Little Haiti has its own superhero, and he s trying to help the community with an unlikely superpower: cryptocurrency.
Nandy Martin, who prefers to be known by his alter ego, Captain Haiti, has been a resident of Miami s Little Haiti neighborhood for the past five years. Easily recognizable when he walks or bikes down the street, Martin wears a cape, a red jumpsuit, and a circular shield adorned with the red and blue of the Haitian flag, in tribute to the Marvel Comics character Captain America. Everybody calls me Captain Haiti now, especially kids. But even my friends don t realize who s calling them unless I say, It s Captain Haiti, Martin says.
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The police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last summer reignited the long simmering Black Lives Matter movement and invigorated broader campaigns for Black equity.
Just before that, in February and April 2020, about 41% of Black-owned small businesses closed, devastated by pandemic-related closures and reduced customer traffic, according to a study by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Although small companies across the board struggled, Black entrepreneurs were hit hardest. Haitian owned businesses in Miami rode the economic wave.
Yet, these dual crises also inspired new investments in Black businesses, reinforced long-standing traditions for Black communities to look after their own, and spurred some to pursue new opportunities despite pandemic uncertainties.
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In this June 19, 2019 file photo, a postal worker returns to their truck parked on a flooded street in Miami caused by high tides.
Here are some of the biggest threats posed by the climate crisis to south Florida today, along with solutions under consideration.
Few places on the planet are more at risk from the climate crisis than south Florida, where more than 8 million residents are affected by the convergence of almost every modern environmental challenge – from rising seas to contaminated drinking water, more frequent and powerful hurricanes, coastal erosion, flooding and vanishing wildlife and habitat.
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/ An international letter exchange connecting different cultures and languages throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, helping ease confinement blues to residents in South Florida.
A tribute to a civil rights leader in South Florida, the future of our cities and an international letter exchange for poetry month.
On this Wednesday, April 7 episode, of Sundial:
Hastings’ Legacy
For 28 years, Representative Alcee Hastings served in Florida’s congressional delegation as a champion of civil rights. On Tuesday, the longtime South Florida Democrat died at the age of 84 a few years after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
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