ACTIONS
Below are ways to take action at your school for the ONE Campus Challenge. They're meant to raise visibility and awareness, help you gain more members, perhaps provide us all with some comical photos and videos, and above all, effectively fight extreme poverty.
And remember the November, 50,000 point, month-long challenge!
Invite |
We'll take care of this one automatically. |
Send an invite, through our system, to your friends and family. Please send invites only to people you know; spammed invites won't count.
ONE Tweet or Re-Tweet |
Tweet about ONE, or re-tweet something from ONECampaign on Twitter. Limit 1 per day.
Submit a Photo |
Send us a photo for Photo of the Week consideration. Drops to 10 points per photo if you send 10 or more in one week. BONUS 1,000 points if your photo is selected as Photo of the Week.
Vote in the T-shirt Contest |
Vote for your favorite of three designs up for ONE's Next Top T-shirt. One vote per person.
Facebook Update/Post |
Post a Facebook status update about ONE, or post something from the ONE website on your Facebook page. Limit 1 per day.
ONE Your Pet |
Pets are cute. Cute gets attention. Dress your pet in ONE gear and take a picture to help raise ONE's visibility.
Pop Quiz |
Take a ONE or partner organization quiz. Points determined by how tough the quiz is, ranging 50-500.
Refer |
We'll take care of this one automatically. |
If someone you invited signs up, you get an extra 100 points -- in addition to the 100 points the person earns for signing up.
Make Your Own Action |
Get creative! Can be an artistic project, new web tool, or anything you can think of that ought to be worth some points. Let us know what you think it's worth, but we'll make the final call.
Sign up |
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You get 100 points for signing up on the Campus Challenge website, or for texting your school's code to BEONE (236623) to sign up for mobile alerts for the first time.
Follow ONE on Twitter |
Follow ONECampaign on Twitter.
ONE Facebook Fan |
Become a fan of ONE on Facebook.
ONE a Campus Celebrity |
Get a team coach, mascot, professor, dean, Homecoming King/Queen, or other campus celebrity to wear a ONE band.
Chalk the contest URL |
Put the www.one.org/tshirt URL up on the board in an art classroom. Whiteboard marker is cool, too.
Post the contest flier |
Put up the T-shirt contest flier in an art building on campus.
Hold a Meeting |
Hold a meeting of your OCC team after the first one.
Write Letters to Congress |
Write your own letter to your member of congress about ONE issues. (Letters sent in bulk-exceeding 25- will only be accepted once per year of OCC.)
ONE a Greek Family |
Deck out a Fraternity or Sorority on campus with ONE gear, and take a picture.
Sign a Petition |
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Fill out the form and click submit on any current online ONE petition.
World Food Day Action Countdown |
Complete one of the daily actions posted by the World Food Programme on the OCC Blog.
ONE Your Politician |
Band an elected official or person running for office. Take and submit a picture of a candidate for office. 500 for an elected city official or candidate running for city office (including school board and city council); 1,000 for a state government official/candidate or city mayor/candidate; 1,500 for a national representative/candidate or state governor/candidate; 1,500 for a Senator/candidate; 2,500 for the Vice President or a candidate running for Vice President; 5,000 for the President or a candidate running for President.
Band a Student Group |
Get another student group to wear ONE bands around campus (minimum of 5 members in the group).
Gates Webcast |
After you watch the 10/27/09 live webcast event, tell us something interesting/new you learned from it.
ONE Your Team |
Get an athletic team at your school to wear bands during a game or sporting event. BONUS 5,000 points if their game appears on off-campus TV).
Human ONE Logo |
Organize a group of students to spell out ONE in a public place using their bodies. BONUS 20 points per person over 5 people, minimum 5 people.
Group Photo |
Organize a BIG group (25+) of students in ONE merchandise for a photo opportunity.
Left and Right ONE |
Get College Republicans AND Democrats (and any other political student groups) to endorse ONE by issuing a proclamation.
