MULTICULTURAL MIAMI

Community highlights

Open on Calle Ocho - Futurama Arts Market Place

Rediscover Calle Ocho. Have an artsy experience at Futurama visit artists studios and meet some of the working artists. Take a selfie with the Little Havana Rooster or at the amazing new murals including #AMOR

Virginia Key Beach Park Celebrates its 75th Year with Statewide Historical Recognition

There's a beach in Miami that marks the history of segregation in America — and Black residents are fighting to preserve it. Virginia Key Beach Park was founded on August 1, 1945 as Miami’s only beach for Black residents and people of color. Due to resolutions passed in the Florida House and Senate in March, August 1st is now officially Historic Virginia Key Beach Park Day. In May 1945, seven Black people led a “wade-in” at the all-white Haulover Beach. The act of civil disobedience eventually yielded the establishment of Virginia Key as the “colored only” beach. The beach is not just symbolic for Miami but nationwide, as the wade-in and subsequent establishment of Virginia Key came about a decade before other major civil rights milestones. Given COVID-19 restrictions, the Virginia Key Beach Park Trust will hold an online celebration which includes a virtual film exhibition as well as a cocktail reception on August 8th. For more information on Virginia Key Beach Park, click here.

Mindfulness Intensive Virtual Training

Girl Power and the Overtown Children & Youth Coalition present this virtual training on August 17 &18 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Content will include an introduction to mindfulness, stress reduction tools & techniques, incorporating mindfulness into your daily lifestyle, followed by a Q&A. Participants must commit to both days and the training is open to non-profit staff, care givers, parents and adults. To register click here.

Miami's Dunns-Josephine Hotel Needs Support While Housing the Homeless During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Dunns-Josephine Hotel in Historic Overtown has partnered with the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust to house some of our most vulnerable communities by giving many from this area a place to stay, food and other essentials due to the effect the pandemic has had on these communities. The greatest need is essential clothing for men and women as well as books, puzzles, coloring books & crayons, drawing paper, boardgames and other interactive items such as art supplies and journals. There is also a need for onsite tablets to have available for guests who are seeking jobs and need access to fil out applications or need to renew food stamps. Exercise equipment such as jump ropes and hand weights are also needed. If you are interested in donating or helping in general, contact Kristen Kitchen, Dunns-Josephine owner at kkitchen@dunns-josephinehotel.com (513)477-7781 or Metris Batts-Coley, Marketing Director at Mbatts@dunns-josephinehotel.com (305 )785-4309 or for cash donations, visit their Go Fund Me page.

MIAMI-Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau