{"id":165427,"date":"2025-06-11T15:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/?p=165427"},"modified":"2025-12-19T19:29:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T19:29:15","slug":"one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/","title":{"rendered":"ONE at Bonnaroo: Meet Sophia!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s that time of year again: We’re headed to The Farm! ONE has had a presence at Tennessee’s Bonnaroo<\/a> music festival for more than a decade, braving heat and inclement weather to take action and bring new voices to our fight against poverty and preventable disease!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We couldn’t do the work we do without our amazing volunteers. Meet Sophia,<\/strong> one of our Alabama activists – and a repeat Bonnaroo volunteer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sophia, why did you join ONE? <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I was introduced to ONE by a friend during my freshman year of college at the University of Alabama. Being an International Studies major with a background living abroad, and a father who moved to the United States from Pakistan, I was moved by the causes ONE champions. With two parents who worked in healthcare, access to medicine, vaccines, and care were always a given. My passion for ONE is best summed up by the organization\u2019s cofounder in a phrase we ONE activists borrow frequently: \u201cWhere you live shouldn\u2019t determine whether you live.\u201d Equity inspires me, simple as that.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s a favorite Bonnaroo memory? What are you excited for this year?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I love meeting all the different kinds of people at Roo! There is such a positive energy surrounding this festival – you can tell everyone is there to have a good time. And there\u2019s something wonderful about advocating for equity in a place where so many are bursting with love and acceptance \u2014 values Bonnaroo has intentionally built into their events. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Any advice for someone getting ready to start their activism journey?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Your voice is an incredibly powerful tool, much more powerful than you might think! In today\u2019s world, advocacy sometimes feels like shouting into a void but, trust me, it makes a difference<\/em>. In the absence of action, or when advocates are ignored, funding is cut and people across the world feel the impact. When you take action, \u2013 calling, writing, or meeting with your elected officials \u2013 people across the world will again feel the impact but, this time, for the better. Small actions taken by us can change lives across the world, so why not take them?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join Sophia and the Bonnaroo crew by taking action right now! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
Tell Congress to defend foreign assistance!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n

<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s that time of year again: We’re headed to The Farm! ONE has had a presence at Tennessee’s Bonnaroo music festival for more than a decade, braving heat and inclement weather to take action and bring new voices to our fight against poverty and preventable disease! We couldn’t do the work we do without our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":165431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"161702,161606,161293,161617,161556,161454","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"topic":[60],"contributor":[502],"one_content_audience":[],"one_content_type":[],"one_content_tone":[],"class_list":["post-165427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-ambassadors","topic-one-supporters","contributor-caroline-rourke"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nONE at Bonnaroo: Meet Sophia! - ONE.org US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ONE at Bonnaroo: Meet Sophia!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It’s that time of year again: We’re headed to The Farm! ONE has had a presence at Tennessee’s Bonnaroo music festival for more than a decade, braving heat and inclement weather to take action and bring new voices to our fight against poverty and preventable disease! We couldn’t do the work we do without our […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ONE.org US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ONE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-11T15:32:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-19T19:29:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Bonnaroo-2022-1-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kelli Meyer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ONEinAmerica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ONEinAmerica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kelli Meyer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kelli Meyer\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/386f19b9bba8c796407c1121403b3bcf\"},\"headline\":\"ONE at Bonnaroo: Meet Sophia!\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-11T15:32:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-19T19:29:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/\"},\"wordCount\":388,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Bonnaroo-2022-1-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Global Ambassadors\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/\",\"name\":\"ONE at Bonnaroo: Meet Sophia! - ONE.org US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Bonnaroo-2022-1-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-11T15:32:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-19T19:29:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/386f19b9bba8c796407c1121403b3bcf\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Bonnaroo-2022-1-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Bonnaroo-2022-1-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1920},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ONE at Bonnaroo: Meet Sophia!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/\",\"name\":\"ONE.org\",\"description\":\"Driving economic opportunities and healthy lives in Africa\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/386f19b9bba8c796407c1121403b3bcf\",\"name\":\"Kelli Meyer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2c8d726a9e2dea6967ba852e0551a0c7dd1ffdf007aeb2bdaf1bbe7026a39846?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2c8d726a9e2dea6967ba852e0551a0c7dd1ffdf007aeb2bdaf1bbe7026a39846?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kelli Meyer\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/author\/kellimeyer\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ONE at Bonnaroo: Meet Sophia! - ONE.org US","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"ONE at Bonnaroo: Meet Sophia!","og_description":"It’s that time of year again: We’re headed to The Farm! ONE has had a presence at Tennessee’s Bonnaroo music festival for more than a decade, braving heat and inclement weather to take action and bring new voices to our fight against poverty and preventable disease! We couldn’t do the work we do without our […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/","og_site_name":"ONE.org US","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ONE","article_published_time":"2025-06-11T15:32:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-12-19T19:29:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1920,"url":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Bonnaroo-2022-1-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kelli Meyer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ONEinAmerica","twitter_site":"@ONEinAmerica","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kelli Meyer","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/"},"author":{"name":"Kelli Meyer","@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/386f19b9bba8c796407c1121403b3bcf"},"headline":"ONE at Bonnaroo: Meet Sophia!","datePublished":"2025-06-11T15:32:09+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-19T19:29:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/"},"wordCount":388,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Bonnaroo-2022-1-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["Global Ambassadors"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/","url":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/","name":"ONE at Bonnaroo: Meet Sophia! - ONE.org US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Bonnaroo-2022-1-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2025-06-11T15:32:09+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-19T19:29:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/386f19b9bba8c796407c1121403b3bcf"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Bonnaroo-2022-1-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Bonnaroo-2022-1-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1920},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/one-at-bonnaroo-meet-sophia\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ONE at Bonnaroo: Meet Sophia!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/","name":"ONE.org","description":"Driving economic opportunities and healthy lives in Africa","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/386f19b9bba8c796407c1121403b3bcf","name":"Kelli Meyer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2c8d726a9e2dea6967ba852e0551a0c7dd1ffdf007aeb2bdaf1bbe7026a39846?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2c8d726a9e2dea6967ba852e0551a0c7dd1ffdf007aeb2bdaf1bbe7026a39846?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kelli Meyer"},"url":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/author\/kellimeyer\/"}]}},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"ONE.org US","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165427"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=165427"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=165427"},{"taxonomy":"one_content_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/one_content_audience?post=165427"},{"taxonomy":"one_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/one_content_type?post=165427"},{"taxonomy":"one_content_tone","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/one_content_tone?post=165427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}