S.C. Leaders Join to Fight Poverty
Leaders of the "ONE Vote 2012" campaign in S.C. will urge GOP presidential candidates to protect U.S. funding of programs for the world's poor.
Former and current South Carolina politicians, church leaders and academics are joining to send a message to the candidates for the 2012 presidency: the U.S. must be involved in the battle against extreme world poverty.
ONE, an advocacy group that fights poverty, especially in Africa, launched its "ONE Vote 2012" campaign in South Carolina Wednesday.
Former Governor David Beasley and former Attorney General Henry McMaster will co-chair a local committee of ambassadors. The team will work with the more than 12,000 ONE members across the state during the primary season to bring awareness to the issues that affect the world's poorest people.
They will urge this year’s Republican presidential hopefuls to protect programs that provide childhood vaccines, treatments that prevent the transmission of HIV from mother-to-child and teach advanced farming techniques that help families feed and support themselves.
One percent of the U.S. budget goes to programs for the world's poor, according to ONE's website. Members of the organization are fighting to keep those funds from being reduced.
The committee features prominent conservative voices, including President and CEO of the Palmetto Family Council, Oran Smith.
“It isn't possible to put a price tag on life. But when we do look at the bottom line, we see our assistance has saved millions of lives, each one precious, for less than one percent of the budget,” Smith said in a statement. “We have also seen that respect for life leads to democracy, stability and economic growth.”
Here is the full list of co-chairs and ambassadors for the S.C. campaign:
ONE Vote 2012 Co-chairs:
- The Honorable David Beasley, former Governor of South Carolina
- The Honorable Henry McMaster, former Attorney General of South Carolina
ONE Vote 2012 Ambassadors:
- The Honorable Weston Adams, former US Ambassador to Malawi, Reagan Appointee
- Dr. Alice Burmeister, Associate Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Winthrop University
- Edward Cousar, Second Vice-Chair, South Carolina Republican Party
- Timothy Ervolina, President, United Way Association of South Carolina
- Reverend Wendy Hudson-Jacoby, Pastor, North Charleston United Methodist Church
- Narcie Jeter, Director, Winthrop Wesley Foundation in Rock Hill
- Christy McMillin-Goodwin, Oakland Baptist Church in Rock Hill
- The Honorable Barbara Nielsen, former State Superintendent of Education
- Reverend Len Ripley, Midland Park United Methodist Church
- The Honorable Robert Royall, former US Ambassador to Tanzania, George W. Bush Appointee
- The Honorable James Smith, Captain, South Carolina Army National Guard and veteran, Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan)
- Dr. Oran Smith, President and CEO of the Palmetto Family Council
- Bryan Stirling, Deputy Attorney General, South Carolina Attorney General’s Office
- Trey Walker, Director, State Government Relations, University of South Carolina
- The Honorable Joe Wilson, U.S. Representative (R, SC-2)
George Grace
3:18 pm on Wednesday, November 2, 2011
I support the "One" campaign but I want to post something else about Africa.
Obama has been critized for sending 100 Special forces troops to help eradicate Joseph Kony's Lords Liberation Army in northeast Uganda and south Sudan.
The critics need to study something abot Joseph Kony (Google him), he's a monster and only reason the world doesn't know about him is he isolates himself and his atrocities from public press. And the fact CNN anf Fox News cut their international staffs so bad the only thing they can talk about is political news in the US and crime videos they get from Youtube.
Anyway the two stories I want you all to know about Joseph Kony are:
1. Several years ago he wanted "wives" for his soldiers, a morale booster I assume. So he went to a Roman Catholic girls school in northeast Uganda and kidnapped all the girls. He marched them into the jungle. An Italian nun followed them and after several days got the girls back. That is one remarkable nun.
2. For years he has had "The 13th Commandment." It says "thou shall not ride a bicycle." Why? Because someone that rides a bicycle can cover ground faster and get away to get news out about him and his atrocities. Anyone breaking the 13th Commandment will have a leg chopped off with a machete.
That is what Uganda and south Sudan have been trying to deal with for over 20 years. Our special forces are well utilized in ridding the world of Joseph Kony. Good on ya' Obama!
harry
10:11 am on Thursday, November 3, 2011
we are broke.. 40 cents of every dollar spent is borrowed money.. mostly from china.. with spending and illegals, our children and grandkids are screwed. any money spent, should be here not abroad. WE ARE BROKE
Mimi
12:09 pm on Thursday, November 3, 2011
We are broke harry because we are in two unnecessary wars that were not paid for, we handed out not one but two tax gifts to the rich during a time of war and didn't pay for it, then if that wasn't enough a prescription program was created to add a furture burden on Medicare and our taxes all to create a massive windfall of profits to pharma and health industries with no limitations on what they could charge NOT PAID FOR. The massive fraud in the privios administration of taking tax revenues generated by the working class and funneling it to the pockets of corporations have broken the finicial back of this country. 10.5 trillion dollars spent by the drunkin Sailor Republican Party will take us a long time to recapture. We cannot begin that process as long as the entire Republican party are nothing but puppet heads for special interest. 2012 will finially right this wrong when every single Republican will be defeated no matter how much smoke and mirrors they have tried to create. They are responsible for this mess and they are responsible for not recognizing what they did and fixing it. The Republican party has done more damage to this country than any terorist in history.
stanley seigler
11:00 am on Thursday, November 3, 2011
@harry
re: we are broke... and illegals...WE ARE BROKE
if we give tax breaks (welfare) to the 1% and corporations: we are NOT broke......perhaps the GOP-tpers party line sound bites should be fact checked...
re: illegals
wish all the illegals would go back to wherever...and let the produce rot in the fields...we dont need cheap veggies and fruits...we can import it from mexico.
FYI: "Most of the non-Latinos that Smith [Alabama framer] has hired over the years last maybe a couple of hours at most, he says, before they quit."
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DDRIGHTS/message/7455
ReadIt
3:12 pm on Thursday, November 3, 2011
What does "broke" have to do with the ONE campaign? ONE is a nonprofit organization with some huge names behind it - making a positive change to effect world poverty. ONE Vote for 2012 is about awareness and making politicians realize that, as bad as we may have it here - people have it worse elsewhere.
ONE also needs political support for policies that pertain to charitable donations/actions, visas/passports (especially for members who want to travel to Africa and help) and other related items. ONE does not even directly solicit for monetary contributions (there's not even a "donate" button on their website) - they just want voices.
This article has NOTHING to do with our economy - it has everything to do with humanitarian needs and the need for support at all levels of the US.
George Grace
3:58 pm on Thursday, November 3, 2011
Two suggestions to help the poor and Fed Govt:
1. No federal income tax below $21,000 in income. They have to file but no taxes. This puts more money in their pocket to help them rise to the next level.
2.
"Democratic members of Congress Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) have introduced legislation that levies a 0.25 percent transaction tax on the value of stocks, bonds and derivatives transactions. It is unlikely to pass a Republican House which is dead set against raising taxes"
This is the right idea but to complicated. Add a .50 cent tax on all online stock trading transactions. .50 cents on $7.99 transaction fee is nothing.
Carol Jimerson
5:11 am on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Dr. Donna Beegle, Communication Across Barriers, Prosperity Summit. Look her up - she's from Oregon and has a program that self-empowers those in situational and generational poverty. Our current methods of fighting poverty stop short and there's already enough money expended. The missing component is people - or "navigators" as Dr. Beegle refers to them. Individuals NOT in poverty paired with those in poverty to help them help themselves. Let's get this awareness and opportunity into our East Coast communities.