Michael Fazzino is ONE’s Campus Coordinator and is responsible for the coordination of both the OCC program and the annual ONE Summit. He holds a dual degree from Sacred Heart University in Political Science and Business Administration, and likewise studied Human Rights Law at the London School of Economics. A former student ambassador with Product (RED) and a Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation finalist, Mike also works closely with the Children of the Light home for street children, based in La Ceiba, Honduras.
Are you ready to kick-off part two of the ONE Campus Challenge? We’re back and bigger than ever -– and your first challenge (and chance to win a spot on this year’s grand prize trip to the Bonnaroo Music Festival) starts now!
February is always a bit crazy here in DC. The President announces his budget for the next fiscal year, and it’s our first real glimpse of just how much funding our poverty-fighting programs might receive. So for the next few weeks, we need you to grab your cameras, hit the streets, and say cheese.
We’re asking our campuses to take one big action: Hold up a message letting President Obama know that these programs that make up less than 1 percent of the total US budget matter to you. Then submit your photo to earn points for your university, your alma mater or even the campus in your community. Whether you’re a current student, professor, alumni or family, get started here.
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Each day this week, we’ll highlight a major accomplishment in the fight against poverty that ONE members helped achieve in 2011. Today, ONE’s OCC coordinator Mike Fazzino discusses our ONE Campus Challenge.
For our fifth year of the ONE Campus Challenge, students around the nation didn’t disappoint. More than 700 colleges participated in the challenge, and its ONE members put their powerful voices to work. Through creative challenges, college students, professors, alumni and friends joined together and urged political leaders to support smart and effective programs that save lives. So what did we accomplish?
What a semester we’ve had! In the past two weeks, ONE Campus students attended our World AIDS Day event in DC, stormed Capitol Hill to lobby their members of Congress to support lifesaving programs, and attended a White House Community Leaders Briefing to boot.
University of Florida winners. From left to right, Nick Vinson, Erica Ngoenha, Kelly Dees, and Bryant Shannon.
On December 1, World AIDS Day, we’ll be marking a critical point in our fight against HIV/AIDS. Currently, 6.6 million people are receiving treatment (up from just 100,000 in 2002), but we’re a long way from declaring victory. So this year, let’s be a part of the solution. It’s time to spread the word about all the progress we’ve made in the fight against HIV/AIDS — and show how much more needs to get done, too.
What can you do to get involved in Challenge No. 4? Host a World AIDS Day event on your campus or in your community. Plan a movie night with friends. Turn a landmark on campus (RED), or write to your members of Congress and ask them to continue to fund the fight. And stay tuned, because we’ll reveal a big World AIDS Day project of our own next week…
Up for another challenge? The third leg of the ONE Campus Challenge is here, and we’re asking our students to take it to the streets. Programs that fight HIV/AIDS, malaria and chronic hunger could be drastically cut by the Senate this month. Between now and November 18th, meet with your members of Congress and tell them to protect international development programs in US FY2012 Budget. Let your member know that these programs work and are saving lives. Head to the ONE Campus website to get started.
The University of Mississippi won second place with this video
It definitely feels like fall, a clear indication that our Summer Photo Challenge has come to an end! Over the summer, ONE Campus students took photos all around the world, and we got some pretty amazing results. We had fun sorting through all the incredible submissions, but after much deliberation we picked our top three from students and locales across the globe:
3rd place: Katheryn Winn of Middle Tennessee State University, “Girls in School,” Tanzania
As you may know, the ONE Campus Challenge launched at the end of September, and we’ve got some pretty incredible results. Hundreds of campuses recruited thousands of new ONE members across the nation –- but Michigan State University grabbed the top spot by recruiting 165 new ONE members, took over their campus with chalk, paint (they painted the iconic MSU rock with a huge ONE logo), and did some old fashioned canvassing (including calls to their member of Congress) to garner support in defense of the world’s poor. Great job Spartans!
Right now, some of the world's biggest oil companies are fighting to keep some of their deals with foreign governments secret. Let's tell big oil we won't be bullied.
Cuts to poverty-fighting programs won't balance the budget, but they will set back progress on Canada's development priorities and risk jeopardizing existing investments.
2011 marks 30 years since the first cases of AIDS were documented. Take a closer look at the specific, achievable goals we must hit by 2015 to make this year the beginning of the end of AIDS.
