Kris Kristofferson Event

Attached are some pictures from the recent Kris Kristofferson concert where KC ONE had a table set up!

KC One Update

Greetings KC ONE Campaigners!

Just a reminder: NEXTMonday, November 6th AT 7PM we will be having our next regular ONE volunteer meetings @ Westport Coffeehouse - 4010 Pennsylvania.

Additional information for this meeting to follow in next week's message. In the interim, some local events and news to be aware of.

-The ONE Campaign has launched its new television ad, please take a moment to check it out (http://www.youtube.com/theonecampaign).

-If you have not made it to one of the local stores supporting Product RED, please read more at our blog or www.joinred.com for more info!

-World AIDS Day is still coming up and we will be discussing at the next meeting. Please come ready to discuss some ideas of how best to represent this day in our community.

-Attached is a posting for several local Campaign Coordinators from the local office. Please follow up if you are interested or know of someone who would make a great fit!

Other Events Coming Up:

-On Monday, October 30th, from 7-9pm @ Christ Church (91st & Nall), Alison Barfoot (once a pastor at Christ Church & now working with Archbishop Henry in Uganda) & Yetem (from East Africa) will be speaking.

-U2 2B a Part of a Very Special Worship Service at St. Paul’s Nov. 12. In response to the ONE campaign to Make Poverty History (www.one.org), St. Paul’s will celebrate a special U2 Communion service at 7 p.m. on Sunday, November 12. This service will feature U2 music, including such favorites as Where the Streets Have No Name, Yahweh, Pride (In the Name of Love), One and Mysterious Ways. More info at (http://stpaulslenexa.org/Nxoops/html/modules/news/article.php?storyid=14).

Peter Berger & Bill Slayer

KC ONE Campaign Volunteers

www.one.org

http://kc-one.blogspot.com

Monday Morning News for the Week

Just so that everyone is aware, today is also the UN's World Food Day which kicks off Anti-Poverty Week for Australia:

"The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945. The World Food Day and TeleFood theme for 2006 is "Investing in agriculture for food security".

Agriculture may have become a minor player in many industrialized economies, but it must play a starring role on the world stage if we are to bring down the curtain on hunger."

Bono is also in the news this week in New Zealand, starting dialogue with that country's leadership and announcing upcoming concerts and other events to raise awareness in that country.

Volunteer Meeting TONIGHT

Greetings KC ONE Campaigners!

Just a reminder: TONIGHT: MONDAY OCTOBER 16 AT 7PM we'll be resuming our regular ONE volunteer meetings, Westport Coffeehouse at 4010 Pennsylvania.

A few things we'll be covering include:
-Product RED release! See our blog or www.joinred.com for more info!

-Upcoming events, like concert volunteer opportunities, and World AIDS Day. We'll also be brainstorming ideas for new events for this fall and winter.

-Introducing our new local volunteer coordinators (that's right, plural!) and talking about what things will look like with KC ONE this year.

If you've been waiting for the opportunity to come by one of our Monday meetings, this is a GREAT time to start! Meanwhile, get out there and buy your RED products to benefit the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria.

See you tonight!

Product Red Reminder

Just a reminder to everyone that today, Product Red will be launched at local retailers in support of The Global Fund.

Also, exciting news that the Nobel Prize winner for Peace was announced this morning. This year's winner is Muhammad Yunus and the bank he founded, Grameen Bank. You can read the linked press release for more details about his, and the banks, work. By providing micro-financing loans to primarily women in poverty stricken areas they have given opportunity, culturally, to a segment that is typically suppressed in poverty while also allowing for an economic base to be established within areas that had little opportunity.

Bono & Product RED

This Friday, Bono will be a guest on Oprah to help introduce [Product] RED to the United States. [RED] is the simple idea that what we buy can change the world. It's not a charity. It's a brand created to raise money for the Global Fund by teaming up with the world's most iconic brands including Armani, Converse, GAP, American Express, and Motorola. Every [RED] product will raise not only money, but awareness.

Purchase your own Gap [RED] products beginning this Friday, October 13 at GAP stores here in Kansas City.

Chris Rock, actor and comedian featured in new Gap (PRODUCT) RED ad campaign photographed by Annie Leibovitz. Chris is wearing the new Gap (PRODUCT) RED jean jacket. (PRNewsFoto/Gap Inc., Annie Leibovitz)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA UNITED STATES 10/08/2006

Host a House Party and Stand Up Against Poverty

On October 15th, ONE members will take a stand against extreme poverty by hosting house parties and events across the country.

At the events, members will:
1) Educate their friends and family about extreme poverty and global AIDS
2) Sign the ONE Voter Pledge
3) Literally stand up to ask our leaders to make poverty history

Sign up here to host your own house party or other ONE event. By registering, you are making sure that everyone at your event who takes a stand against poverty is officially counted.

If you indicate that your event is "public" we will promote it on our site and allow others in your community to register for it online. After you sign up, we will provide you with materials to help you organize your event and instructions on how to manage registrations through our website.

Visit www.one.org/DayAgainstPoverty/ for more info.

Volunteer Meetings Resume!

Greetings KC ONE Campaigners:

It has been a while since you have heard from us, for we have been in a time of transition. But beginning Monday, October 16, we will be resuming our twice-a-month volunteer meetings! We will gather at Westport Coffeehouse (4010 Pennsylvania) at 7pm, and continue to do so on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month.

On October 16, you will have the pleasure of meeting Bill Salyer, the new local volunteer coordinator! Please come with ideas for ways that we can spread the word about ONE here in Kansas City.

Don't hesitate to leave a comment with any questions or ideas in the meantime. Look forward to seeing you on October 16 at Westport Coffeehouse.