Stories with 'jayme gershen' tag

Sustainability goes beyond just Biscayne Bay

For the last three weeks, The New Tropic has partnered with Oolite Arts to spotlight Save the Bay, the arts organization’s campaign highlighting ways Miamians can take better care of Biscayne Bay. The initiative saw several local filmmakers craft PSAs that were equal parts personal and informational, with each reflecting the director’s particular vision on […]

/ August 10, 2021

Meet the Miami filmmakers imagining ways to Save the Bay

Cinema carries a transformative quality unlike any other artistic medium. Although it may go underappreciated in our age of constant saturation and infinite content, film’s capacity to immerse viewers in perspectives other than their own is massive, carrying the potential of leaving audiences with not only lasting impressions, but new insight, understanding, and empathy about […]

/ August 3, 2021

Keeping Miami-Dade clean, one cleanup at a time

 Keeping Miami-Dade clean, one cleanup at a time by Zach Schlein As we approach the one-year anniversary of last year’s fish kill in Biscayne Bay and navigate a summer with record-breaking heat, the urgency of addressing climate change has never been more apparent. Daunting problems require creative solutions, which is why Oolite Arts invited Miami […]

/ July 20, 2021

First-Person: A Marriage Split By Immigration Policy

First-Person is a series of essays by Miamians about their unique and personal experiences of politics and culture. Today, photographer Jayme Gershen shares her story of how U.S. immigration policy has kept her and her husband apart, and how they’ve held themselves together.

/ February 12, 2015