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Katie Litvin

Katie is a senior at American University, where she studies international relations and journalism. She comes to D.C. from Portland, Oregon and just returned from a semester abroad in Paris. Katie has worked as a communication and news intern at CQ-Roll Call Group and Washington Post's Express. She is very excited to further her experience at ONE while working with the U.S. Communications team.

ONE takes to the field at Union University


Nov 16th, 2010 12:56 PM UTC
By Katie Litvin

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Mike Phelan, Vice President for ONE’s Union University chapter, warming up for the big game. Photo courtesy of Sarah White.

The men’s soccer team at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee brought the spirit of ONE onto their playing field last week when they donned ONE shirts during a crucial warm-up session for the quarterfinal game in the TranSouth Conference Tournament. Despite the near-freezing temperatures, the always-professional players managed to not only get their heads in the game, but help raise awareness for the world’s poorest people.

This was a successful first event for Union’s newly formed ONE Campus chapter, which launched this fall. ONE chapter members were on hand in hats and gloves distributing ONE bands and signing up students, all while cheering on their team from the sidelines. The group received a high turnout despite the weather, generating excitement and interest from their fellow fans, all while engaging fellow students about the importance of being advocates for those living on less than $1.25 a day.

Union’s ONE chapter head, Sarah White, was inspired by the energy and interest in this summer’s World Cup in South Africa and felt that partnering with the men’s soccer team would be a good opportunity to help raise ONE’s profile on campus. And with the team attracting players from all over the world -– Bosnia, Serbia, Brazil, Croatia, Scotland, Honduras and Guatemala, to name a few -– White felt the team presented a perfect opportunity to showcase the power of coming together as a team and a campus to advocate on behalf of the world’s poorest.

Visit Union’s new ONE chapter blog and stayed tuned as they begin to establish themselves on campus this year. Congrats Union, can’t wait to see what else you’ve got in store!

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ONE Campus gets into the Halloween spirit


Nov 3rd, 2010 5:45 PM UTC
By Katie Litvin

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Our ONE Campus groups were out in full force last week in the name of Halloween festive fun, helping to make our unique flier campaign a huge success. With fliers plastering campuses from Michigan to California, students from 14 schools helped to get the word out on ONE’s issues in the lead-up to the spookiest weekend of the year.

In addition to having a frighteningly fun Halloween, participating ONE Campus groups shared facts about malaria and the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, with many also holding events (think of bed nets as cobwebs, people) to help get their fellow college students get into the festive spirit. But just because trick-or-treating and Halloween are over, it doesn’t mean we’ve reached the end of our poverty-fighting efforts. ONE Campus Season 4 is officially in full swing, so stay tuned for other fun and unique campaigns that our college students are working on and how you can get involved on your campus and community this year.

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What’s really scary this Halloween


Oct 26th, 2010 5:15 PM UTC
By Katie Litvin

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If the carved pumpkins, haunted houses and copious amounts of tempting candy weren’t indicators enough, it’s Halloween time again — and ONE Campus is jumping on the bandwagon –- with a twist. Student groups across the country are posting fliers up around their campuses this week to raise awareness of what’s really scary this holiday season: the hard realities faced by the more than 1.4 billion people living on less than $1.25 a day, or the cost of a bag of fun-size Snickers.

Featuring Halloween staples -– ghosts, vampires, bats and pumpkins -– ONE is helping to educate students using eye-catching fliers with interesting facts on everything from malaria to the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. With fourteen campus chapters participating – including last year’s campus challenge winners, University of Michigan – the fliers offer a fun and interesting way to highlight ONE’s issues and energize young people to join the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease.

Want to join in the festive fun but no longer hold a college ID? Never fear, download the four different fliers in the links below! Whether it’s handing them out with your favorite candy or incorporating them into your decorations this year, these fliers are sure to help trick your treaters into learning more about how to fight extreme poverty this Halloween season by joining ONE.

SCARY WITCH: http://www.one.org/us/halloween2010/Halloween_OCC_witch.pdf
BATTY BAT: http://www.one.org/us/halloween2010/Halloween_OCC_bat.pdf
GHASTLY GHOST: http://www.one.org/us/halloween2010/Halloween_OCC_ghost.pdf
VENOMOUS VAMPIRE: http://www.one.org/us/halloween2010/Halloween_OCC_vampire.pdf
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What We’re Reading: Wal-Mart coming to Africa?


Sep 27th, 2010 12:40 PM UTC
By Katie Litvin

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South Sudanese to be armed against LRA – Southerners were given $2 million worth of weapons to replace their knives in the fighting against the LRA rebel group. (BBC)

Nigeria farmers fear crop destruction in floods – 5,000 nearby villages were flooded after dams were opened for irrigation purposes. (AP)

Black-eyed pea holds tasty promise for Africa – The vegetable is a high-protein food that can replace rice or wheat, which must be imported to Africa. (AFP)

Wage Laws Squeeze South Africa’s Poor – Working at minimum wage, South African workers can’t compete with the Chinese; with one-third of people out of work, South Africa has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world. (NYT).

Wal-Mart Seeks to Enter Africa With $4.6 Billion Deal – Wal-Mart reported its offer Monday to buy the general-merchandise chain Massmart in South Africa for $4.6 billion, potentially an effort to spread throughout Africa. (BusinessWeek)

Helicopter fires on Somali coastal town – U.S. and African Union officials deny responsibility for a military helicopter that flew over a Somali town on Sunday. (LA Times)
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