Sam Ludington is deputy director, program development and policy of the nonprofit Children of Inmates, which coordinates care and family reunification for Florida children whose parents are incarcerated. As a Miami Fellows alum, he stepped up to host a My Miami Story conversation at the Everglades Re-entry Center, which houses adult male inmates. Sam shared his experience with us. My … Read More
Noticias de octubre - Miami, más resistente tras el paso de Irma
Recovery is an opportunity to rebuild more resiliently, Dr. Judith Rodin, president emerita of Rockefeller Foundation and Univ. of Pennsylvania, told a crowd of 150+ philanthropists, elected officials and local leaders at our 50th anniversary Resiliency summit. In her keynote, Dr. Rodin shared about cities that have adapted and bounced back stronger after adversity. Read more or watch the recorded … Read More
MY MIAMI STORY CONVERSATIONS 2017: WHAT WE LEARNED
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 in homes, schools, restaurants, nonprofits and parks for the biggest community conversation ever in Miami-Dade County. The Miami Foundation, inspired by The Chicago Community Trust’s On the Table program, convened the initiative as part of their 50th anniversary push for residents to share their Miami stories: how you came to this community, why you stay here, what you value about it and how we can all invest in making Greater Miami a better place to live. With support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the conversations will be captured in a participant survey and analyzed by the University of Illinois at Chicago, providing a better understanding of local resident experiences and informing more effective solutions to critical community issues.
MY MIAMI STORY HOSTS: WHY WE SIGNED UP – AND YOU CAN, TOO!
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 for their gatherings and why they decided to participate. There’s still time to host your … Read More
FEEDING A VILLAGE AFTER IRMA: VALENCIA GUNDER’S MIAMI STORY
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 of charcoal and I took the small grill from my house. We went into Liberty City and we started grilling and feeding people.
When we first got there, people were crying because they hadn’t eaten since before the storm, some for two to three days. Grown people were crying. Kids saw us coming and they ran up to us. They were happy to see us. They were blown away that we were giving away free food. We gave out hot dogs, chips and bottles of water, and then we went to Little Haiti and did the same. We set up on a corner and volunteers walked down the streets. For those who couldn’t walk up to us, we brought them food. There were elderly people who were too weak to get out of bed or even feed themselves, and volunteers fed them.
NOTICIAS DE SEPTIEMBRE - DESPUÉS DE IRMA: NUESTRA COMUNIDAD EMPIEZA A RECUPERARSE
As Miami-Dade recovers post-Irma, we’ve been working with donors, partners and organizations to raise money for relief efforts here and throughout our region. The Hurricane Relief Fund at the Foundation supports nonprofits addressing food security, vulnerable populations, stable housing and other immediate to long-term needs for residents. “Many of our customers and communities across Florida are on the road to … Read More
MY MIAMI STORY CONVERSATIONS REUNIRÁ A MILES DE PERSONAS PARA HABLAR DE EXPERIENCIAS LOCALES COMUNES EL 17 DE OCTUBRE
As communities across the nation grapple with an inflammatory racial and political climate, there is an increased need for spaces where people can find common ground through shared experiences and open dialogue. That’s a main driver behind The Miami Foundation’s My Miami Story conversations, an effort to get thousands of Miami-Dade County residents to sit down with each other on … Read More
MY MIAMI STORY CONVERSATIONS: WHAT WE LEARNED LAST YEAR
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 Changemaker Faculty Fellow at Florida International University, Malik Benjamin is on a mission to get Miamians more engaged in issues like these. As part of that effort, Malik asked his FIU students to participate in The Miami Foundation’s My Miami Story conversations project last fall.
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