The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU offered the first class ever on Jews of Africa and Asia. Two of the world’s leading authorities on Eastern Jewish
communities explored the Jewish experience in Asia and Africa in a new course offered at JMOF-FIU. “The Jews of Asia and Africa” was taught by
FIU research professors Nathan Katz and Tudor Parfitt.
Basic Services
The quality of community infrastructure, including highways, housing and healthcare
ABOUT Our Miami Project:
Our Miami is a project of The Miami Foundation developed in association with an important three-year study called Soul of the Community. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Soul of the Community surveyed residents of metropolitan Miami (and 25 other cities nationwide) to explore and understand what residents like most about where they live and which factors play the biggest roles in connecting people to their place.
To evaluate these qualities in greater depth, The Miami Foundation partnered with the Metropolitan Center at Florida International University. FIU gathered data in each category to better understand the degree of alignment and/or variance between Miamians perceptions and reality.
The Miami Foundation asked, “What can we do to make our place, our city more attractive to an increasingly mobile and global society?”
Armed with powerful new data, The Miami Foundation and its partners will use Our Miami to explore how Miamians can make improvements that will nurture a stronger sense of community and advance the quality of life for all area residents.
Our Miami coupled with the Beacon Council’s One Community | One Goal report augment years of national research that clearly shows attracting young, talented and creative people to your place will grow the economy faster than other more traditional measures of economic development and at the same time it fosters a deeper sense of community.
Social Capital
The strength of connections that citizens have to each other and to Miami, including membership in formal and informal groups and organizations
ABOUT Our Miami Project:
Our Miami is a project of The Miami Foundation developed in association with an important three-year study called Soul of the Community. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Soul of the Community surveyed residents of metropolitan Miami (and 25 other cities nationwide) to explore and understand what residents like most about where they live and which factors play the biggest roles in connecting people to their place.
To evaluate these qualities in greater depth, The Miami Foundation partnered with the Metropolitan Center at Florida International University. FIU gathered data in each category to better understand the degree of alignment and/or variance between Miamians perceptions and reality.
The Miami Foundation asked, “What can we do to make our place, our city more attractive to an increasingly mobile and global society?”
Armed with powerful new data, The Miami Foundation and its partners will use Our Miami to explore how Miamians can make improvements that will nurture a stronger sense of community and advance the quality of life for all area residents.
Our Miami coupled with the Beacon Council’s One Community | One Goal report augment years of national research that clearly shows attracting young, talented and creative people to your place will grow the economy faster than other more traditional measures of economic development and at the same time it fosters a deeper sense of community.
Openness
How welcoming Miami is toward families with young children, minorities and talented college graduates
ABOUT Our Miami Project:
Our Miami is a project of The Miami Foundation developed in association with an important three-year study called Soul of the Community. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Soul of the Community surveyed residents of metropolitan Miami (and 25 other cities nationwide) to explore and understand what residents like most about where they live and which factors play the biggest roles in connecting people to their place.
To evaluate these qualities in greater depth, The Miami Foundation partnered with the Metropolitan Center at Florida International University. FIU gathered data in each category to better understand the degree of alignment and/or variance between Miamians perceptions and reality.
The Miami Foundation asked, “What can we do to make our place, our city more attractive to an increasingly mobile and global society?”
Armed with powerful new data, The Miami Foundation and its partners will use Our Miami to explore how Miamians can make improvements that will nurture a stronger sense of community and advance the quality of life for all area residents.
Our Miami coupled with the Beacon Council’s One Community | One Goal report augment years of national research that clearly shows attracting young, talented and creative people to your place will grow the economy faster than other more traditional measures of economic development and at the same time it fosters a deeper sense of community.
Social Life
The availability of and accessibility to performing and visual arts performances and shows, sports teams, and other community events
ABOUT Our Miami Project:
Our Miami is a project of The Miami Foundation developed in association with an important three-year study called Soul of the Community. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Soul of the Community surveyed residents of metropolitan Miami (and 25 other cities nationwide) to explore and understand what residents like most about where they live and which factors play the biggest roles in connecting people to their place.
