!

Hi everyone. Labor Day is fast approaching, which means the end to summer! We hope you had a good one and you had a bit of relaxing, as well as catching up with family and friends. The end of summer also means back to ONE Philly! As we start off the fall, note that there are many, many activities going on in just September alone. In order to make this group and its mission successful, we need all of you to spread the word about ONE Philly and try to get more people on board to fight global poverty and other issues that plaque the developing world. THANKS a million times over for all that you do, and read below!

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

 

Next meeting will be September 13, 2008 at 11 am.

We are not sure where this meeting will be held yet. There is always a challenge in trying to find a space. So, if you know of a space we could use in the Philadelphia area – hook it up! There will be an email going around with more details soon! Come learn about what ONE Philly has been doing – meet the awesome team and get involved at your pace…sounds lovely, doesn’t it? With the election coming up – we need you!  If you have any ideas of what type of advocacy brief we can offer or subject – or one you want to know more about, let us know at one.philadelphia@gmail.com. Following the meeting is a volunteer opportunity at the Music Builds tour…

  Volunteer in New Jersey at the Music Builds Tour – September 13, 2008

Looking for volunteers to do some recruiting and distributing of information at the Music Builds Tour in Holmdel, New Jersey on September 13, 2008 . If interested, contact one.philadelphia@gmail.com. We are hoping that people can carpool there after the meeting. www.musicbuildstour.com

You are invited to CARE’s National Night of Action on October 17, 2008

CARE, one of the founding organizations of ONE will be holding its annual Night of Action on Friday, October 17, 2008 at the University of Pennsylvania’s Carriage House located at 39^th and Spruce. Come join us for a movie night as we screen “A Powerful Noise”, a movie that weaves together three remarkable women from Vietnam, Mali and Bosnia, and shows how they have overcome gender barriers to spark change in their countries. We will also be writing letters to the next president on CARE initiatives such as maternal health, climate change and how it affects the poor, and the food crisis. Please come join us! Oh, food from the featured countries will also be served. Contact Mary Day Kent for details at: mdkent@care.org

ONE Pennsylvania Statewide Launch – September 8, 2008 at Franklin and Marshall College – Lancaster, PA

ONE is having a statewide launch at Franklin and Marshall College on September 8, 2008 at 6:30 pm. Confirmed guest speakers are former PA Senators Rick Santorum and Harris Wofford, and Deesha Dyer (CARE and ONE). ONE Philly volunteers are encouraged to come out and participate. If you need to go and need a ride, hit us up at one.philadelphia@gmail.com.

Volunteers needed for mailings

Haven’t you heard that Pennsylvania is a swing state in the upcoming election? Well…we are, and we want to be sure that all the Campaign offices in the state of Obama and McCain know about the concerns we have for the global poor. Therefore, we are looking for volunteers that can help mail packets and bracelets to the campaign offices. Please email one.philadelphia@gmail.com for more information.

CARE and ONE partner up for tabling at Fair Trade Concert in Media, PA on September 14, 2008 – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED 

CARE and ONE will be joining forces at the Fair Trade Concert in Media, PA – registering those that wish to be involved with CARE or ONE or both. Fair Trade Live will be a festive, multicultural celebration designed to bring greater visibility to Media’s commitment to Fair Trade, to give people an opportunity to learn more about how even small purchasing decisions can have a dramatic, economic impact on farmers and workers around the world. The concert starts at noon (ends around 8 pm) and volunteers are needed to help staff the table. Even if you can only dedicate a few hours, please email one.philadelphia@gmail.com.

 

Meeting with Congressman Bob Brady’s Office –September 4, 2008

Please join us for a meeting with Congressman Bob Brady’s staff on September 4^th at 1:30 pm. in South Philly. We will meet at 1:00 pm at the Starbucks located on Broad Street (2 blocks south of Snyder). If interested, please email one.philadelphia@gmail.com, so we can keep you in the loop.

ONE Mural Project – Meeting on September 13, 2008 (after general meeting)

The ONE Philly mural project is in full swing and the design is starting to be put together. So, if this something that interests you….please reach out to one.philadelphia@gmail.com. The committee will be meeting immediately following the general meeting on September 13^th.

