On Friday, March 29th and Saturday March 30th, volunteers from ONE Miami tabled at “Ultra Music Festival,” a 2-day concert composed of more than 100 DJs from around the world and an estimated 70,000 attendees. Our 10×10 ft. plot of land drew a good amount of attention. We adorned our table with a white sheet, a banner, flyers, business cards, and of course, the declaration.

We also set up a white sheet to serve as a film screen, a LCD projector and a computer to show ONE commercials and ONE Miami created videos. I like to believe we had the best looking booth at the festival, but I may be a bit biased. Many people came to look at the visuals, but they stayed to discuss the issues of extreme poverty and HIV/AIDS. A phenomenon of this tabling event that I have not seen before was that not one person walked away without having signed the declaration.

Once the crowd around our table died down, we took our agenda to the crowd. We weaved around the multiple stages in our ONE t-shirts, armed with flyers, wristbands, and the declaration. We spoke to concert goers and vendors, security and entertainment. Many people were very receptive and even had stories of their own to share.

Tabling for ONE provides a unique opportunity to meet many different people and share perspectives on very serious issues. Oftentimes you spark in people a latent desire to make this world better that is particularly inspiring. When this happens, and it is quite often, you find the real pleasure of tabling for ONE.

[Lots more photos from Ultra Miami on Flickr here.]

-Danielle De Pas, ONEMiami Volunteer