To evaluate these qualities in greater depth, The Miami Foundation partnered with the Metropolitan Center at Florida International University. FIU gathered data in each category to better understand the degree of alignment and/or variance between Miamians perceptions and reality.
The Miami Foundation asked, “What can we do to make our place, our city more attractive to an increasingly mobile and global society?”
Armed with powerful new data, The Miami Foundation and its partners will use Our Miami to explore how Miamians can make improvements that will nurture a stronger sense of community and advance the quality of life for all area residents.
Our Miami coupled with the Beacon Council’s One Community | One Goal report augment years of national research that clearly shows attracting young, talented and creative people to your place will grow the economy faster than other more traditional measures of economic development and at the same time it fosters a deeper sense of community.
Leadership
The ability, effectiveness and trust in leaders to represent and translate community interests into desired policies with public benefits
ABOUT Our Miami Project:
Our Miami is a project of The Miami Foundation developed in association with an important three-year study called Soul of the Community. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Soul of the Community surveyed residents of metropolitan Miami (and 25 other cities nationwide) to explore and understand what residents like most about where they live and which factors play the biggest roles in connecting people to their place.
To evaluate these qualities in greater depth, The Miami Foundation partnered with the Metropolitan Center at Florida International University. FIU gathered data in each category to better understand the degree of alignment and/or variance between Miamians perceptions and reality.
The Miami Foundation asked, “What can we do to make our place, our city more attractive to an increasingly mobile and global society?”
Armed with powerful new data, The Miami Foundation and its partners will use Our Miami to explore how Miamians can make improvements that will nurture a stronger sense of community and advance the quality of life for all area residents.
Our Miami coupled with the Beacon Council’s One Community | One Goal report augment years of national research that clearly shows attracting young, talented and creative people to your place will grow the economy faster than other more traditional measures of economic development and at the same time it fosters a deeper sense of community.
Safety
The factors that contribute to the safety of our community including community policing, county and municipal police and fire rescues, and neighborhood watch organizations
ABOUT Our Miami Project:
Our Miami is a project of The Miami Foundation developed in association with an important three-year study called Soul of the Community. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Soul of the Community surveyed residents of metropolitan Miami (and 25 other cities nationwide) to explore and understand what residents like most about where they live and which factors play the biggest roles in connecting people to their place.
To evaluate these qualities in greater depth, The Miami Foundation partnered with the Metropolitan Center at Florida International University. FIU gathered data in each category to better understand the degree of alignment and/or variance between Miamians perceptions and reality.
The Miami Foundation asked, “What can we do to make our place, our city more attractive to an increasingly mobile and global society?”
Armed with powerful new data, The Miami Foundation and its partners will use Our Miami to explore how Miamians can make improvements that will nurture a stronger sense of community and advance the quality of life for all area residents.
Our Miami coupled with the Beacon Council’s One Community | One Goal report augment years of national research that clearly shows attracting young, talented and creative people to your place will grow the economy faster than other more traditional measures of economic development and at the same time it fosters a deeper sense of community.
Community Involvement
The depth of volunteerism, voting and overall engagement in the community
ABOUT Our Miami Project:
Our Miami is a project of The Miami Foundation developed in association with an important three-year study called Soul of the Community. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Soul of the Community surveyed residents of metropolitan Miami (and 25 other cities nationwide) to explore and understand what residents like most about where they live and which factors play the biggest roles in connecting people to their place.
To evaluate these qualities in greater depth, The Miami Foundation partnered with the Metropolitan Center at Florida International University. FIU gathered data in each category to better understand the degree of alignment and/or variance between Miamians perceptions and reality.
The Miami Foundation asked, “What can we do to make our place, our city more attractive to an increasingly mobile and global society?”