Welcome Lauren Conn, new Philly ONE Staffer

ONE Philly has a new ONE staffer, Lauren Conn. Welcome Lauren. She can be reached at lconnone@yahoo.com.

Senator Specter Pennsylvania Townhall meetings

If you know of anyone that lives in Western, PA…tell them to check out these upcoming Townhall meetings with Senator Specter. It’s a great chance to relay the message of ONE…once again. Thank you Bernie for informing us of the dates.

8/26/2008: 11:00 p.m. Heartland Hall, 5564 Business Route 220, Bedford, PA 15522
8/26/2008: 3:00 p.m. PA Highlands Community College Auditorium, 101 Community College Way, Parking in Section D, Johnstown, PA 15904
8/27/2008: 9:45 a.m. Punxsutawney Area Community Center, 220 North Jefferson Street, Punxsutawney, PA 15767
8/27/2008: 3:30 p.m. Saint Vincent College, Fred M. Rogers Center, Upper Level Banquet Room, 300 Fraser Purchase Road, Latrobe, PA 15650
8/28/2008: 9:00 a.m. Waynesburg University, Goodwin Performing Arts Center, 51 W. College Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370
8/28/2008: 2:30 p.m. Geneva College, Alexander Dining Hall, Upper Floor, 3200 College Avenue, Beaver Falls, PA 15010

Let Democratic VP nominee Joe Biden know about ONE – mailing from ONE

 

Senator Obama has finally announced his VP-pick: Senator Joe Biden.

Contact Joe Biden now, before he’s buried in non-stop national-media attention, to tell him you want America’s next president and vice president team to be committed to beating global poverty.

Send him the card below today - http://www.one.org/obamavp/

 

ONE Philly - Summer break

I know…it’s election year and we are taking a break. Truth is, many ONE members want to rest before gearing up for the fall elections. So, if this isn’t updated as regularly - that is why.

Enjoy your summer and see you on the flipside. Our email is still active, so reach out: one.philadelphia@gmail.com

ONE PHILLY MURAL IDEAS NEEDED

ONE PHILLY MURAL PROPOSAL – YOUR IDEAS WANTED!

ONE Philly members Kaki, Bernie, Robert, Charla and Sarah are starting the beginning stages of a proposal to perhaps create a global poverty/ONE mural to Philadelphia. As you can imagine, the process is long and will take awhile, but they are looking for your ideas at what you think the mural should be or represent.

WE NEED YOU!

Tap into your creative side and jot down some ideas for CONSIDERATION ONLY. Kaki and crew want to be sure to consider any and all ideas before deciding. Just sketch down some ideas on paper and send it over to one.philadelphia@gmail.com with a header that says, MURAL and they will be forwarded to Kaki. We want to make it clear that we didn’t get a mural slot or anything, we just want to start the process of trying to get one.

Deadline for ideas is July 12, 2008.

Thank you!

Visibility Events - June 11, June 30

Email us at one.philadelphia@gmail.com if you can make either

A John McCain event at the National Constitution Center on Wednesday, June 11 with doors at 9:30am.

Event Details: http://www.one.org/event/GeneralEvent/446

3.       McCain Town Hall, June 30, 2008.  Event Details: http://www.one.org/event/GeneralEvent/447

ONE Tabling - 6/10/08 - volunteers needed

*Concert tomorrow, 6/10/08 at World Cafe Live with the Nadas, who have done a lot of campaigning for the ONE Campaign. If you can do some tabling tomorrow night on behalf of ONE, please email us back asap and we’ll get materials to you. one.philadelphia@gmail.com

John McCain appearance/New Local ONE staff

Hello everyone - Wanted to welcome Christopher Geer as the new PA ONE Vote 2008 Field Organizer.

He alerted us to a suburb appearance by Presidential hopeful, John McCain on June 30th. If anyone is interested in going, contact Chris at christopher.geer@one.org.

Details here:

Sen. John McCain will be campaigning north of Philadelphia on June 30th, holding a town hall meeting in Pipersville, PA. The meeting will be held at 6263 Kellers Church Road, Pipersville, PA 18947.

We met with Senator Specter’s staff yesterday. All went well.

See you on the 7th.

