Affirming Youth Participates in Fathers in Education Day at Arcola Lakes Elementary
Affirming Youth’s male models read to the students at Arcola Lakes Elementary for Fathers in Education Day.
AYF’s Second Annual Black History Month Celebration: Celebrating Mental Health and Well-Being
Join us on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at 2:00 PM for our second annual Black History Month celebration of Black Mental Health and Well-Being. Our distinguished guests include Dr. Marvin Dunn, one of Miami-Dade County’s most eminent historians, and the esteemed Dr. Dionne Stephens of FIU’s Department of Psychology. Throughout the program, we will discuss Liberty …
Affirming Youth Holds Its Very First Emerald Gala
The night of November 11, 2021 was nothing short of magical for Affirming YOUth and its community partners. With emerald green decorations and emerald green dresses and neckties, both the location and its guests were dressed up to celebrate the Emerald Gala. In commemoration of its ten year anniversary, Affirming YOUth held its very first …
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The Historic Hampton House’s Role in Miami’s Black History
In September 1953, there was word that a new one-million-dollar luxury motel was being planned to be built in Miami’s Brownsville neighborhood named the “Booker T. Motel.” The motel building would include a 50-room main motel building, 12 apartment motel buildings and two combination apartment-motel-store buildings. While Black individuals were being turned away from Miami …
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A Reflection on Poet Amanda Gorman’s Inaugural Poem “The Hill We Climb”
“Scripture tells us to envision that everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree and no one shall make them afraid. If we’re to live up to her own time, then victory won’t lie in the blade, but in all the bridges we’ve made. That is the promise to glade, the hill we …
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