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“Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.” -Martin Luther King, Jr.

"We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop." –Mother Teresa

"Seek justice. Encourage the oppressed. Fight for the cause of the fatherless. Plead the case of the widows." -Isaiah 1:17

About Us

One%Matters started at New Life Church in Ann Arbor, at the heart of the University of Michigan's campus. On the corner of Washtenaw and Hill St, One%Matters calls New Life Church home at 1541 Washtenaw. What has started as a small group of 12 students, One%Matters is actively working to touch every part of the University of Michigan's campus and the Ann Arbor community. With the vision of touching every individual, church, community and business, here at One%Matters we believe that together we can and will be the generation to alleviate extreme poverty and the suffering caused by HIV/AIDS.

The Mission

One%Matters is a non-profit organization that aims to envision and mobilize individuals toward eradicating extreme poverty and alleviating the suffering caused by HIV/AIDS worldwide. We aspire to engage individuals, churches, communities and businesses to give 1% of their income toward organizations that are working to eradicate extreme poverty and alleviate the suffering caused by HIV/AIDS worldwide.

Core Values

The following core values reflect the essential and enduring tenets and philosophy of One%Matters. They are the basis for our mission and for all of our goals, activities, and working relationships. They are the principles that have united all those who work for and in partnership with One%Matters, and are the foundation of our organization.

• God's Heart:

  We believe that God has a heart that loves and cares for every life on this planet. Because of God's love for every life, we believe that every human life is valuable. As a manifestation of God's heart for His people, we are called to love our neighbors as God loves us: with kindness and compassion, sharing one another's sufferings and joy. We believe that we are called by God's love for us to love each other and treat each other as children of God with dignity, respect and love.

• Dignity:

  We believe that we are called to honor the dignity of all persons, promoting each other's self-respect and self-worth. We believe that we are called to not only treat others with dignity, but to act on the behalf of individuals that are not treated with the dignity that they deserve as a child of God.

• Partnership:

  We believe that we are called to work in partnership with others both inside and outside the Christian Church, and inside and outside our organization, in order to better the human experience for every individual. In those partnerships, we believe we are able to hold ourselves accountable to one another in the pursuit of improving the human experience for every individual and embracing diversity among cultures in order to accomplish more together than we can do alone.