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25 Aug PROVIDING A VOICE FOR THE COMMUNITY’S MOST VULNERABLE

Posted at 15:28h in Blog by The Miami Foundation 6 Comments
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Nelson Hincapie is president and CEO of Voices For Children Foundation, a Community Grants recipient. The nonprofit helps meet a critical need as advocates for the more than 3,000 children in Miami-Dade’s foster care system and fulfilling the children’s medical, educational and social needs. He...

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02 Aug HOW A 2015 PUBLIC SPACE CHALLENGE WINNER USED DISC GOLF TO CONNECT HOMESTEAD RESIDENTS

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David Hazim is a 2015 Public Space Challenge winner. A disc golf enthusiast, he wanted to bring a course to his Homestead neighborhood. David recently shared his story with us about how he used his grant to make the idea happen.  Imagine regular golf but with...

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22 Jul FOUNDATION CEO DEMANDS ANSWERS FROM NORTH MIAMI MAYOR AFTER RECENT POLICE SHOOTING

Posted at 20:27h in Blog by Javier Alberto Soto 1 Comment
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On Monday, Charles Kinsey was shot by a North Miami police officer. Our CEO sent this letter to North Miami Mayor Dr. Smith Joseph on behalf of all Miami-Dade County residents.      Dear Mayor Joseph: As the community foundation for Miami-Dade County, we have worked for...

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20 Jul IMPROVING THE LIVES OF MIAMI-DADE’S AGING LGBT COMMUNITY

Posted at 19:03h in Blog by Ana Mantica 5 Comments
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America’s older population is growing, and a number of them are LGBT adults who are moving into their later years. More than 39 million people in the United States are 65 years and older, and an estimated 1.5 million of them identify as LGBT. Though...

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12 Jul MIAMI YOUTH COLLECT THOUSANDS OF HANDWRITTEN NOTES FOR ORLANDO VICTIMS AND LOVED ONES

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The country was rocked the morning of Sunday, June 12, when 49 lives were lost at the hands of Omar Mateen. The mass shooting that occurred at Pulse nightclub in Orlando is considered one of the deadliest in U.S. history. As the day unfolded, a...

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29 Jun MAKING MIAMI A HUB FOR SOCIAL CHANGEMAKERS

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Radical Partners and AkermanIN just kicked off applications for the third cohort of Social Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, and I’m taken aback thinking about how many people are committed to building a stronger Miami. When I tell people who we’re searching for (founders of high-potential ventures that...

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10 Jun HOW COMMUNITY GRANTS EXPAND ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY

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One of the more inspiring proposals we received for our 2015 Community Grants Program was from CARE Elementary School, a free, private nonprofit Christian academy recently launched in Overtown. With an intense focus on literacy education, our grant helped to purchase their literacy curriculum software. When...

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02 Jun FINALISTS ANNOUNCED! MIAMIANS REIMAGINE PARKS, NEIGHBORHOODS IN 2016 PUBLIC SPACE CHALLENGE

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Change is happening in Miami’s parks, plazas and open spaces. You can skate at a new skate park in what was once an empty lot under I-95 at NW Third Avenue and NW First Street. You can stay hydrated and reduce waste at Margaret Pace Park’s...

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27 May IT’S TIME TO RETURN CALLE OCHO BACK TO A NEIGHBORHOOD MAIN STREET

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Calle Ocho is one of a few local streets that define Greater Miami. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District Six will embark on a study later this year to decide whether the street should remain a three-lane highway or return to its original design...

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05 May CREATING ACCESS TO EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES: THE ORTEGA FAMILY FOUNDATION

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Editor's note: During our 50th anniversary year, we are highlighting the donors who make our work possible. The following post was originally published in May 2016 and was edited as part of this series of donor stories. Families across the country are grappling with ever-increasing tuition, books and...

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