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Quick Reflections & Next Year

Tuesday December 22, 2009

Members & Supporters,

Happy Holidays!  It has been a trendsetting year for our network.

Here are a handful of breakthroughs we made in 2009:

  • Expansion of the MCN to Chicago and Washington DC (the MCN now counts 37 member organizations across four cities)
  • A 700 person STAND UP against poverty event in Boston (part of the UN Millennium Campaign's STAND UP campaign: www.standagainstpoverty.org).
  • 2,000+ letters & postcards to Senator Kerry & Congress on comprehensive U.S. foreign aid reform

There are more highlights from 2009; please stay tuned for Executive Director Will Herberich's post giving a more complete reflection of the year. 

2010 can create many new opportunities for our work.  As UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges, next year is pivotal for achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (check out this article: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33322&Cr=MDG&Cr1= , thanks to Millennium Promise for posting it on their homepage).  We are exploring opportunities for students nationwide to make our voices heard ahead of the UN Summit on the MDGs next September.

We look forward to working with members, partners, donors and other allies as we gear up for 2010!