Thousands of people come to South Florida each year with aspirations for their future. Our mission is to tell their story.

The title of this post is the tag line for MillenniumBeat.com. a website created by several UM School of Communication students.

We’re currently “soft launching” the site,  meaning it cannot be found through search engines yet.   Please look around the site and comment with feedback.  Tell us what you like, what you don’t like, and any suggestions you have.  We want this site to be a valuable resource for both members of these immigrant communities as well as people who are interested in them.

It’s still in the beta phase – it’s a work in progress  – but we hope make it as good as possible before we hard launch it.

So please, check it out!

Mission: “deeper” story Accomplished

Gabi and I returned to the Redland Center in Homestead Monday afternoon to delve deeper into our story about how capoeira classes are helping children in poor community.

Our professor/editor sent us on a mission to “answer the how’s and the why’s”  and I think we accomplished it.  We were able to talk in more detail with capoeira instructor Cuica, as well as the father of two capoeira students. After getting more information about the area and why it is so valuable to children in the community, I think we finally have a solid story.

The story as well as the article should be posted soon on MillenniumBeat.com   Check it out!