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07 Nov MIAMI FELLOWS REDEFINE OUR CITY AS “MI AMI”

Posted at 16:22h in Blog by Michelle Abbs 1 Comment
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Miami. We live in “Mi ami” Not “Mi amigo” or “Mon ami.” But “Mi ami.” About a month ago, I found myself sitting in Carl Juste’s studio in Little Haiti. I was there on a walking tour of the neighborhood to plan an upcoming community-based project. Carl, who...

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30 Oct MY MIAMI STORY CONVERSATIONS 2017: WHAT WE LEARNED

Posted at 13:15h in Blog by The Miami Foundation 5 Comments
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Editor’s Note: This blog post originally appeared as an op-ed in the Miami Herald. On Tuesday, October 17th, this community made history as more than 3,000 Miamians gathered at hundreds of My Miami Story conversations across the county. Small and large groups of residents came together...

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24 Oct PRIDELINES: A SAFE SPACE FOR MIAMI’S LGBTQ COMMUNITY

Posted at 21:52h in Blog by Marsharee Chronicle 0 Comments
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After 35 years of serving Miami-Dade County’s LGBTQ youth, Pridelines Youth Services is now Pridelines, Miami’s LGBTQ Community Center. In June 2016, Pridelines moved to a 9,000-square-foot community center, a facility large enough to house programs and services for Greater Miami’s LGBTQ youth, older adults,...

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17 Oct DR. JUDITH RODIN: HOW MIAMI CAN BE A MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY

Posted at 21:23h in Blog by Marika Lynch 5 Comments
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We live in a time when we feel inundated by crises, whether the week brings news of another cyber-attack, international threat or hurricane. But not every disruption has to become a disaster, says Dr. Judith Rodin, author of “The Resilience Dividend.” We can learn to...

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14 Oct MY MIAMI STORY HOSTS: WHY WE SIGNED UP – AND YOU CAN, TOO!

Posted at 19:50h in Blog by Marika Lynch 4 Comments
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On October 17th, thousands of Miami-Dade residents will gather in small groups to talk about life in Greater Miami and ideas to make it better during My Miami Story conversations. Hundreds of hosts have signed up. We checked in with a few about the plans...

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28 Sep FEEDING A VILLAGE AFTER IRMA: VALENCIA GUNDER’S MIAMI STORY

Posted at 16:29h in Blog by Valencia Gunder 9 Comments
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I told everyone to meet us at the Community Emergency Operations Center at EcoTech. We scraped up what we could and went to the stores. We went to Publix for supplies and a local meat store. We got some hot dogs and a few bags...

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29 Aug PUBLIC SPACE CHALLENGE UNCOVERS MIAMI’S HIDDEN GEMS

Posted at 13:10h in Blog by Stuart Kennedy 24 Comments
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In Greater Miami, we are surrounded by water, and yet there are so few ways to access the bay. That’s why I was excited a few years ago when a friend told me about his favorite spot in Coconut Grove, close to where I live....

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28 Aug MY MIAMI STORY CONVERSATIONS: WHAT WE LEARNED LAST YEAR

Posted at 07:27h in Blog by Stuart Kennedy 7 Comments
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People play, eat, sleep, go to school in all different parts of Miami-Dade County so what does it mean when people say they’re “from Miami?” And what do issues like homelessness, transit options and equity look and feel like in each place? A professor and...

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15 Aug EMPOWERING MIAMI’S COMMUNITIES MOST VULNERABLE TO SEA LEVEL RISE

Posted at 13:51h in Blog by Natalia Arias 0 Comments
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Since 2010, The CLEO Institute has educated students and adults about climate change and rising sea levels and trained them in leadership skills to carry the message forward. Last year, with support from The Miami Foundation, they launched a Climate Change 101 community outreach project,...

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14 Aug SOCIAL INNOVATOR, POLICY MAKER, CHANGEMAKER: REBECCA FISHMAN LIPSEY’S STORY

Posted at 13:45h in Blog by Rebecca Fishman Lipsey 2 Comments
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Rebecca Fishman Lipsey is founder of Radical Partners. She is a Miami Fellows Class VI alum and the 2017 Ruth Shack Leadership Award honoree, and serves on the Florida State Board of Education. She shared how her Fellows experience shaped her Miami story, and the...

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