ONE PHILLY MEETING - JUNE 7, 2008 and some other things…

Good Morning -
 
The next ONE Philadelphia meeting will be on Saturday,  June 7, 2008 at the Old St. Joes church in Society Hill. Please be there by 10:45 am. It’s located in the 300 block of Willings Alley, between 3rd & 4th and Walnut & Locust Sts., just south of Independence Park.  You can park for free in the church lot. If you are taking SEPTA, it is very accessible to many routes including the 9, 12, 21, 40, 42, 47, 57, and Market/Frankford El. With high gas prices, Septa is encouraged. If you need further SEPTA assistance, email us back and we’ll help you further. PLEASE BRING GUESTS and NEW RECRUITS! Anyone is welcomed, even if this is your first time to a ONE Meeting. RSVP by June 4, 2008 to one.philadelphia@gmail.com. Thank you Nick for securing this spot.
 
The meeting with Senator Casey’s staff was a success and thanks to everyone who participated, especially Bernie who organized and put it together. We will be having a briefing about that at the meeting.
 
The meeting with Senator Specter’s staff is this Wednesday, May 28th at 2 p.m. at his office at 600 Arch Street. If interested, please email us back. So far we have Deesha, Nick, Mary Day and Tayrn going. We will be meeting at Cosi Cafe by 115pm. Cosi is located at 4th and Chestnut. We will briefly go over how the meeting will go. There was going to be a conference call, but the meeting in advance should take care of that. Email back here with questions.
 
There is still time to register for the 2008 CARE National Conference. See below:
CARE NATIONAL CONFERENCE – JUNE 18 – 19, 2008 – Washington, DC
CARE International is one of the founding organizations of the ONE Campaign. Every June, CARE holds a national conference in Washington, DC that brings advocates from around the world together to educate and use their voice to communicate to the legislators that global poverty is a priority to USAmericans. The conference is June 18th and 19th and the second day gives a unique opportunity for you to “take the Hill” and go speak to your elected officials about global poverty.  Author Jeffrey Sachs is one of the guest speakers. Some of you may know him for his astounding book, “The End of Poverty.” CARE is also always looking for local volunteers to advocate on empowering women to end global poverty. If you have any questions about the conference or CARE, please direct them to Mary Day Kent (mdkent@care.org), Katie (kholscher@yahoo.com) or Deesha ( dyer95@hotmail.com).  About the conference: https://my.care.org/care/events/2008conference/details.tcl.  About CARE: www.care.org
 
Also, there is a new ONE Philly field coordinator. More details on that coming forth. Looking forward to seeing you on the 7th, where we will go over a few things. Meeting should last no more than an hour. Have a nice Holiday and remember to check www.onephilly.wordpress.com.

ONE PHILLY May Newsletter and April Minutes

NEXT MEETING ALERT – SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2008, 10AM

Place still being worked out. Will send details ASAP. We will be discussing the ongoing progress of Philly ONE and how you can get involved. Bring other people concerned about global poverty with you.   Format of the meeting will be a bit different. If too many people have an issue with this date, then we will change it. EMAIL BACK IMMEDIATELY if you know NOW that you can’t make it.

NEW MEETING FORMAT

We recognize how easy it is to get distracted when things are moving along fast and easy, so keep it fresh in our minds why we are all involved, the meetings will be structured a bit different  - but still kept at an hour! The beginning of the meeting will be a 5 minute briefing on an issue that ONE concentrates on. Each meeting will be a different issue. Members will get handouts of that issue. Then the regular meeting will commence, followed by a 15 – 20 minute workshop or discussion about different tools we can use or things we can do in our non-group time to keep on track. For example, letter-writing, calling politicians, emailing, local farming, sign making, tabling, etc. If you have an idea of a workshop you’d like to do, let us know at one.philadelphia@gmail.com.

CONGRESSIONAL MEETINGS – CASEY, MAY 13^TH!!

Last meeting, we collected names of those interested in doing local visits with the offices of Senators Specter and Casey to convey to them that their constituents care about issues of global poverty, AIDS, etc. We are happy to report that the meeting with Casey has been set up by Bernie. That meeting will take place on May 13 ^th at his office, 2000 Market Street. It will take place between 12 – 1230 pm. There will be a briefing call on this before the meeting. Please contact Bernie immediately at nodrybones@hotmail.com to be involved. Specter info will be out as soon as the meeting is set up. Great job setting that up Bernie!