Armed with powerful new data, The Miami Foundation and its partners will use Our Miami to explore how Miamians can make improvements that will nurture a stronger sense of community and advance the quality of life for all area residents.
Our Miami coupled with the Beacon Council’s One Community | One Goal report augment years of national research that clearly shows attracting young, talented and creative people to your place will grow the economy faster than other more traditional measures of economic development and at the same time it fosters a deeper sense of community.
Aesthetics
The physical beauty of Miami as well as access and availability to parks, playgrounds and green spaces
ABOUT Our Miami Project:
Our Miami is a project of The Miami Foundation developed in association with an important three-year study called Soul of the Community. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Soul of the Community surveyed residents of metropolitan Miami (and 25 other cities nationwide) to explore and understand what residents like most about where they live and which factors play the biggest roles in connecting people to their place.
To evaluate these qualities in greater depth, The Miami Foundation partnered with the Metropolitan Center at Florida International University. FIU gathered data in each category to better understand the degree of alignment and/or variance between Miamians perceptions and reality.
The Miami Foundation asked, “What can we do to make our place, our city more attractive to an increasingly mobile and global society?”
Armed with powerful new data, The Miami Foundation and its partners will use Our Miami to explore how Miamians can make improvements that will nurture a stronger sense of community and advance the quality of life for all area residents.
Our Miami coupled with the Beacon Council’s One Community | One Goal report augment years of national research that clearly shows attracting young, talented and creative people to your place will grow the economy faster than other more traditional measures of economic development and at the same time it fosters a deeper sense of community.
Economy
The health of local economic and employment conditions of Miami, including growth and competitiveness
ABOUT Our Miami Project:
Our Miami is a project of The Miami Foundation developed in association with an important three-year study called Soul of the Community. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Soul of the Community surveyed residents of metropolitan Miami (and 25 other cities nationwide) to explore and understand what residents like most about where they live and which factors play the biggest roles in connecting people to their place.
To evaluate these qualities in greater depth, The Miami Foundation partnered with the Metropolitan Center at Florida International University. FIU gathered data in each category to better understand the degree of alignment and/or variance between Miamians perceptions and reality.
The Miami Foundation asked, “What can we do to make our place, our city more attractive to an increasingly mobile and global society?”
Armed with powerful new data, The Miami Foundation and its partners will use Our Miami to explore how Miamians can make improvements that will nurture a stronger sense of community and advance the quality of life for all area residents.
Our Miami coupled with the Beacon Council’s One Community | One Goal report augment years of national research that clearly shows attracting young, talented and creative people to your place will grow the economy faster than other more traditional measures of economic development and at the same time it fosters a deeper sense of community.
Education
The quality of our K-12 public schools and local colleges and universities
ABOUT Our Miami Project:
Our Miami is a project of The Miami Foundation developed in association with an important three-year study called Soul of the Community. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Soul of the Community surveyed residents of metropolitan Miami (and 25 other cities nationwide) to explore and understand what residents like most about where they live and which factors play the biggest roles in connecting people to their place.
To evaluate these qualities in greater depth, The Miami Foundation partnered with the Metropolitan Center at Florida International University. FIU gathered data in each category to better understand the degree of alignment and/or variance between Miamians perceptions and reality.
The Miami Foundation asked, “What can we do to make our place, our city more attractive to an increasingly mobile and global society?”
Armed with powerful new data, The Miami Foundation and its partners will use Our Miami to explore how Miamians can make improvements that will nurture a stronger sense of community and advance the quality of life for all area residents.
Our Miami coupled with the Beacon Council’s One Community | One Goal report augment years of national research that clearly shows attracting young, talented and creative people to your place will grow the economy faster than other more traditional measures of economic development and at the same time it fosters a deeper sense of community.