ONE Blog |
Get a blog entry posted on the ONE Blog or the ONE Campus Challenge Blog.
Submit a ONE T-shirt Design |
Submit a design to one.org/tshirt and send it to us, as well. You can send in as many designs as you want, but you'll only get the points for the first 5.
Speaker on Campus |
Work with academic departments to bring speakers on ONE issues to campus. Encourage professors to take their classes to the lecture or panel, and make sure to sign up people at the door. (BONUS 500 points for crowd over 50 students. EXTRA BONUS 1,000 points for crowd over 100 students.)
Table |
Set up a table with ONE materials and sign-up sheets or a computer in a high-traffic area, either on your campus, in your community or at an event, and collect recruits.
Storm the Dorm |
Arrange a special talk about ONE issues at a dorm through a Resident Advisor, or get permission from an RA to go door-to-door in a dorm to collect sign ups.
Announce the contest |
Take a few minutes at the start or end of an art class to tell the art students about the T-shirt contest. Get the prof's permission first.
Write Congress |
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Write a letter to your senator or representative about legislation ONE advocates.
Call Congress |
Make a phone call to your senator or representative about legislation ONE advocates.
Local or Campus LTE |
Submit and get published a Letter to the Editor (LTE) about ONE issues in a local or campus publication.
Submit a Video |
Submit your own ONE-related video. Can be a commercial. Drops to 500 points per video if you submit more than 5 in one month. BONUS 5,000 points if your video is selected as Video of the Month.
Movie Screening |
Hold a screening of one of the many movies that show the reality of extreme poverty to inspire more people to get involved.
Art club meeting |
Attend a meeting of an art club on your campus to tell them about the T-shirt contest and pass out fliers.
Local/Campus Blog |
Submit an entry about ONE issues and get it published in a local or campus blog.
Hang a Banner |
Hang a ONE banner in a high-traffic area on campus.
Elect a Board |
Elect your team's governing board. Include a President and Vice President, and other officers at your discretion.
ONE an art prof |
Get an art prof or instructor to promote the t-shirt contest and distribute contest handouts IN EVERY CLASS she/he teaches.
Customize Campus Page |
We'll take care of this one automatically. |
Campus Leaders get 2,000 points for logging in and customizing their campus' page on the ONE Campus Challenge website.
ONE in the Classroom |
Get ONE and ONE issues incorporated into a class at your college/university.
Email Your Campus |
Work with your school to send a ONE Campus Challenge-dedicated email to your student listserv, with a link to your ONE campus page. (1,000 points for just a partial mention.)
October 16th-18th event |
Plan an event on campus for "Stand Up and Take Action" against poverty and for the Millennium Development Goals (October 16-18th).
ONE Partner Activity |
Work with any of ONE's partner organizations to take an action or hold an event.
First Meeting |
Your first team meeting of the season. Subsequent meetings are 400 points each.
Local or Campus Media |
Get your activities covered by your campus or a local radio station or TV channel.
Official ONE Chapter |
Work with your student government to recognize your ONE Chapter as an official group on campus.
Engage an Advisor |
Have a faculty or staff advisor help promote ONE on campus. The advisor should become an active member of your OCC team, helping to coordinate activities, and providing advice and support. Limit 2 advisors per team.
Faith in ONE |
Work with a local place of worship to incorporate ONE into a service or religious event.
High Profile LTE |
Submit and get published a Letter to the Editor (LTE) about ONE issues in a major publication, e.g. the New York Times.
High School Outreach |
Hold an assembly or extracurricular event, or visit a classroom with the teacher's permission, to educate students at a local high school about ONE issues.
ONE Campus |
Work with school administrators and student government to have your school declared a ONE Campus.
High-Profile Blog |
Submit and get published an entry about ONE issues in a national blog, e.g. the Huffington Post.
Major Media |
Get your activities covered by a nationally-broadcast radio station or TV channel/show.
ONE City |
Have the mayor or local government sign a proclamation declaring your college or university's city a ONE City.