Miami and Miami Beach Community Update 3.27.20





What's new:

City of Miami:
As you may have heard, the City of Miami has issued a stay at home order.  Curfew is in effect between 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Residents heading to work are exempt. Residents are allowed to walk their pets as long as they remain within several hundred feet of their home.
 
City of Miami Beach:
Miami Beach issued a "safer at home" order. Curfew is in effect between 12 a.m. to 5 a.m. City-owned parking garages and surface lots citywide will only be open to residents with proof of residency and access card holders. Miami Beach has closed all parks and beaches under a Miami-Dade County order. As of March 26th at 7:00 pm, the City will suspend all trolley service until further notice.

State of Florida:
Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis has issued an order which states that as of March 24, 2020, "All persons whose point of departure from outside the State of Florida in an area with substantial community spread, to include the New York Tri-State area (Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York), and entering the State of Florida through airports to isolate or quarantine for a period of 14 days from the time of entry into the State of Florida…" 

Some resources and fun ideas while staying at home:
We are including some resources for you below as well as some ideas to perhaps bring some enjoyment to those who are at home during this time.

Online Learning:
  • iDEA - An International Programme that helps you develop/demonstrate
  •     your digital, enterprise and employability skills for free
  • U3A - Online Courses for Mature Students
  • Blocky Games - Games to help beginners learn computer programming skills
  • Scratch - Beginners Computer Programming Games/Projects
  • T.K.S.S.T - Smart videos for curious minds of all ages

Virtual Tours:

Geography & Nature:

 Music:

Art & Culture:

Literature Online:
  • Listening books.org - For people with Parkinson's Disease, Visual Impairment, Fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, Mental Health Difficulty or Learning Difficulty such as Dyslexia, that impacts the ability to read or hold a book
  • Gutenberg - Download Free Books, e.g. Shakespeare, Edgar Allen Poe, Frankenstein, etc.
  • Solomon Kingsnorth - Books in PDF, Word and Audiobook Format - Alice in Wonderland / Wind in the Willows / The Railway Children / The Jungle Book / Peter Pan / Black Beauty
  • Read Great Literature Online - Free Ebooks, Poetry, Classic Literature
  • Read Free Literature - Including Study Guides
  • 50,000 Free eBooks - Arranged by Genre
  • Open Library Access
  • Audible - Free for this period (Available in 6 languages)

Miscellaneous & Entertainment: 

Anxiety/ Mental Health/ Loneliness: 

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