Derrick Parra 

Soc 122 M/W

Tabling

Along with the march first we began tabling. We set up our table next to the Fresno Bully Rescue and started to hand out flyers to student who would pass. When we first began around noon the atmosphere was lively and energetic. We would at times get a small crowd of people to stop by and ask questions. Conversations were very easy going and they seemed very perceptive of our cause. Some students even asked if there was an organization they can join – which personally came as the biggest shock. They felt the over population of cats and dogs in the Fresno area needs to be addressed. Unfortunately, we just explained to them we were doing this for a class and expressed the same apprehensions they felt. Overall, it was an interesting process to be on the other side of the table and speak on behalf of a social issue. The process wasn't as scary as I originally thought, once we started speaking it bridge the gap between us and everyone else. A few areas where we could've improved were preparing a little better. We only had a certain amount of flyers to hand out and greatly estimated how much we needed. Pretty soon we turned from handing out information and talking to just talking without anything to leave them with. Another area we could've improved on was maybe having more people in our group or reducing the number of total groups in order to have more people speak on fewer subjects. Whenever we spoke to a person we would do it in pairs, making it easier to play off each other bounce around ideas taking the pressure off. After that the entire day I felt was a success for our group individually but it appeared that everyone was doing just fine as well.