On the third Monday in June, around 45 high school students arrived at The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse, an art studio in Wynwood, for the first day of their summer internship. By Tuesday, they had a big project to finish. The teens—part of ArtWorks,...
Over the past seven years, Give Miami Day has become one of the largest online giving days in the nation. It’s a day that celebrates all Greater Miami nonprofits. In 2018 alone, the 750 nonprofits who participated raised $11.5 million from 21,000 donors around the...
When you can move through a community, it’s more likely that you’ll plug into cool happenings and connect with folks. This year’s Public Space Challenge winners make it easier to do that....
For me, home isn’t just where the heart is. Home is where the people with heart are. Although I didn’t know it at the time, that’s precisely the gift the Miami Fellows program gave me: a “family.”...
Twenty years ago, Ruth Shack, The Miami Foundation’s president emeritus, already knew that Greater Miami had to develop a new bench of leadership. She knew her generation would, in due time, need to step aside. The question was who would be ready to step into...
I had a vision for a pop-library in the park. The Public Space Challenge and my Miami Fellows experience helped make it a reality....
“We’re entering it in seven different film festivals,” says Fernando Bretos, the former director of marine conservation at the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, about a 30-minute documentary made by nine Miami-Dade high school students....
It’s no secret that Miami-Dade is not the easiest place to navigate without a set of wheels. However, it is possible to get around Miami without a car. That’s why we designed this year’s Public Space Challenge to get Miamians thinking about ways to create,...
Editor’s Note: The State Attorney’s Fund for a Safer and Healthier Community aims to reduce substance abuse and impaired driving in Greater Miami. The Fund, created in partnership with the Miami-Dade Office of the State Attorney, supports services, prevention education and training activities. The 2019 grant...
Editor's Note: Miami-Dade Counts 2020 is a collaborative effort, built by a growing base of local and national funders, to help ensure that everyone in Miami-Dade County is counted in the 2020 Census. Natalie Castellanos, director of policy and public affairs for the Health Foundation...