Sorensen, Bauer, Ford join ONE Vote '08

The ONE Vote '08 campaign, which is organized to raise global poverty as a key foreign policy and national security issue, has added three prominent South Carolinians as ambassadors.

University of South Carolina President Andrew Sorensen, Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer and state Sen. Robert Ford, D-Charleston, have joined the group's bi-partisan leadership team.

"Ending poverty and increasing our own security are issues that we can tackle in our lifetimes," Sorensen said. "Through brave presidential leadership and popular will, wecan improve the lives of millions who lack basic food, education, medical care and access to clean water."

As ambassadors, Sorensen, Bauer and Ford will help raise awareness about extreme poverty and disease and discuss the strategic and cost-effective steps the next president can take to fight it like never before, according to a news release. They will help advise the ONE Campaign to reach more

South Carolina

voters, speak on behalf of the organization, and urge Democratic and Republican presidential candidates to address issues of hunger and malnutrition, clean water and children’s health by incorporating them into their 2008 platforms.

 South Carolina ONE Vote ’08 has 29 ambassadors, including:

Joe Wilson (co-chair)

Jim Hodges (co-chair)

Barbara Nielsen

Joe Erwin      

Bob Coble      

Leon Love      

Reverend Charles Jackson

Leslie Burton

Dr. DeAnne K. Hilfinger Messias

Minor Shaw

Floyd Nicholson

Nic Billig

Hiram

Spain

Oran

Smith

Hunter Howard

Rev. Ronnie E. Brailsford, Sr.

Inez Tenenbaum

Steven Benjamin

I.S. Leevy-Johnson

Tameika Isaac Devine

Jack Meadors

Ted  Felder

Jamarr Brown   

Wendell Estep

Jim Sonefeld

Ashley Landess

Dr. Andrew Sorensen

Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer

State Sen. Robert  Ford