The State of Black Miami 2026 Forum – May 14
The Miami-Dade County Black Affairs Advisory Board (BAAB) will hold “The State of Black Miami Forum 2026” from 10 a.m. until 1:30 p.m., Thursday, May 14, 2026, at the Marshall L. Davis African Heritage Cultural Arts Center, located at 6161 NW 22nd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33142.
Miami-Dade County is one of the country’s most culturally and ethnically diverse counties in the third most populous state in the nation; and its Black population comprises some 20% of this dynamic metropolis. The Black Affairs Advisory Board aims to foster communication and develop strategies to address issues that impact Black residents. In 2016 and 2017, Commissioner Jean Monestime, then Chair of the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners, held the first of two forums entitled: “One Heritage: The State of Black Miami.” The purpose of these forums was to identify and address critical, ongoing issues impacting Black Miami today.
Due to its success, the Black Advisory Board hosted a “Village Dialogue – The Wakanda Effect – State of Black Miami” in 2018 and has continued the tradition. This conversation is a continuation of the discussions that began during those historic forums and an opportunity to look at the need to continue identifying and reporting the many critical and ongoing issues impacting Miami-Dade as a whole, particularly Black Miami. The forum’s outcome and recommendations will be formally presented to the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners before the end of the year.
For more information or to request materials in accessible format, sign language interpreters, CART services, and/or any accommodation to participate in any County-sponsored program or meeting, please email BAAB Program Officer Retha Boone-Fye or call 305-375-4606. Follow the board on Facebook, Instagram, and X.
WHO: Black Affairs Advisory Board
WHAT: State of Black Miami 2026 Forum
WHEN: 10 a.m., Thursday, May 14
WHERE: Marshall L. David African Heritage Cultural Arts Center, 6161 NW 22nd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33142
