Miami Freedom Project Inc

CONDUCTED RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS: RELEASED A MEDIA STUDY ON DISINFORMATION IN SPANISH LANGUAGE RADIO IN MIAMI IN PARTNERSHIP FLORIDA RISING, PROSPERO LATINO, AND LATINA COMUNICA. RELEASED INSIGHTS REPORT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC LAND FOR PUBLIC GOOD, A 30+ MEMBER COALITION FOCUSED ON PUBLIC LAND AS THE KEY TO THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. WHEN PEACEFUL PROTESTS BROKE OUT ACROSS CUBA ON JULY 11 WE MOBILIZED A COALITION OF CUBAN-AMERICAN ORGANIZERS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ROOTS OF HOPE WE LAUNCHED OUR BE A VOICE FOR CUBA CAMPAIGN. IT WAS CREATED AND DEVELOPED BY A COALITION OF ARTISTS AND ACTIVISTS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN CUBA. DEVELOPED AND PROGRAMMED MONTHLY COMMUNITY EVENTS INCLUDING PANELS, SCREENINGS, TOWN HALLS, WORKSHOPS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIONS. DECEMBER 4 - SCREENING OF REEFA AND Q&A WITH CAST, DIRECTOR AND ARTISTS FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MUSEUM OF GRAFFITI AND PATH TO HIPHOP NOVEMBER 14 - COMMUNITY-LED VIGIL AT LA ERMITA DE LA CARIDAD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ROOTS OF HOPE IN SUPPORT OF 15N MOVEMENT AND SOLIDARITY WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS NOVEMBER 11 - MEETUP AT MUSEUM OF GRAFFITI FOR TOUR AND PANEL WITH ARTIST ALAN KETS AND DJ ASHO - ARIEL FERNANDEZ IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CANDELA BOOK CLUB, CUBA ONE FOUNDATION, AND NEGRA Y FUERTE SEPTEMBER 8 - TALK TO HER: LATINA LEADERS ON THE VERGE OF CHANGE PANEL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BUILDING BACK TOGETHER WITH SEN. ANNETTE TADDEO (FL STATE SENATE D. 40), ANDREA MERCADO (FLORIDA RISING), DR. FRANCES COLN (CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS), MILEYKA BURGOS (ALLAPATTAH CDC), AND MAYRA MACIAS (BUILDING BACK TOGETHER) AUGUST 19 - IMMIGRATION & RECONCILIATION PANEL WITH LIZ REBECCA ALARCN (PROJECT PULSO), KRYSTINA FRANOIS (ONA), AND FMR. CONGRESSWOMAN DEBBIE MURCASEL-POWELL AUGUST 11 - SOSCUBA: THE WORK AND HOPE AHEAD PANEL WITH AMALIA DACHE (UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA), TANIA BRUGUERA (ARTIST & ACTIVIST), AND MANUEL CUESTA MORA JUNE 11 - WORLD OCEAN DAY CLEAN UP WITH ENVIRONMENTALIST AND ACTIVIST ANDREW OTAZO JUNE 16 & JUNE 26 - PUBLIC LAND FOR PUBLIC GOOD TOWN HALL WITH ALLAPATTAH COLLABORATIVE CDC JUNE 12 - WORLD OCEAN DAY CLEAN UP OF VIRGINIA KEY BEACH - WITH ENVIRONMENTALIST ANDREW OTAZO MAY 22 - EVERY DAY IS EARTH DAY - SPONSORED SHORELINE CLEANUP WITH CLEAN MIAMI BEACH APRIL 24 - EARTH WEEK VENTANITA - LAUNCH OF 5-PART SALON SERIES THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER CLIMATE ADVOCATES AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS. APRIL 8 - SCREENING OF SHOWTIME/VICE NEWS EL DARIN GAP AND PANEL WITH JOURNALIST PAOLA RAMOS (VICE) AND KRYSTINA FRANOIS (OFFICE OF NEW AMERICANS) MARCH 8 - INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY SCREENING OF IN BLACK AND WHITE: WHAT AFRO-CUBANS WANT YOU TO KNOW FOLLOWED BY A PANEL WITH FILMMAKERS. FEBRUARY 10 - ANTI RACISM 101 IN CONTEXT OF IMMIGRATION LAW & PRACTICE WORKSHOP LED BY MARILYN ALVARADO (ASYLUM SEEKER ADVOCACY PROJECT) AND MICH GONZALEZ (SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER) WITH CUBA ONE FOUNDATION AND CUBAN- AMERICANS FOR BLM. GENERATED EARNED PRESS AROUND RELEVANT ISSUES, INCLUDING: TASTE OF A NATION WITH PADMA LAKSHMI: MOJO-HO CHRISTMAS (HULU, DECEMBER 2021) LOCALS GATHER AT VIGIL TO HONOR 659 DETAINED CUBANS AHEAD OF ONGOING PROTESTS (WLRN, NOVEMBER 2021) HOW THE CUBAN DIASPORA FINDS ITS PLACE IN MIAMI THROUGH FOOD AND CULTURE (EATING WELL, AUGUST 2021) MIAMIANS CALL FOR MORE PUBLIC SPACES IN NEW SURVEY (MIAMI HERALD, AUGUST 2021) BIDEN WILL MEET CUBAN AMERICAN ACTIVISTS AT THE WHITE HOUSE ON FRIDAY (MIAMI HERALD, JULY 2021) CUBANS IN UNITED STATES RALLY BEHIND ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS IN CUBA (NBC NEWS WITH MORGAN RADFORD, JULY 2021) ITS A SHAME MIAMIS REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS EMBRACED CONSPIRACY THEORIES (MIAMI HERALD EDITORIAL BOARD/MIAMI HERALD/ORLANDO SUN SENTINEL, JUNE 2021) UP IS DOWN AND DOWN IS UP. REPORT EXAMINED MISINFORMATION ON MIAMI SPANISH TALK RADIO (MIAMI HERALD, JUNE 2021) REPORT SPOTLIGHTS UNDER THE RADAR SPANISH-LANGUAGE RADIO DISINFORMATION IN MIAMI (WLRN, JUNE 2021) FACING SOUTH FLORIDA WITH JIM DEFEDE: SPANISH LANGUAGE MEDIA IN SOUTH FLORIDA (CBS LOCAL, JUNE 2021) EXPERTS CALL DISINFORMATION ON MIAMI'S SPANISH RADIO A "PSYCHOLOGICAL CANCER" (MIAMI NEW TIMES, JUNE 2021) BIDEN OUTSIDE GROUP GOES ALL IN ON LATINO VOTERS TO SELL COVID-19 RESCUE PACKAGE (NEWSWEEK, APRIL 2021) LATINO LEADERS CALL OUT TRUMP DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN IN MIAMI SPANISH- LANGUAGE MEDIA (MIAMI HERALD/EL NUEVO HERALD, JANUARY 2021) LATINO GROUPS CALL FOR MORE FACT-CHECKING ON SPANISH RADIO (MIAMI NEW TIMES, JANUARY 2021) FLORIDA GROUPS CALL OUT SPANISH-LANGUAGE RADIO SHOWS FOR SPREADING LIES, MISINFORMATION (NBC NEWS, JANUARY 2021)