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💪 Here’s how a community became “comadres”
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💪 Here’s how a community became “comadres”

Las Comadres wants to bring women entrepreneurs together for honest, face-to-face interactions.
(📸: Courtesy of Gaby Guzman)

FROM COMMUNITY TO COMADRES

We’ve highlighted a few groundbreaking women in Miami’s past and present for Women’s History Month and today we’re giving the spotlight to a local woman trying to create a new community for women entrepreneurs in the 305.

We talked with Gaby Guzman about the new community she’s creating, called Las Comadres, how women can get involved, and what she hopes the group can achieve together.

Check out the full conversation on our website. And stay tuned as we highlight more awesome local women this month.

And if you’re interested in learning more about the group they’ll be hosting a social and informational event Thursday, March 28 at Soul Tavern.

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WHAT’S NEW IN THE 305

Rub downs and handshakes. Democrats in Congress are calling for an investigation into the activities of Li “Cindy” Yang, the former Florida massage parlor owner with ties to President Trump and to Chinese officials. They want to know more about her work getting Chinese businessmen political access and are looking into allegations of human trafficking, unlawful foreign lobbying, campaign finance. Yang owns several Asian day spas in South Florida linked to sexual activities. (Miami Herald)

Marijuana money talks. Since 2016, Florida’s licensed cannabis companies have spent millions in contributions to state lawmakers and political parties to fight the ban on smokable medical marijuana signed into law by former Gov. Rick Scott. And it seems their influence has had an impact. After a two year battle, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill to end the ban. Incidentally, he was also the recipient of the largest single donation-$50,000-from a cannabis company.  Bill Galvano, president of the Florida Senate, says he doesn’t think campaign contributions affected the political shift on smoking marijuana. (Miami Herald)

Tit for tat diplomacy. Under the Obama Administration, Cubans’ U.S. visas lasted for five years and allowed multiple entries. But the top U.S. diplomat in Havana just announced that the U.S. is limiting visas for Cubans to one entry that’s only valid for three months. The change is a result of “reciprocity alignment,” which basically means that when a country issues a visa to American citizens for a certain period of time, the U.S. will do the same to citizens of that country seeking a U.S. visa. Cuba issues visas to U.S. citizens for one entry for two months. This new policy will particularly hurt Cubans with relatives in America and small business owners who travel to the states. (Miami Herald)

For the lovers and poets. It’s almost that special time of year when poetry is at the forefront of civic life in Miami. The seventh annual O, Miami Poetry festival starts in April and lasts through the month and features tons of readings, workshops and events. The goal of the festival? For everyone in Miami-Dade to encounter a poem. (O, Miami)

ONE LAST THING

For the budding filmmakers out there, here’s your chance to enter a short documentary contest and win some money. The Block, a competition by Oolite Arts, is seeking stories about neighborhoods in Miami.

You can attend this info session and get your questions answered before the April 10 deadline.

See y’all back here tomorrow.

– The New Tropic

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