In celebration of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the ONE Campaign Miami in partnership with CARE, Results and Oxfam International is proud to introduce Miami’s Stand Up to Make Poverty History Event, to be held at Bongos Cuban Café in Miami, Florida on October 16, 2008 beginning at 8 p.m.
As part of ONE’s ongoing efforts to raise public awareness about the issues of global poverty, hunger, disease and their initiatives in working with such problems in the world’s poorest countries, Stand Up, offers an opportunity to gather and learn about ways that we can make a difference together.
The evening will feature exciting live music, fair trade artisans, community networking and several information booths with resources from local organizations offering ways in which to become more involved, both locally and globally in addressing these issues.
With billions of people living on just dollars a day around the world, global poverty remains one of the greatest challenges and tragedies the international community faces. Join us as we Stand Up together in Miami to end global poverty.
-Sara J. Paterni
P.S. Check out this awesome video from Miami’s Stand Up event last year.
How does one find the words to express what came into fruition in Miami on October 13th? Was it amazing? No, we had the will; we knew we could do it. Was it magical? Well, there certainly was something very thrilling about taking the thread of an idea and weaving it into a reality.
About two months ago a group of ambitious ONEsters met on a weekly basis to plan what became a successful event for the eradication of poverty and the re-emergence of ONE Miami. Different teams worked on various aspects of the event, from advertising to entertainment. One thing that I found particularly striking, was all of the resources we have right here in our community. When you look at how quickly we were able to put this impressive event together, it makes you wonder what more we can do. What are the limits of our capabilities? Imagine if we all pooled our resources together, what positive changes we could make in the world. Do we have the will?
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