About Commit in September
Commit in September is a national advocacy campaign demonstrating young Americans’ grassroots commitment to global development ahead of this September’s United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Summit.
This September, President Obama will address a special UN MDGs Summit. The MDGs, eight goals to cut extreme poverty in half by 2015, are far from being met. President Obama and Congress have the unprecedented opportunity to follow through on commitments to achieve the goals, but they cannot act without grassroots political capital.
The Millennium Campus Network (MCN), with sponsorship from the United Nations Millennium Campaign & the United Nations Foundation, is launching CommitinSeptember.com, an online petition to President Obama and Congress on the MDGs. The goal is to get thousands of signatures by the end of July and deliver these to the White House and Congress in early August, in the lead up to the September summit. The MCN petition focuses on the MDGs, with specific asks for United States commitments to global education, global health, and long term development in Haiti.
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About the Coordinator:
The Millennium Campus Network
The Millennium Campus Network (MCN) is a national non-profit network of university student organizations working to reduce extreme poverty and achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. The organization provides networking, funding, and national campaign opportunities for existing student organizations.
Since its founding in 2007, the MCN has expanded to count 37 member organizations across 17 campuses in Boston, Chicago, New York City, and Washington D.C. Leading advocates including Dr. Paul Farmer, Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, and musician John Legend serve on its Board of Advisors. Learn more at http://www.millenniumcampusnetwork.org/.
About the Sponsor:
The United Nations Millennium Campaign
End poverty by 2015.This is the historic promise 189 world leaders made at the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000 when they agreed to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The United Nations Millennium Campaign supports and inspires people from around the world to take action in support of the Millennium Development Goals. Learn more at www.endpoverty2015.org. The UN Millennium Campaign also coordinates www.standagainstpoverty.org, taking place worldwide this September 17-19.
