Cafecito Conversations—Youth Voices & Miami’s Future

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Join us in Downtown Miami at MDC Wolfson Campus!

Doors open at 11:00 am for complimentary coffee for the first 50 participants

Free with Registration

Join 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.

Spark 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.

This program will encourage exchange around navigating civic issues in our communities as we look towards Miami’s future.

Enjoy a free coffee on us! Complimentary coffee available to the first 50 participants at check-in. Coffee provided by Cienfuegos Coffee.

This 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.

Seating is first-come, first-served. Please plan to arrive early to ensure preferred seating.

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Presented 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.

Cafecito Conversations is presented in collaboration with Cienfuegos Coffee.

Program Schedule:

11:00 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 Booth

Share 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 History

Engage with objects from the museum’s education collection inspired by Miami’s history!
noon Cafecito Conversations—Youth Voices & Miami’s Future featuring Maydee Martinez

12:45 p.m. Miami Stories Activity – Story Dice Game

1:30 p.m. Program Ends
*Program schedule is subject to change

Featured Speaker:

Maydee Martinez

Maydee 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.

In 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

Moderator:

Caroline Klibanoff

Caroline 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.

Additional Information

Please see below for additional information regarding the program. For further assistance, please contact Visitor Services at (305) 375-1492 or email programs@museumofmiami.org.

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Program check-in will begin at 11:00 am.

Complimentary coffee will be available to the first 50 participants at check-in. Coffee provided by…