Name: The Sound of Belonging
Start: 2026-04-04T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-04T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Green Space Miami

An Interactive Panel & Community Dialogue on Othering and Belonging. Live performance by the Miami Sound Choir.
About this Event

Join us for a powerful three-hour interactive conversation exploring how belonging is built — and how othering is dismantled — in Miami.

This event examines how local organizations are actively creating the conditions for belonging and inclusion in one of the most culturally complex cities in the United States.

FEATURED PANELISTS

Gina Margillo
Director & Producer, The Sound of Belonging
Award-winning filmmaker and communication professor
(Event Facilitator)

Laurah Merisier
Founder & Director, Miami Sound Choir

Jessica Bakeman
Director, We Met Community Connection, Inc.

Matt Anderson
Director, Mosaic Miami

We will examine:

What does belonging and radical inclusion actually look and feel like?
What leadership behaviors foster belonging or undermine it?
What must shift — time, comfort, or resources—to create real belonging in Miami?

Live Performance
The Miami Sound Choir will close the event in song.

This event is part of the impact campaign for The Sound of Belonging a 28-minute documentary, currently in production, capturing the story of Miami Sound Choir — a 120-member grassroots choir redefining what community can look like. More than a choir, it is an experiment in radical inclusion, mutual care, and unbridled self-expression.

For more information, email [email protected]

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