WKU students campaign for anti-poverty funding
This article was originally published by the Bowling Green Daily News
Western Kentucky University students Nicole Camargo (left) and Amanda Collins traveled last month to Washington, D.C., to advocate for anti-poverty funding. /Image courtesy of Andy DelGiudice
Two Western Kentucky University students recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate for anti-poverty funding.
President Donald Trump’s budget proposal calls for an $18 billion cut, almost 30 percent, to the enacted 2017 international affairs budget. Last month, Nicole Camargo, 21, and Amanda Collins, 20, were invited by The ONE Campaign to visit the nation’s capital and advocate for the funding.
The students are co-presidents of The ONE Campaign’s WKU chapter. Based in Washington, D.C., the policy and advocacy organization was founded in 2004 to mobilize people to take action against international poverty and preventable disease.
Sean Simons, U.S./Canada Press Secretary for The ONE Campaign, said it encourages constituents to contact their elected leaders.
“It’s particularly important for students to get involved in activism and to really be a voice for those who don’t have one,” Simons said. “One of the things that we hope that students take away from working with ONE, coming up to D.C. and meeting their leaders is a lasting passion for activism.”
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