BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Museum of Miami - ECPv6.18.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://staging.museumofmiami.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Museum of Miami REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20270314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20271107T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261014T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261014T133000 DTSTAMP:20261008T141439Z CREATED:20260908T184648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T141439Z UID:30805-1791979200-1791984600@staging.museumofmiami.org SUMMARY:Cafecito Conversations—Youth Voices & Miami’s Future DESCRIPTION:Join us in Downtown Miami at MDC Wolfson Campus!\n\n\n\nDoors open at 11:00 am for complimentary coffee for the first 50 participants\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin the Museum of Miami for an afternoon of connection and dialogue at la ventanita! Facilitated by community leaders\, educators\, and artists\, conversations will be guided by prompts surrounding themes of history\, culture\, and identity—all inspired by our communities. Listen and share stories while engaging together over coffee. \n\n\n\nSpark your civic interest and explore the ways in which you can inspire meaningful change in your community! Connect with Maydee Martinez\, the youngest founding member of Engage Miami and former Teen Miami Intern Curator at Museum of Miami. Follow Maydee’s journey to becoming a leader in civic engagement\, youth development\, and community organizing. Learn how active participation by Miamians can lead to lasting change. \n\n\n\nThis program will encourage exchange around navigating civic issues in our communities as we look towards Miami’s future. \n\n\n\nEnjoy a free coffee on us! Complimentary coffee available to the first 50 participants at check-in. Coffee provided by Cienfuegos Coffee. \n\n\n\nThis program will take place at Miami Dade College — Wolfson Campus\, Building 2\, Room 2106\, located at 223 NE 4th St\, Miami\, FL 33132. Please check-in with Museum staff in front of Building 2\, Room 2106 on Kyriakides Plaza.\n\n\n\nSeating is first-come\, first-served. Please plan to arrive early to ensure preferred seating. \n\n\n\nFree with Registration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Register \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n Share our flyer! \n \n\n\n\nTicket includes complimentary pass to Museum of Miami. \n\n\n\nPresented in partnership with Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus; Institute for Civic Engagement and Democracy (iCED); Phi Theta Kappa Honors (PTK) Society; and Made By Us. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCafecito Conversations is presented in collaboration with Cienfuegos Coffee. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule:\n\n\n\n11:00 a.m.Coffee Hour with Cienfuegos Coffee Enjoy a free coffee on us! Complimentary coffee available to the first 50 participants at check-in. Coffee provided by Cienfuegos Coffee.The Miami Stories Recording BoothShare your story with us at our portable recording booth. Participants will record an audio interview which will be preserved in the museum’s archive.Hands on HistoryEngage with objects from the museum’s education collection inspired by Miami’s history!noonCafecito Conversations—Youth Voices & Miami’s Future featuring Maydee Martinez12:45 p.m.Miami Stories Activity – Story Dice Game1:30 p.m.Program Ends*Program schedule is subject to change\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Speaker:\n\n\n\n\nMaydee Martinez\n\n\n\nMaydee Martinez was proudly born and raised in Miami\, Florida\, and has dedicated her career to community engagement and civic education. She began her professional career at the Museum of Miami as a Teen Miami Intern Curator and went on to graduate from Miami Dade College’s Honors College and Georgetown University\, where she earned a B.A. in Sociology and Government and researched civic participation among Hispanic/Latino youth in South Florida. \n\n\n\nIn 2014\, Maydee founded Democracy YOUnited\, a voter education and engagement initiative\, and later helped launch Engage Miami\, a nonprofit focused on changing the culture around local politics. She has worked on political campaigns throughout South Florida\, having last served as Political Director for now-Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava in 2020. She also curated Vote the Future\, a youth civic education program that employed more than 120 high school students. Today\, Maydee serves as Director of Miami-Dade Initiatives at Hispanic Unity of Florida\, where she works to expand access to programs that help individuals and families become self-sufficient\, civically engaged\, and achieve the American Dream \n\n\n\n\nModerator:\n\n\n\n\nCaroline Klibanoff\n\n\n\nCaroline Klibanoff is the Executive Director of Made By Us\, a nationwide nonprofit activating 500+ museums\, historic sites\, libraries\, and archives as trusted bridges to active citizenship for teens and young adults. Under her direction\, Made By Us has reached 85 million Americans\, built an annual Civic Season between Juneteenth and July 4th\, launched the nation’s first-ever national youth bureau for the U.S. 250th anniversary\, and transferred $1 million directly to youth contributors shaping that milestone. A keynote speaker at TED\, AdWeek\, SXSW\, and the American Alliance of Museums\, and quoted in the Wall Street Journal\, The New Yorker\, and the AP\, she is an Eisenhower USA Fellow\, a Smithsonian Research Associate\, a board member of the Public Education Project\, and a juror on the inaugural David Rubenstein Prize for American History. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional Information\n\n\n\nPlease see below for additional information regarding the program. For further assistance\, please contact Visitor Services at (305) 375-1492 or email programs@museumofmiami.org. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Helpful Tips\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Program check-in will begin at 11:00 am.\n\nComplimentary coffee will be available to the first 50 participants at check-in. Coffee provided by Cienfuegos Coffee.\n\nYou will not need to print your tickets. Museum staff will have a guest list at check-in. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wayfinding\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This program will take place at MDC Wolfson Campus in Building 2. Please check-in with Museum staff in front of Building 2\, Room 2106 on Kyriakides Plaza. They will be stationed near the Cienfuegos Coffee truck. \n \n Campus Map\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Parking\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Employees\, students and visitors are allowed to park in the garage located on 500 NE Second Ave. Please let the parking attendant know that you are attending the Museum of Miami’s Cafecito Conversations program. \n \n Parking at MDC Wolfson\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Accessibility \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n To request materials in accessible format\, sign language interpreters\, and/or any disability accommodation\, please call 305-375-1601 or email accessibility@museumofmiami.org at least two weeks in advance of your visit to initiate your request. TTY users may also call 711 (Florida Relay Service). \n \n Accessibility\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhoto Credit: Courtesy of Cienfuegos Coffee \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibilityTo request materials in accessible format\, sign language interpreters\, and/or any disability accommodation\, please call 305-375-1601 or email accessibility@museumofmiami.org at least two weeks in advance of your visit to initiate your request. TTY users may also call 711 (Florida Relay Service). