Caffeine Tour Documentary

Special thanks to Carmen Rodriguez for providing us with this excellent short documentary on Emerge and local activism.

Emerge Miami from Carmen Rodriguez on Vimeo.

Emerge Miami Presents: Boardgame Night- Holiday Edition!

Emerge Miami invites you to our December Boardgame Night! Maximize your Scrabble skills with witty and good-naturedly competitive friends! This month’s event will feature the always popular word games, some vibrant and obscure Apples to Apples arguments, and a special opportunity to beta-test a brand new game! Games start at 8 PM! RSVP on Facebook!

Open Letter to Mayor Regarding Injured Bike Police

All of us at Emerge were horrified to hear about the car-on-bike collision that injured Officers Diaz, Mercado and Baudry. As cyclists, we can empathize with the physical and emotional trauma that comes with this type of accident.  As active and invested members of the community, we are saddened to see just how dangerous the roads are for cyclists in Miami.

It is terrifying to think of our own odds, if even a large group of marked police officers cannot get care and consideration from motorists.  Our warmest regards go out to the injured Officers.  We will continue to work hard for bike safety and awareness.  We welcome anyone from your force to join us in our continued efforts.

Best,

Your Friends at Emerge Miami

#OccupyMiami Ignites The Torch of Friendship

Miami: now’s your chance to join the movement! New York protestors kicked off American Summer and currently #OccupyWallStreet- the public’s response to their dissatisfaction with the current economic and political inequities which are shaking our system to its foundations. Cities around the country- around the planet!- are embracing the new solidarity and adding their support. Miami is no different.

Introducing #OccupyMiami – Nearly 200 activists, artists, and organizers made clear their intentions last Saturday, at the first #OccupyMiami organizational meeting. The new collaboration assembled to discuss problems facing the community at a local and national level- and subsequently global level- democratically deciding how to address such issues through direct action. The event was the first official meeting, after many of its members spent the previous days conceptualizing how to bring Miami into the effort in conversations that spanned ad-hoc video conferences, Facebook chats, and IRC.

Nerdgasm: Board Game Night with Emerge Miami

Board games are not just for kids and senior citizens. Boardgames are the epitome of low-cost, brain-flexing fun for all. Nobody knows the social and cultural value of a good Scrabbling or Boggling more than your card-shuffling, dice-rolling friends at Emerge.

That’s why every third Tuesday of the month, Emerge gets together at Sweat Records at 8 pm to throw down. All are welcome to this free and festive community event.

Emerge Weekly Update (September 16th, 2011)

Greetings Emergent Friends! As the fall season approaches, we’ve got a great lineup of events to check out:

September 17th – Comics & Ice Cream
ComicED is returning to Wall’s Ice Cream September 17th from 7pm-9pm. Enjoy 10% off any Ice Cream Purchase when you support ComicED by purchasing a .10 cent comic book. All proceeds of comic sale fund letters for comics, a program that allows kids across Miami, FL access to a free comic.

September 17th – Coastal Cleanup Day
Also this Saturday is the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup Day- Emerge and the Coral Gables Roteract Club will be helping out at Matheson Hammock Park. Maxwell and Adam are coordinating this- look for the cool guys digging in the mangroves for trash! This is Saturday from 9 am -12 at Mattheson Hammock. If you go to the guard house at the entrance road, they will let you in for free if you tell them you are doing the beach cleanup. This event fills up quickly, so try to arrive around 8:30!

Making Opa-Locka Sketchy (in a Good Way)

Our collection of sun-saturated bicyclists takes a welcome break in the shade of Opa-Locka’s Tri-Rail parking lot and two things occur to me:

I first realize that I am entirely out of my familiar area. Despite living in Miami for thirty years, to me Opa-Locka previously represented “over there”- a mysterious nonentity I’ve never had a reason to visit.

This sensation is quickly followed by my second breakthrough. The Tri-Rail station, I notice, is placed along Opa-Locka’s epically named Ali Baba Avenue, and I’ve just travelled through a portion of town dotted with improbable minarets and Arabic-influenced domed structures- an architectural oasis completely unlike any other area in Miami.