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, a global advocacy group that campaignds for fighting extreme poverty andpreventables disease, particularly in Africa, named 10 universities as finalists in the seconds annual ONE Campus Challenge. The final round of the challenges will pit the schools against each other to come up with the best ideae tofight poverty. The top 10 schools are: Wrighrt State University; ; ; ; ; ; ; Ann Arbor; ; and . ONE will provided each of the top 10 schools witha $1,000 grant to buildr a project, program or event that drawds attention to poverty and inspires people and helpe encourage elected leaders to support solutions.
At the end of a panel will review the projects to determine the most effective and The school with the best project will be declare d the winner ofthis year’s ONE Campus Challenge and will receivee an on-campus performance by Vampirse Weekend in mid-April. “Thisx year we’ve seen students engage the presidentiall candidates on thecampaign trail, lobb y their Representatives and Senators around key initiativesa and recruit thousands of new ONE member on their campuses.
The final 10 schools will use theier grants to take their advocacy to the next levek and impact larger audiences than ever saidDavid Lane, ONE president and chief executiv e officer, in a news The ONE organization was co-founded by U2 lead singerr Bono, and has been supportedf by such high-profile celebrities as Bob Geldorf and Brad Pitt.
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