4WARD MIAMI, INC.

4Ward Miami was founded in 2015 to promote diversity, inclusion, economic development, socil justice and civil rights through the creation of the Gay8 "Ocho" Festival and other programs. The Gay Ocho Festival is the largest diversity and inclusion festival hosted by the Hispanic/Latino community in the nation held in the heart of Little Havana with 80,000 attendees and growing. While we work to bring the many different parts of South Florida together for one day of extraordinary live music, food, art, entertainment and family fun; this year we will be highlighting Movimiento San Isidro (the MSI movement) and amplifying all the voices inside Cuba seeking freedom. We will be highlighting the importance of freedom, democracy and civil rights. All those voices in Cuba that have no voice without us on the outside of a brutal communist and totalitarian system that denies its citizens their most basic human rights. This year’s festival is dedicated to those fighting in and outside Cuba and to the many divided families and those before them that have experienced so much pain and suffering for over 62 years. Gay Ocho has always advocated for those experiencing repression of any kind including people in countries like Venezuela and Nicaragua and including domestic struggles on race and justice. In addition to the festival, we have the 4Ward Gala on FEB 10th and weekly we produced the 4Ward Miami show through Miami's Community News.