Yvonne Boice of Fugazy Travel talks about the Global Entry card, and what it can mean to frequent travelers who are returning to Miami. It's the latest innovation from the TSA, and it enables you to skip the immigration line totally. This seminar took place at Bloomingdale's in Boca Raton and was part of a fundraiser for the Boca Raton Center for the Arts and for the Palm Beach International Film Festival. The fashion show accentuated clothes meant for travel, and Ledia Cano from Celebrity Cruises, shared the latest news in cruising.
The new trend hit South Florida once more on August 24 at the City Hall The Restaurant. Benefiting Ability Explosion, the experience is the preview of Lights Out Miami on October 20th, 2011, where 15 restaurants will open their doors to unique dinner ready to have a lifetime experience of eating in the dark.
uVu producer, Jessy Schuster, was among the attendee and challenged herself further by filming and taking pictures without taking her blindfold off.
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Susanne Pinedo, Communications Director
Jessica Torgas, Media Liaison
Tel: 305-226-0030
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MIAMI, FL (August 3, 2011) The Roxy Theatre Group (RTG), a non-profit arts organization for children, traveled to Nasa’s John F. Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Saturday, July 30, 2011. Over 100 middle school students learned about aeronautics at this monumental educational resource. The field trip was part of a two-week science component RTG conducted in their 21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) summer program. RTG’s 21st Century program was created to help middle school students improve their academic grades and FCAT scores. The program is made possible through the Florida Department of Education.
For two weeks (July 18-July 29, 2011), RTG’s Theatre Arts Director, Charles Sothers, and Camp Counselor, Erik Rodriguez, administered lessons about the atmosphere, flight, density and space. To dynamically engage the students, Sothers and Rodriguez created a video in which they played two scientists, “Hans & Franz,” commentating through a History Channel documentary based on the technical elements of Star Wars. The lessons culminated with the trip to the Kennedy Space Center in which students had the opportunity to partake in a recreation of the Apollo 8 launch (December 21, 1968), touch a moon rock and see a Star Trek live-show.
“I was so proud to have been selected to perform in the Star Trek show at the Kennedy Space Center! It was so much fun to play a Lieutenant and act as if I had been transported to outer space onto an actual spaceship,” said Marah Sanchez, 11, an RTG and 21st Century student. Sanchez is in the 6th grade at Glades Middle School.
RTG’s21st CCLC program is open to students attending Glades Middle School and South Miami Middle School. Enrollment begins on Monday, August 8, 2011. The program offers homework assistance & academic enhancement activities with certified teachers and classes in drama, voice, dance and arts & crafts. The 21st CCLC is free thanks to the generosity from the Florida Department of Education and includes field trips and a daily snack. The Roxy Theatre Group (RTG), a non-profit organization, offers classes in drama, voice and dance to children ages 3-17, with year-round programs including two after school care programs & a performing arts summer camp. The Roxy Performing Arts Center, 1645 SW 107 Ave. Miami, FL 33165. For more information please call 305-226-0030, email SusannePinedo@gmail.com or JessicaTorgas@gmail.com or visit www.RoxyPAC.com. Photos attached: 8737.jpg Caption: Camp Counselor, Erik Rodriguez and Theatre Arts Director, Charles A. Sothers, as scientists, “Hanz & Franz.” Photo by: Nora Oñate. 8770. jpg Caption: The Roxy Theatre Group student Marah Sanchez, 11, at NASA’s John F. Kennedy Center. Photo by: Charles A. Sothers.
The Roxy Theatre Group (RTG) is a non-profit organization geared toward children ages 3 to 17 years old, yet catering to all ages. Their programs focus on the performing arts, offering classes in dance, drama and voice. These are provided through an educational format of teacher/student classroom environments culminating in on-stage productions.
Located in Miami, The Roxy Theatre Group opened their doors in 2002 with 250 students in various performing arts classes. Since then, The Roxy Group have produced numerous recitals and musicals, have implemented an after-school program, conduct an annual summer camp and have participated in numerous local, regional and national competitions and events.
