One Tama Blog

In partnership with Dialogues@Starbucks, One Tama continued its conversation on changing the country through simple actions last April 16, 2009. The Dialogues@Starbucks featuring One Tama was held at 6 PM in Starbucks 6750, Makati. The assembly was an informal get-together for people to know more about the campaign. At the same time, it was a great opportunity to share and be inspired by personal stories of doing simple yet concrete actions that are right and meeting other people with the same desire for a better country. More than 60 people came, enjoyed the pastries, brought their own mugs and tumblers (that was the One Tama collective action for the day) to enjoy the free coffee and listened in as people shared their own One Tama stories.

Testimonies about Mang Rey, a rose vendor in Makati, and from Ate Girlie, the founder of Kythe, an organization which helps kids stricken with cancer, were inspiring to all who went. The stories of Mang Rey and Ate Girlie prove that, indeed, small actions that are right go a long way.

Toward the end, a simple raffle, One Tama-style was held. Attendees were asked to write a One Tama story that they are proud of on pieces of multi-colored post-its. The post-its were collected and from the pile, the winners were drawn. 5 Starbucks tumblers, courtesy of Dialogues@Starbucks, were given to the lucky winners. But in order to claim the prize, the winners had to share their own One Tama stories to the crowd.