By Community News Release-April 3, 2017 Community-Supported Program Aids Moms in Crisis on Mother’s Day Though Mother’s Day is intended to be a joyous occasion for women across the country, thousands of moms will be overlooked on this special holiday because they are forced to live in shelters because of domestic abuse or homelessness….
New Lotus Village Shelter – opening in late 2017 – will provide supportive programs for 490 homeless women and children, a neighborhood health clinic and children’s wellness center One of Miami’s most impactful nonprofits is riding a wave of support from some of the City’s top philanthropists. Lotus Endowment Fund, Inc., the foundation supporting the redevelopment…
By Douglas Hanks dhanks@miamiherald.com MARCH 20, 2017 08:09 PM , UPDATED MARCH 20, 2017 08:42 PM The reallocation of the money, culled mainly from property taxes, presents the 13-member board with the uncomfortable task of endorsing winners and losers among some of the most sympathetic entities in the county — youth clubs in Overtown,…
NORWAY, IOWA (PRWEB) MARCH 08, 2017 In celebration of International Women’s Day, Aura Cacia announced its 2017 Positive Change Project grant recipients. Each non-profit organization is helping women of courage and determination to better their lives in the face of overwhelming difficulties. “Living a life with purpose and intention is something we all strive for,” said…
By Adrianne Richardson schoolscenemia@gmail.com FEBRUARY 21, 2017 05:07 PM Archimedean Upper Conservatory students competed in the 2017 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Science Olympiad Invitational in Boston and earned fourteen top 20 finishes and two event medals. Neel Gandhi and Dmitri Morales placed second in Robot Arm while Anthony Mansur and Sanjana Surana placed 12th….
By Cindy Arboleda carboleda@miamiherald.com FEBRUARY 16, 2017 11:29 AM , UPDATED FEBRUARY 16, 2017 04:33 PM Francesca Lowenthal is preparing to marry early this summer. Her wedding’s floral designer, Meredith Clarin, suggested that for the biggest day of her life she consider donating the flowers after the event to the ladies of Lotus House….
By Hannah Sentenac February 3, 2017 9:00AM If you’re into all things Instagram, you might be familiar with Mela Torres. Known as compassionately.mela on IG, the 21-year-old vegan boasts a following of more than 50,000. Plants and positivity are her jam, and she serves as host of a series of local plant-based bike crawls that help…
By Kayla Young January 19, 2017 Alyssa Christian describes her experience with multiple sclerosis, an unpredictable and often painful nervous system disorder, as something similar to a woman’s handbag. The item’s outward beauty, visible to passersby, belies the chaos hidden inside. “A lot of people, when you tell them you have MS, they’ll say, ‘Oh,…
Cara Despain, left, and Sarah Michelle Rupert work on their Women’s March on Washington signs at the Standard Hotel in Miami Beach. PATRICK FARRELL PFARRELL@MIAMIHERALD.COM By Alex Harris aharris@miamiherald.com JANUARY 17, 2017 07:00 AM , UPDATED JANUARY 21, 2017 10:06 AM As the November election results came in and tears rolled down her face, Carrie…
por MiamiDiario el 17/10/2017 a las 9:36 horas Se estima que unos 20 mil floridianos se trasladaran hasta Washington DC para participar en la Marcha de las Mujeres. Un gran protesta antitrump que aspira reunir mas de 200 mil personas de todo el pais. La Marcha de las Mujeres en una manifestacion en la que…