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRelease​By entering the premises\, you consent to interview(s)\, photography\, audio recording\, video recording and its/their release\, publication\, exhibition\, or reproduction to be used for news\, web casts\, promotional purposes\, telecasts\, advertising\, inclusion on web sites\, or any other purpose by Museum of Miami (MM) and its affiliates and representatives. You release Museum of Miami (MM) its officers and employees\, and each and all persons involved from any liability connected with the taking\, recording\, digitizing\, or publication of interviews\, photographs\, computer images\, video and/or or sound recordings. By entering the premises\, you waive all rights you may have to any claims for payment or royalties in connection with any exhibition\, streaming\, webcasting\, televising\, or other publication of these materials\, regardless of the purpose or sponsoring of such exhibiting\, broadcasting\, webcasting\, or other publication irrespective of whether a fee for admission or sponsorship is charged. You also waive any right to inspect or approve any photo\, video\, or audio recording taken by Museum of Miami (MM) or the person or entity designated to do so by Museum of Miami (MM) You have been fully informed of your consent\, waiver of liability\, and release before entering the premise. URL:https://staging.museumofmiami.org/event/cafecito-conversations-youth-voices-miami-future/ LOCATION:Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus\, Building 2\, 223 NE 4th St\, Miami\, Florida\, 33132 CATEGORIES:Adult Programs,In Community ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://staging.museumofmiami.org/wp-content/uploads/cienfuegos-coffee_WEB-1920x1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261017T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261017T123000 DTSTAMP:20260929T184526Z CREATED:20260828T183938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T184526Z UID:30627-1792234800-1792240200@staging.museumofmiami.org SUMMARY:Deeper Than the Ocean: A Conversation with Mirta Ojito DESCRIPTION:Miami Author Series \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdmission is $20. Members attend free. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n REGISTER \n \n\n\n\nJoin the Museum of Miami for a fireside chat with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Mirta Ojito as she discusses her acclaimed novel Deeper Than the Ocean. A sweeping story of family\, migration\, love\, and the secrets that can reshape everything we thought we knew about where we come from. \n\n\n\nOjito’s dual narrative brings history and memory together\, exploring the ways migration\, family stories\, and buried secrets can echo across generations. During the conversation\, Ojito will share the inspiration behind Deeper Than the Ocean and discuss the history\, places\, and human stories woven throughout the novel. \n\n\n\nFollowing the conversation\, Ojito will be available for a book signing. Books & Books–Coral Gables will be on-site with copies of Deeper Than the Ocean available for purchase. \n\n\n\nMembers must sign in for free registration to take effect. \n\n\n\nThe program is presented in connection with the Museum of Miami’s exhibition Caught in the Eye: Remembering the 1926 Hurricane. \n\n\n\nBook Partnership with \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMirta Ojito is a journalist\, professor and author of two previous non-fiction books. She is the recipient of an Emmy for the documentary Harvest of Misery as well as a shared Pulitzer for national reporting in 2001\, for a series of New York Times articles on race. A refugee from Cuba\, her work often explores the complexities of identity\, belonging\, and the quiet power of resilience. She lives in Coral Gables\, Florida\, where she is endlessly inspired—and occasionally outnumbered—by her three grown sons and too many plants. Deeper than the Ocean is her first novel. \n\n\n\nHer work has appeared in several anthologies\, including Written into History: Pulitzer Prize Reporting of the Twentieth Century from The New York Times\, edited by Anthony Lewis. Ojito has taught journalism at New York University\, Columbia University\, and the University of Miami. She is currently a senior director for News Standards at NBCUniversal. \n\n\n\nwww.mirtaojitoauthor.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n REGISTER \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndditional Information \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Helpful Tips\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Program check-in will begin 15-minutes prior to the program start. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wayfinding\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n This program will take place in the Museum’s South Building theater. \n \n Getting to Museum of Miami\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Parking\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n There is nearby parking available in the Miami-Dade Cultural Center Garage\, 50 NW 2nd Avenue. Take the south elevator to the second floor exit. Exit this floor and follow the pathway across a covered\, above street level footbridge that leads directly to the Miami-Dade Cultural Plaza. Parking for Museum visitors with validation is a flat rate of $5. Parking may be validated at the Museum’s Visitor Services desk.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Accessibility \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n To request materials in accessible format\, sign language interpreters\, and/or any disability accommodation\, please call 305-375-1601 or email accessibility@museumofmiami.org at least two weeks in advance of your visit to initiate your request. TTY users may also call 711 (Florida Relay Service). \n \n Accessibility\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility Statement \n\n\n\nTo request materials in an accessible format\, sign language interpreters\, and/or any disability accommodation\, please call 305-375-1601 or email accessibility@museumofmiami.org at least two weeks in advance of your visit to initiate your request. TTY users may also call 711 (Florida Relay Service).  URL:https://staging.museumofmiami.org/event/miami-author-series-mirta-ojito/ LOCATION:Museum of Miami\, 101 West Flagler Street\, Miami\, 33130\, United States CATEGORIES:Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://staging.museumofmiami.org/wp-content/uploads/Mirta-Ojito_WEB-1618x1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR