Something is rotten in our midst and we need to name it, clear it out, and allow our communities to heal. Video evidence of system-level racism has virally accosted us in rapid succession. Before we have enough time to grieve from the last incident, another one unfolds.
#OURMIAMI CONVERSATIONS: FOOD ACCESS IN THE COVID-19 CRISIS
Access to healthy, nutritious food is an ongoing challenge for residents in Greater Miami’s food deserts. Our area’s largest food bank reported that the need for support has more than doubled since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first #OurMiami Conversation hosted by incoming president and CEO, Rebecca Fishman Lipsey, experts shared what’s happening on the ground with food security and how residents can help.
WEBINAR: #GIVINGTUESDAYNOW – MAKING THE ASK IN THE AGE OF COVID-19
#GivingTuesdayNow is a new global day of giving and unity taking place on May 5, 2020. It’s an emergency response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19. The day will create a wave of charitable giving, generosity, volunteer engagement, and civic action to support communities and nonprofits around the world.
OUR MOMENT: THE NEXT CHAPTER OF YOUR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
After an eight-month national search, The Miami Foundation Board of Trustees unanimously appointed Rebecca Fishman Lipsey as president and CEO. Here, Rebecca shares what’s on her mind as she becomes the fourth president of the $350 million+ community foundation serving Greater Miami. She will assume the role June 1, 2020.
HOW DID YOU GET HERE? WHY DO YOU STAY? WHAT’S IMPORTANT?
Editor’s Note: This op-ed originally appeared in the March 2020 issue of the Biscayne Times. Big reports don’t mobilize residents to take action. This statement seems obvious, but we at The Miami Foundation took some time to arrive at this conclusion. Since 1967, our foundation has worked with more than 1000 individuals, families, and organizations to invest in their causes … Read More
LEAD ENGINEER AND NONPROFIT FOUNDER NAMED “EMERGING PHILANTHROPIST” OF THE YEAR
Editor’s Note: The Miami Foundation’s Emerging Philanthropist Award annually celebrates a 40-or-under donor who uses charitable giving to drive measurable results around a local cause, broadly improve the lives of Miamians and encourage others to give. We are pleased to name Amaka Amalu-Anderson as our 2020 honoree! Below are her remarks given at the PhilanthropyMiami Donor Next Door luncheon where she accepted the award. … Read More
HOW KNOCKING ON DOORS IS SAVING MIAMI-DADE WOMEN’S LIVES
After beating an early-stage breast cancer diagnosis in 2004, Miami resident Andrea Ivory made it her mission to empower women across South Florida to overcome disease and achieve comprehensive wellness. One year after her diagnosis, Andrea founded the Florida Breast Health Initiative, now the Women’s Breast & Heart Initiative (WBHI), a nonprofit Community Grants recipient (2019) dedicated to changing and saving lives while providing women at greater risk for breast cancer and heart disease with access to early detection and proper treatment.
UNIFYING A RACIALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY: LESSONS SHARED AT 2020 STATE OF BLACK PHILANTHROPY
In August 2017, a white nationalist rally erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia, leaving one young woman and two officers dead and dozens injured – and a community wounded and divided in its aftermath.
MIAMI-DADE NONPROFITS LEAD THE WAY FOR CENSUS 2020 OUTREACH
With Census 2020 forms hitting most homes across the country mid-March, organizations in Miami-Dade County have stepped up their outreach efforts. Since last October, the 29 local nonprofits that received $475,000 in grants from the Miami-Dade Counts 2020 funder collaborative have worked at the grassroots level to ensure everyone, especially undercounted groups in Miami like Hispanics, communities of color and with children under five years old, are counted in the census.
NEW INCLUSION FUND EXPANDS OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL MIAMIANS
At Stephanie Perez-Julio’s wedding, guests were all smiles during the brightly colored outdoor ceremony, especially Ana María’s. Stephanie first met her while teaching art at The WOW Center, a Give Miami Day participating nonprofit that serves more than 200 adults with developmental disabilities from across Miami-Dade County.