ONE Supporters Tweet the Street to Send Messages to G8 Leaders
ONE members are literally taking their message to the streets this week as leaders of the industrialized world – the Group of Eight –descend on the Washington, D.C. area to attend the G8 Summit at Camp David in Maryland, hosted by President Obama.
As part of the lead-up to the G8 gathering, thousands of ONE members have sent Twitter messages to world leaders, urging them to take bold action to break the cycle of extreme poverty and hunger.
Many of these tweets will be emblazoned onto streets in DC and around Camp David thanks to the ONE Street Tweeter – an innovative trailer-mounted robot that works like a gigantic ink-jet printer by pneumatically spraying washable, non-toxic paint onto road surfaces.
The messages call on the G8 to deliver an ambitious and practical new global food security framework that can lift 50 million people out of poverty and prevent stunting in more than 15 million children due to chronic malnutrition. Examples of recent tweets from ONE members:
- John Mills, Ontario, Canada: Teach sowing, growing, eating, succeeding
- C L Kelly, New York, New York: G8 food 4 thought: Hunger doesn’t sleep.
- Karen Walrond, Texas: We want to #THRIVE!
- Andrew Schwartz, Washington DC: One Love means No One Should be Hungry
Key Facts about the ONE Street Tweeter:
- More than 5,000 messages have been sent via Twitter to @ONEStreetTweet and www.one.org
- Messages have come from all 50 states, every G8 country and 26 other countries around the globe
- Notable Street Tweeters include Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA), Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Congressman Michael Honda (D-CA), Cindy McCain,Jeremy Piven, Tom Brady, Colin Farrell, Zoe Saldana, Rick Santorum, Roger Thurow and others
Press is invited to a photo-op to witness the Street Tweeter in action and speak with ONE’s U.S. Executive Director Tom Hart on Wednesday, May 16th at the intersection of Pennsylvania Ave and 13th Street, NW.
In order to participate, all media must RSVP to Emily Walker at [email protected] or 202.495.2732. If you are unable to attend but require photos/videos or an interview with a ONE spokesperson, please contact Emily.