Author: fhgdesign

Miami Community Celebrates 1 Year!

To our Miami Community, Wow, what an amazing year this has been. When we launched in August of 2018, we stepped out on faith and went straight to work. It has been an exciting but at times difficult year but through it all, we have learned and grown so much! We want to reflect with you on our past achievements and let you know our plans for the future! We first want to thank our four local...

Sex Trafficking in Miami

BY JENNIFER ATTILUS Every year, millions of tourists’ flock to Miami and the beaches, also known as “Sin City,” to live the life and feel like a star for the weekend. But for many young girls in Miami, the life is their reality and they are the star of the show, not just for the weekend, but for years and sometimes forever. Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children is the buying and...

Health in the Hood

Food insecurity, the state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food, is an epidemic that is plaguing the United States and even our very own backyard, Miami. In many of the communities of Miami, residents do not have access to grocery stores and in turn, no access to fresh fruits and vegetables. With this in mind, an innovative non-profit...

It Won’t Get Better Without You and Me

BY Felecia Theune, Ph.D. It’s early Sunday evening and I get caught in the downtown traffic of satisfied Miami Heat fans leaving American Airlines Arena on Biscayne Boulevard after another victory. Panhandlers, some in hand-me-down Heat t-shirts, beg for spare change but are largely ignored, as are a seemingly growing homeless population who make their home along NE 6th Street. A woman who...