We began our ONE Sabbath with Joy Buckley, one of our resident poets, reading the Millennium Development Goals as they appear on the ONE.org website. ONE is a U.S.-based campaign linked to the international effort to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. The Millennium Development Goals set a framework for how nations can work together to end extreme poverty. Ron Maxson read a quote from Bono about poverty being a justice issue.
The first to speak after the readings was Bob Gordh who discussed The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs. Rev. Janet McKeithen talked about the spiritual dimensions of poverty and ONE. Herley Jim rounded out the presentations talking about ONE successes and what you can do. This included signing the ONE Declaration, participating in the LA ONE Volunteer and Advocacy Training on December 8 (announcement elsewhere on this blog), and World Swim Against Malaria on April 5 (where we will take to the water in fancy dress again).
A number of people responded thoughtfully during the community sharing. We sang several songs throughout, led by Elinor Graham and Bob Gordh led us in singing Bob Marley’s “One Love”.
