Action: 42. Time: 15 minutes. Level of difficulty: Easy.
Some of you might recognize these quotes…
We’ve posted them on our Facebook wall and Twitter feed to help inspire our ONE members to continue taking action against poverty where they can, in their own ways. People on social media love them — whenever we post them up, they get hundreds and even thousands of likes and shares. And it makes us feel good to know that we’re helping to spread our activist culture with others.
But now it’s your turn. We want to hear a quote that inspires you. It an be a quote from your favorite humanitarian, your mentor, your parents, your own quote, a famous celebrity, the Bible, the Koran, anywhere. One thing — we want to use it to help raise awareness against global hunger and malnutrition. So, any food, agriculture and farming-related quotes are much welcome.
On Friday, we’ll choose our favorite quote and have our graphic designer, Patricia Lavallee, design it into a cool graphic like the ones you see above. We’ll share it on our social media accounts during the G8 Summit (which is this weekend) to help raise awareness for global agriculture.
So, let’s get started! Share a quote with us in the comments section below. Good luck!
Action: 41. Time: 15 minutes. Level of difficulty: Moderate.
It’s infuriating when great poverty-fighting bills are stuck in Congress. But that’s exactly what’s happening to the Water for the World Act. The Act has the ability to direct US efforts to help provide 100,000,000 people with first-time access to safe drinking water and sanitation on a sustainable basis within six years, but it’s not doing much good sitting where it is right now.
Action: 40. Time: 15 minutes. Level of difficulty: Easy.
This is a picture of me and some of my playmates when I was 5 years old. I am the chubby one in the center, with the white and red dress on. I don’t remember whose birthday we were celebrating, but the point is that all six of us in the photo made it to the age of 5.
Action: 39. Time: 25 minutes. Level of difficulty: Moderate.
Do you know any extraordinary activists who, in addition to their everyday jobs and lives, help those who need it most? Inspire others to do the same? Make an impact in alleviating issues like homelessness and hunger?
President Obama giving the Presidential Citizen Medals to the winners in 2011. Photo credit: The White House.
Well, jot down their names and remember their stories, because this year, President Obama is accepting nominations for the Presidential Citizens Medal, an award that recognizes Americans who have “performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or their fellow citizens.”
Action: 38. Time: 25 minutes. Level of difficulty: Moderate.
In our new petition to fight global hunger, we ask our ONE members to urge the G8 to “implement a bold global plan to ensure 50 million people escape poverty through agriculture.” The line sounds vague, but it’s not — the “bold global plan” we’re referring to is outlined in detail in our report, “Food. Farming. Future: Breaking the Cycle of Malnutrition and Poverty.”
So, your job for this week’s ONE Act is to read the report and learn about our “bold global plan” for the G8. Then, share something about the report in the comments section below — doing so will make you eligible to win one of our cool green Thrive aprons used at our launch events in Berlin, London, Washington, D.C., and Paris earlier this week.
Last week we asked you to use your wit to help us publicize a petition aimed at preserving funding for programs like PEPFAR and the Global Fund. We wanted you to create your own wacky predictions like the one we used on April Fools’ Day. We weren’t disappointed. Check out some of the predictions below:
If you still haven’t signed, hurry to our petition page and add your name to the list. Tell all your friends, too!
Action: 37. Time: 5 minutes. Level of difficulty: Easy.
Right now, there is an emergency happening in the Sahel region of Africa, which includes Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, northern Cameroon, Nigeria and Senegal. Successive droughts in 2005, 2010 and now 2012, combined with increasing food insecurity in the region, is pushing about 15 million people into crisis mode. Of these, the most vulnerable are young children. UNICEF estimates at least 1 million children are at risk of dying of severe acute malnutrition, and in the worst case, up to 1.4 million could be affected.
Right now, some of the world's biggest oil companies are fighting to keep some of their deals with foreign governments secret. Let's tell big oil we won't be bullied.
Cuts to poverty-fighting programs won't balance the budget, but they will set back progress on Canada's development priorities and risk jeopardizing existing investments.
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