One Action

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

JANUARY 2022 ONE GLOBAL WEEK OF ACTION:FROM 15 22 JANUARY 2022, ONE HELD ITS FIRST GLOBAL WEEK OF ACTION TO END THE PANDEMIC (GWA). THE IMPETUS FOR THE MOMENT WAS CLEAR: WHILE THE PANDEMIC RAGES ON, PUBLIC POLLING WE COMMISSIONED LATE LAST YEAR SHOWED A LACK OF AWARENESS OF THE INJUSTICES THAT CHARACTERIZE THE GLOBAL COVID RESPONSE. OUR AIM WAS TO RESPOND TO THIS REALITY BY DEMONSTRATING A GLOBAL GROUNDSWELL OF SUPPORT, RAISING AWARENESS OF THE ISSUE, AND BUILDING BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PRESSURE AHEAD OF THE EU-AU SUMMIT IN FEBRUARY 2022. WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE'S VACCINE, TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND SHIPPING, OXFAM, SAVE THE CHILDREN, UNICEF, GLOBAL CITIZEN, AND MANY OTHERS, THE GLOBAL WEEK OF ACTION LED TO A TOTAL OF SEVENTY-ONE THOUSAND ACTIONS IN CITIES ACROSS FOUR CONTINENTS AND A TOTAL OF 147 MILLION PEOPLE REACHED. WHILE MUCH OF THE WEEK FOCUSED ON PUBLIC CALLS FOR THE NEED TO VACCINATE THE WORLD AND END THE VACCINE NATIONALISM THAT HAD TAKEN HOLD IN WEALTHIER COUNTRIES AMID THE RAPID RISE OF THE OMICRON VARIANT, ONE ACTION WORK BUTTRESSED THESE EFFORTS WITH SEVERAL HIGH-LEVEL MEETINGS BEHIND-THE-SCENES WITH MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT IN THE UK, GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS, ITALY, FRANCE, AND THE US. IN SENEGAL, ONE MET WITH THE KHALIF OF TIDJANIA, ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ISLAMIC CLERICS IN THE COUNTRY, AND IN NIGERIA, WE CONNECTED TOP OFFICIALS WITH THE DUKPA AND PAIKON KORE COMMUNITIES TO DISCUSS VACCINE ACCESS AND PENDING US PROSPER AFRICA LEGISLATION. BEYOND FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS, WE SHARED A POINT-BY-POINT JUSTIFICATION DOCUMENT FOR THE $17BN WE ADVOCATED FOR IN SUPPLEMENTAL GLOBAL COVID-19 FUNDING WITH KEY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, THE US OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, AND INVITED 60 BIPARTISAN CONGRESSIONAL STAFF TO AN ACT-A UPDATE BRIEFING. WE ALSO LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR OUR EMERGING BODY OF WORK ON PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE, INCLUDING BY TRACKING THE NEW PANDEMICS BILL AND ADVOCATING FOR SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL HEALTH FINANCING MECHANISMS ALONGSIDE FULL FUNDING FOR THE GLOBAL FUND APPROPRIATION.

ONE VOTE CAMPAIGNS (ONE ACTION):ONE RAN COUNTRY-SPECIFIC ONE VOTE CAMPAIGNS IN THE NETHERLANDS, GERMANY, AND FRANCE OVER THE LAST YEAR, WITH ONE ACTION PLAYING A CENTRAL ROLE BEHIND-THE-SCENES. IN THE NETHERLANDS, FOLLOWING HUNDREDS OF EMAILS TO CANDIDATES AND PARTY LEADERS FROM GLOBAL ACTIVISTS AND SUPPORTERS, HUNDREDS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIONS, THE MAJORITY OF THE APPROACHED PARTY LEADERS (6 OUT OF 11!) AND MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE CANDIDATES SIGNED THE ONE VOTE PLEDGE COMMITTING TO THE FIGHT AGAINST EXTREME POVERTY AND PREVENTABLE DISEASES. IN GERMANY, OUR GAS MET WITH OVER 60 CANDIDATES AHEAD OF THE ELECTIONS, ASKING THEM TO PRIORITIZE GLOBAL JUSTICE AND SIGN THE "ARTICLE ONE," COMMITTING TO THE 2030 AGENDA. IN THE PROCESS, THEY ALSO MET THE THREE CHANCELLOR CANDIDATES INCLUDING OLAF SCHOLZ (NOW CHANCELLOR). ADDITIONALLY, THE YOUTH AMBASSADORS CARRIED OUT SEVERAL ONLINE AND OFFLINE ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS A TWITTER STORM, A CHALK SPRAY ACTION ALL OVER GERMANY, COLLECTING POSTCARDS FROM CITIZENS WITH WISHES FOR THE NEXT GOVERNMENT. IN ADDITION, THROUGH MEDIA WORK THE GERMAN GA TEAM ACHIEVED A TOTAL OF 80 MEDIA HITS AND WERE ABLE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, TO QUESTION CANDIDATES FOR CHANCELLOR ON ONE'S TOPICS IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE OF MILLIONS ON PUBLIC TELEVISION. IN FRANCE, OUR YAS REACHED OUT TO THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES' TEAMS WITH THE ASK FOR THEIR CONCRETE PROPOSALS ON THREE MAIN POLICY QUESTIONS CENTERED AROUND HOW THEY WOULD END THE PANDEMIC EVERYWHERE, HOW THEY WOULD SUPPORT AND INVEST IN AFRICAN ECONOMIES, AND HOW THEY WOULD ACT IN TRUE PARTNERSHIP WITH AFRICA TO MAKE SURE IT KEEPS ITS OWN WEALTH AND RESOURCES, AND PUBLISHED THEIR RESPONSES IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH. PRESIDENT MACRON WAS RE-ELECTED IN APRIL AND ONE ACTION HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH HIS ADMINISTRATION TO SECURE COMMITMENTS ON SDRS AND ODA. WE CONTINUE TO USE INSIGHTS GLEANED THROUGH A CITIZEN CONSULTATION DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MAKE.ORG TO INFORM AND BETTER TARGET OUR POLITICAL STRATEGY GOING FORWARD, PARTICULARLY AS THE NEW PARLIAMENT IS VOTED IN THIS MONTH.