(Here is the letter that Ms. M is talking about)
Here is an email that I received this week from DATA which was sent to their organizers (volunteer and paid staff). It contains a letter that can be downloaded, copied and distributed to your friends and families to sign and be sent back to DATA.
After you have these letters signed, please send them back to DATA BEFORE 25 June, 2005. Their address is:
DATA
1400 Eye Street NW
Suite 1125
Washington DC 20005
These letters will be delivered to Pres. Bush before he leaves for Scotland for the G8 meeting 6-8 July 2005.
Thanks for everything that you do for Africa's Future!
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ONE campaign supporters:
Tomorrow begins the countdown to the G8 summit. Attached you will find
the letter to President Bush that the ONE campaign is using to
encourage him to attend the G8 summit in July with a positive plan for Africa
and other impoverished nations. Please use this in your outreach and
ask friends, family, church members and members of your community to sign
onto this letter. You can use this letter in churches for the week of
Faith (June 12th- 18th) and all month at events in your area.
Print the letter, make copies and ask people to sign them and include
their complete address.
The ONE Campaign
Dear President Bush,
Because:
• ONE billion people around the world live on less than ONE dollar a day;
• The US government spends less than ONE percent on overcoming global AIDS and poverty;
• Citizens are uniting as ONE across political and religious divides to support action to overcome the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty.
At the G8 leaders meeting on July 6th we urge you to:
• Help the poorest people of the world fight poverty, AIDS and hunger at a cost equal to just ONE percent more of the US budget on a clear timetable;
• Cancel 100% of the debts owed by the poorest countries;
• Reform trade rules so poor countries can earn sustainable incomes.
We urge you to lead an historic deal with other nations to help Africa and the poorest nations overcome global AIDS and extreme poverty. Together as ONE, we can Make Poverty History this July.
Sincerely,
Address: ____________________________________
City, State: ____________________________________
Zip code: ___________________________________
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Ms. M, I'm doing the same thing down here in Texas with the letters for President Bush. I'm hoping to get 300 signed letters all by myself. (every little bit helps)
If you watched the Brad Pitt show last night, or even if you didn't, SIGN THIS LETTER and mail it back to DATA asap!
to Diane Sawyer. Good interview so far.
.... I liked how the played the song"ONE" at the end of the interveiw...it really moved me....
I would have taped it but I was on vacation and away from basic human necessities such as a VCR/Tivo/Internet connection - it wasn't pretty 