As non-profit organization The Roxy Theatre Group Is relied on donation to keep their doors open. You can now share the passion of The Roxy Theatre Group by making a donation that will benefit the lives of countless future generations.
For more information about The Roxy Theatre Group please visit www.roxyperformingartscenter.com
Bryan W. Knicely, President of the Stonewall National Museum & Archives, talks about the Museum and its exhibit which is currently displayed at the the Gables Wilton Park. He also talks about the upcoming Stonewall Street Festival and Parade taking place Sunday June 19, 2011.
The Stonewall National Museum & Archive is an extraordinary publicly accessible cultural and educational resource that preserves, interprets and shares the remarkable heritage of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. More than that, It serves as an epicenter of enlightenment for the community and have played a significant role in building bridges of cultural understanding in the LGBT community and beyond.
The Stonewall National Museum & Archives will be on Wilton drive in the Gables Wilton Park Building from June 13-19, 2011.
The 12th Annual Stonewall Street Festival and Parade will take place on Sunday June 19, 2011 in Wilton Manors. The event will be from 4-9pm. The parade will begin at 6:30pm.
Some of the participants of the parade include, floats by Georgie’s Alibi, Out of the Closet, Touch of Paradise, and closing the Parade will be Georgie’s Alibi quarter mile Rainbow Flag in which by-standers are encouraged to take a piece of the flag and walk in the Parade. MSNBC News Anchor Thomas Roberts and his partner HIV Community Liaison for Merck and Co., Inc Patrick Abner are the Parade Grand Marshals and will preside over Wilton Manors’s and Greater Fort Lauderdale's largest single-day LGBT event.
In addition will be three entertainment stages, including the Sidelines Stage, the Here Media Main Stage and the Manor-New Moon Stage. The stages will be emceed by DJs- Doria Biddle, Keith Price and Frank DeCaro- all heard on the OUT Q Channel on Sirius/SM Satellite Radio. At the Stonewall National Museum and Archives will be an exhibit highlighting gay history, along with The Names Project and profiles of this year’s Luminary Couples. The exhibit is free and open to the public, 1-8pm, from June 9-19 at 2190 Wilton Drive, at the .Gables Wilton Park Building.
The street festival will host vendors targeted to all segments of the community in the areas of health & wellness, recreation and entertainment, travel, community resources, and other GLBT areas of interest.
For more information, please visit: www.stonewallwiltonmanors.com
The Stonewall National Museum & Archives is located at 1300 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33304.
The City of Hollywood held its annual St. Patrick's Day parade on Sunday, March 13, 2011. Here are some sights and sounds from the day, including some music from Celtic Bridge
The sights and sounds of the Joe DiMaggio Legends Game from January 29, 2011 at Fort Lauderdale Stadium.
Through the Memorial Classic, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation has been able to fund programs for children and their families that could not otherwise be offered. Some of the capital improvements made possible include supporting the pediatric trauma program and constructing and expanding the Conine Clubhouse, a 23-room home away from home for families of children being treated at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital. The Classic will support the development of the new pediatric oncology unit at Joe DiMaggio’s Children’s Hospital. This unit will provide 20 private rooms in a separate wing that will offer family space and state-of-the-art clinical services. In addition, an oncology treatment room, pharmacy and consultation rooms will be available.
A little up close view of the American Leaguers in the dugout during the Joe DiMaggio Legends Game on January 29, 2012. The game is a fundraiser for the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital.
The PlayGround Theatre is a repertory company dedicated to the production and presentation of classical and contemporary works that entertain, educate, and delight audiences of all ages. Thier magical and intelligent productions foster intellectual, emotional, and social development while reflecting the cultural diversity of South Florida.
Stephaine Ansin, the Founder and Artistic Director talks about the current production, "The Love of Three Oranges" which opened this week and offers performances for Miami Dade students.
More information on the Playground Theatre can be found at http://www.theplaygroundtheatre.com/
