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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, healthy people and healthy communities are the centerpiece of any
strong and vibrant society; and
WHEREAS, Americans from the City of Iowa City are amongst the most
generous people in the world; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best American tradition to help others help themselves;
and
WHEREAS, ONE billion people around the world live on less than $1 a day;
and,
WHEREAS, a pact directing support for basic needs - education, health, clean
water, food and care for orphans - would transform the futures and hopes of an
entire generation in the poorest countries; and
WHEREAS, ONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty History, is a new effort by
Americans to rally Americans - ONE by ONE - to fight the emergency of global
AIDS and extreme poverty; and
WHEREAS, ONE is a bipartisan political movement unprecedented in American
history and part of a rapidly growing global movement to make poverty history;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ross Wilburn, the Mayor of Iowa City, Iowa do hereby
proclaim our community to be
A CITY OF ONE
in Iowa City, and I encourage everyone to recognize the devastating impact
poverty and AIDS have around the wor d to take action t bring about
change.
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Signed in Iowa City, Iowa
this 21st day of March, 2006
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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, health people and healthy communities are the ce terpiece of any
strong and vibrant so 'ety; and
WHEREAS, Americans rom the City of Iowa City are amo st the most
generous people in the wid; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best erican tradition to help 0 ers help themselves;
and
WHEREAS, ONE billion people round the world Ii e on less than $1 a day;
and,
eeds - education, health, clean
rm the futures and hopes of an
WHEREAS, ONE: The Campaign to Ma
Americans to rally Americans - ONE by
AIDS and extreme poverty; and
Poverty History, is a new effort by
- to fight the emergency of global
WHEREAS, ONE is a bipartisan po tical movent unprecedented in American
history and part of a rapidly growin global move ent to make poverty history;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ross Wil urn, the Mayor 0 Iowa City, Iowa do hereby
proclaim our community to be
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in Iowa City, and I encour ge everyone to recognize the d1astating impact
poverty and AIDS have round the world and to take action 0 bring about
change,
Mayor
Signed in Iowa City Iowa
this 21" day of Ma h, 2006
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