10 Years of
Connection
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Ten years ago we made a small bet. That if we gave people a reason to sit down together, they would show up. You proved us right, again and again.
I have watched neighbors who had never met turn into the kind of friends who check in on each other. I have seen a whole room go quiet while someone shared a story they had never said out loud. That is the work, and it was never about us. It was always about you.
Some years were harder than others. We moved online when we had to. We grew into Broward when the moment was right. Through all of it, the hosts kept opening their doors and you kept pulling up a chair.
So this report is really a thank you. To everyone who believed a more connected Miami was worth building, one conversation at a time. Here is to the next ten. Let's keep showing up for each other.
— Joan M. GodoyCEO of Radical Partners
A decade of showing up
Ten years of neighbors choosing each other. Scroll the years.
How it started
A handful of neighbors, ten hard topics, one idea. Just sit down and talk to each other.
Word gets around
More hosts opened their doors. More people pulled up a chair, year after year.
Going virtual
The world went quiet. We moved online and kept the circle open anyway.
Broward joins
The invitation crossed the county line. A second community found its seat at the table.
Year ten
Ten years in, and the room is bigger and warmer than it has ever been.
Our best year yet
Let us walk you through 2026My favorite part was…
Watching two neighbors who had never spoken end up trading phone numbers before the food was even out.
[Name]Host
I came in nervous and left with three new friends. I really did not expect that to happen.
[Name]Participant
We talked about money, the thing nobody talks about. It turned into the best hour of my week.
[Name]Participant
I hosted in my living room. Eleven strangers showed up. Now we have a group chat.
[Name]Host
The conversations
We asked, and they told us.
Every participant got the same survey after their experience. Not to prove a point, but to find out whether ten days of sitting with hard topics actually changes anything. These are the seven statements we asked them to agree or disagree with.
Sample data — awaiting real survey results
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I felt I could be my full self during the experience.
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I feel more connected to others in my community.
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I engaged with people different from me and better understand other perspectives.
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I am more likely to collaborate or build relationships across differences.
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I feel more confident creating inclusive spaces or speaking up when harm occurs.
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I gained useful knowledge, skills, or perspectives.
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I am more likely to share resources or opportunities with others.
What are you most likely to do next?
This one they wrote in their own words. Pull quotes go here — the answers that keep repeating.
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52 connection experiences.
Ten topics, three intensity levels, fifty-two ways in. Some were a coffee and a question. Some were a whole afternoon. None of them happened by accident.
The roadmap
[Placeholder — what Meeting of the Minds is, who came, and what a common agenda actually did for the ten days that followed.]
[Placeholder — Office Hours and Connection for Collaboration. How often, who showed, what came out of it.]
[Placeholder — what was in the resource kit and how hosts used it.]
[Placeholder — the platform, registration, and how people found their way in.]
[Placeholder — how the word travelled, and who it reached that it had not before.]
[Placeholder — the team, sponsors, hosts, and what "backbone" actually means in practice.]
Thank you.
The power of many.
None of this belongs to one organization. It belongs to everyone who funded a room, opened a door, showed up early, and stayed late.
Names from the known list — categories not yet sorted
Funders
Knight Foundation
The Miami Foundation
The Children’s Trust
Key Biscayne Community Foundation
Amazon
Delta
Hosts
Achieve Miami
University of Miami
The Rhythm Foundation
Venprendedoras
CFM Mediation
Elevate Cities
Partners
United Way
Miami Herald & el Nuevo Herald
Office of Mayor Daniella Levine Cava
Radical Partners
Team
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Interested in bringing connection and belonging to your city?
Ten days started with one question and a handful of neighbors who said yes. If that sounds like something your city needs, tell us. We will take it from there.
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Stay engaged.
Ten days is the doorway, not the house. Here is how to keep showing up the other 355.
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