Play for the Mangroves: Live Reading Picnic Under the Trees

​Join Impact.Edition for a special outdoor gathering that brings storytelling, community, and coastal resilience together.

​As part of our Live Reading Picnics Under the Trees series, we’ll share “Play for the Mangroves” from our latest print edition.

What if building climate resilience starts not with policy, but with a soccer ball? This story explores a grassroots movement where sport helps reshape conservation and community identity.

​Set beneath the shade of the trees at Maurice Gibb Memorial Park, this soul-nourishing morning invites you to slow down, breathe deeply, and reconnect with nature and one another.

• ​Join us for a live reading session under the trees

• ​Bring a friend and enjoy a light breakfast

• ​Meet changemakers dedicated to mangrove restoration

• ​Be inspired by the stories we share, the connections we create, and the place we gather

• ​Grab a print copy of Hope Is an Action

​📍 Arrival note

​Please find our tent next to the Venetian Bridge, right by the mangroves. Light breakfast refreshments and water will be provided.

​At Impact.Edition, our mission is to amplify the voices of changemakers and center community-powered solutions that drive lasting, positive change. Through storytelling and solutions journalism rooted in lived experience, we build bridges between awareness and action — inspiring more just, inclusive, and sustainable communities.

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​Acknowledgment

​Impact.Edition is a Miami-based 501(c)(3)publication dedicated to solutions journalism and storytelling for sustainable development. Funding for this program was provided through a grant from the Florida Humanities with funds from The Mosaic Company. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or The Mosaic Company.