Palm Out Poverty Festival by All For Africa

John Legend with the assistance of ?uestlove played 'Ordinary People', 'Save Room', and 'Use to Love U' on a low and lonely piano hiding from view. He was huddled in the cave-like stage of The Slate in NYC, sitting lower than the crowd.

His stark black attire and brown piano were offset by the warm oranges and reds on the walls and furniture.  The attendees seemed to be on some isolated patch of land in Africa, and Legend was sitting at the mouth of a cave - a fire resting on his' piano creating warmth and projecting glow onto the crowd and into the upholstery. 

People herded around the cave and listened to Legend croon through his songs in silence and sing-a-longs from the bar; from the VIP section; from the standing room in front of his cave; and from the inside behind drum sets and amplifiers. 

The sections of the crowd were divided - red ropes, wooden islands, stairs, pianos - but they were gathered for a unifying purpose: it was All For Africa.

The vehicle for that purpose was being collected by a female cast member of FELA! quietly and elegantly wading through the crowd on stilts with glow stick bracelets to be placed on the charitable.

All For Africa(AFA) is a non-profit enterprise that is using its flagship campaign, Palm Out Poverty(POP), to generate funding.

Contributions to the POP increase in value over 35 times - a $1000 donation would generate $35,000 in funding.