Monday, January 08, 2007

A Message from The ONE Campaign...

Like I once shared Matt Damon's e-mail to ONE members, I'd like to again share this message from Virginia Simmons, another ONE member. Please take time to read it and help spread the word around to help save lives of people with HIV/Aids, malaria or tuberculosis. Better still, be a member and let your voice be heard.

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Subject: Take Action - Save A Billion Dollars
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 17:19:54 -0500
From: "Virginia Simmons" Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
To: "Virginia Simmons"

Hi,

Tomorrow, the ONE Campaign is launching a major action to save a billion dollars for the fight against global poverty. Please consider sharing the below information and action with your readers.

What's Happening:
Congress is set to pass a continuing resolution, which will keep funding at 2006 levels throughout all of 2007, and means HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis programs will not receive a billion dollars in increased funding for the new year.
(More info: http://action.one.org/blog/comments.jsp?blog_entry_KEY=329&t= )

Monday's Action:
Thankfully, there is still a limited amount of funds available for the 2007 budget, and our leaders in Congress are tasked with doling out these funds. Senators Durbin and Brownback and Representatives Lee and Shays have drafted "Dear Colleague" letters urging congressional leadership to use as much of the money as possible to fund these critical programs. (You can contact me for copies of the House and Senate letters.)

The more senators and representatives who sign these "Dear Colleague" letters, the more likely congressional leadership will decide to give a large portion of the funding back.

Please urge your readers to contact their representatives today using our take action page.

http://action.one.org/dia/organizationsONE/one/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1297&t=OneColumn.dwt

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to email me.

Ginny

Virginia Simmons
Online Organizing Coordinator
The ONE Campaign
virginia@one.org
www.one.org/blog

P.S. You may find this recent UPI article helpful: http://www.upi.com/HealthBusiness/view.php?StoryID=20070105-080807-6311r

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