ONE VOTE ‘08

Thank you to everyone who did visibility events at the recent PA primary battle that happened this past April. If anyone has pictures, please do send them to one.philadelphia@gmail.com. November is still a few months away, which means there maybe more visibility opportunities in our area. As dates come in to the ONE office, Kim Smith (ONE staff) posts them on the ONE Philly Yahoo site with some instructions and guidance. We will do our best to post them up at www.onephilly.wordpress.com, but the appearances will be happening so often, we may not have a chance to, so please check the Yahoo site and if you see one that isn’t up there, let us know at one.philadelphia@gmail.com  and we’ll add it!

CARE NATIONAL CONFERENCE – JUNE 18 – 19, 2008 – Washington, DC

CARE International is one of the founding organizations of the ONE Campaign. Every June, CARE holds a national conference in Washington, DC that brings advocates from around the world together to educate and use their voice to communicate to the legislators that global poverty is a priority to USAmericans. The conference is June 18^th and 19^th and the second day gives a unique opportunity for you to “take the Hill” and go speak to your elected officials about global poverty.  Author Jeffrey Sachs is one of the guest speakers. Some of you may know him for his astounding book, “The End of Poverty.” CARE is also always looking for local volunteers to advocate on empowering women to end global poverty. If you have any questions about the conference or CARE, please direct them to Mary Day Kent (mdkent@care.org), Katie (kholscher@yahoo.com) or Deesha ( dyer95@hotmail.com).  About the conference: https://my.care.org/care/events/2008conference/details.tcl.  About CARE: www.care.org

ONE PHILLY MURAL PROPOSAL – YOUR IDEAS WANTED!

After the ONE Philadelphia meeting on April 12, 2008, members of the Mural committee met. This included Kaki, Sarah, Bernie, Robert and Charla. Please see below, “MURAL COMMITTEE NOTES – 4/12/08″ for a summary. To be involved or if you have questions, email one.philadelphia@gmail.com.

VOLUNTEERING / OUTREACH

Thank you Charla, Sean and Nicole, who volunteered at the Whosoever Gospel Mission on April 26^th. Whosever Gospel Mission helps homeless men and has other neighborhood programs to help the needy in the community. Thank you to Charla for organizing this. If anyone has any volunteer opportunities that ONE Philly can help out with, please email us at one.philadelphia@gmail.com. This is a chance for ONE Philly to do some work at home while recruiting more volunteers for ONE and our various organizations. Also, CONGRATULATIONS to Charla, who has been selected as a Hunger Justice Leader with Bread For The World. www.bread.org.

WHAT ARE YOUR SPECIAL TALENTS? WHAT ORGANIZATIONS DO YOU REPRESENT?

As you may or may not know, ONE Philly is comprised of many organizations that united together to fight global poverty. Well, we here at ONE Philly want you to let us know about your organization, its mission, its happenings and all of that – so reach out so we can help promote your organization as well and maybe recruit some volunteers for you! Also, do you paint, sing, draw, act, dance? Let us know if you can use any of those special talents to raise awareness about ONE.  Everyone brings something to the table, even if it is just a voice.

DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, AN IDEA, ANYTHING TO HELP ONE PHILLY?

Well, then we’d love to hear from you. The blog is the central place for ONE Philly and if you read something, have news to share about an event, statistic, study, book, newspaper article, overseas experience; your talent and how you want to use it to help ONE Philly bring awareness to global poverty, then reach out for sure! The blog is open for anyone to post anything pertaining to ONE Philly, and that includes events and such from your separate organizations that are taking charge of restoring humanity worldwide. Reach out to us at one.philadelphia@gmail.com and we will post up your announcement or anything you wish to share with the group.

TABLING EVENT – JUNE 18, 2008

ONE Philly and CARE will have a table at the 2008 Ladies of Hip-Hop Festival, which takes place from June 18 – 19. The vending time is from 7pm – 11pm and it will be at the Rotunda at 40^th and Walnut. Nicole and Jen will be volunteering at the table. More details about festival here: http://www.montazhpac.org/main

ONE at LOCAL COLLEGES/HIGH SCHOOLS

We are really reaching out and trying hard to connect with ONE chapters at local colleges. Charla is handling this. If you know of a ONE chapter or are the lead of a ONE chapter at ANY local college/high school or university, please reach out to Charla at one.philadelphia@gmail.com . If you’d like to start one…then reach out as well.

BOOK CLUB

Do you like reading? Do you enjoy sharing books concerning worldly issues with others? Then, the ONE Philly Book Club is for you. A new avenue of ONE Philly, the book club will meet before or after meetings and discuss and recommend books that are in line or pertain to the elements of ONE. Please contact Nick if you are interested – ndarecca@temple.edu.

GOODBYE TO TYLER BOND, LOCAL ONE STAFF

Some of you got to meet Tyler Bond, who was a ONE Vote 08 field organizer for a short time. Tyler also came to the April 12^th ONE Philly meeting. He is no longer working with ONE and wishes everyone luck in the future.

MINUTES FROM ONE PHILLY MEETING, APRIL 12, 2008 AT THE BELLEVUE FOOD COURT.

Thank you to everyone that came. We had double our number from last month – with 16 people showing up including the new regional coordinator for CARE, Mary Dent.

Here is a list of things talked about. OLD indicates that it is carried over and was talked about again at this meeting and NEW means this was a fresh topic brought to the meeting:

§  Increasing ONE presence in Philadelphia via tabling events at colleges, festivals, fairs, First Fridays in the city, cafés, etc. If anyone has info on happenings where ONE can put out a table to increase awareness and recruit volunteers, we are asking them to email - one.philadelphia@gmail.com  and from there they will be guided on how to proceed - OLD

§  Sarah mentioned a concert that ONE may be able to do tabling at. She is checking up and advising. Concert is in June. - OLD

§  Nick brought up a ONE Philly once a month advocacy letter highlighting issues in the news, update on legislation, etc. He also gave a briefing on letter writing and emailing – OLD/NEW

§  Nick started a phone chain for those interested in calling each other about last minute visibility, emails, etc. To be on the phone list, please contact Nick at ndarecca@temple.edu – NEW

§  Nick mentioned ONE website as a wonderful place of information on current and ongoing bills, etc. that ONE is concentrating on – www.one.org. It is called ‘Issues Through Action’. - NEW

§  Megan brought up doing a workshop on local farming and how that can help in the fight against poverty. Possibly a workshop for June or August meeting. - NEW

§  Megan and Nicole working on tri-fold for tabling events.  - NEW

§  Volunteering at Philabundance in May or June is very possible. Philabundance feeds the hungry in Philadelphia. Deesha getting back to group about that. – OLD

§  Jen is going to look into volunteer opportunities with the Red Cross – NEW

§  Kaki brought up the Germantown Poetry Festival as a place that might be appropriate for ONE to hand out literature and information – NEW

§  Charla mentioned the ONE My Space with volunteer guidelines and issues. We want to have this available at next meeting for handout – NEW

§         We need places to meet. Deesha checking on library. – OLD/NEW

§         Pictures from meeting here: http://picasaweb.google.com/ONE.Philadelphia/ONEMeeting41208

 

MURAL MEETING NOTES

Kaki, Bernie, Charla, Sarah and Robert met and among the topics that came up were possible fundraising, approval/comments from the ONE Campaign head office, permanent vs. portable, location possibilities, artists, color vs. black and white, publicity and advertising around mural, correct forms, and supplies. For full meeting notes, please contact one.philadelphia@gmail.com and they will be e-mailed to you. Also hit up that email if you are interested in being on the Mural Committee.

 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

2008 CARE National Conference - You are invited!

CARE is a founding organization of the ONE Campaign.

More info about CARE - www.care.org

More info about the CARE Conference - https://my.care.org/care/events/2008conference/details.tcl

Take part in the CARE National Conference in Washington, D.C., this June!

CARE’s annual conference is a two-day event where you can take an active role in the fight against global poverty. We will be hosting the 2008 National Conference on June 18 & 19.

June 18 – Take a stand by joining other CARE advocates in a series of workshops and discussions on critical issues facing poor communities around the world.

June 19 – Take action by meeting with your members of Congress and advocating on behalf of policies that empower women.

This event is open to U.S. residents only

Interested in Congressional Visits in Philly?

Local Meetings with Arlen Specter and Bob Casey are currently being set up to discuss global poverty, AIDS, education, finance, etc.

If interested, please contact one.philadelphia@gmail.com