COMMUNITY INITIATIVE
WADE IN OUR WATERS: Historic Virginia Key Beach 81st Reunion
Sun, Aug 30
|Historic Virginia Key Beach
We've been building this community and it feels more like family than ever!!! Invite the CUZZINs you've made and the Cousin life gave you.
Time & Location
Aug 30, 2026, 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Historic Virginia Key Beach, 4020 Virginia Beach Dr, Miami, FL 33149, USA
Guests
About the event
Virginia Key Beach, founded in 1945 after a nonviolent protest against segregation, became the only beach in Miami legally accessible to Black residents during the Jim Crow era. Beyond being a cherished site for family gatherings, baptisms, and music festivals, it also served as a training and recreation base for Black servicemen stationed in South Florida during World War II. At a time when Black soldiers were risking their lives abroad but denied basic rights at home, Virginia Key offered a rare refuge—a place of dignity, rest, and resistance. The beach played a vital role in community organizing and civil rights activism, hosting rallies and building collective power in South Florida’s Black communities. Today, it remains sacred ground, where waves still carry the memory of joy, struggle, and a people’s refusal to be erased making is an ideal historic space to gather the CUZZINs.
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Tickets
All CUZZINs Welcomed!
Sale ends
Aug 01, 12:00 AM
General entry
$0.00
Something for the Family(open)
Sale ends
Aug 01, 12:00 AM
The CUZZINs are the only reason the gathering exists and your donations provide operational support to keep building bonds in our communities. Present this ticket at the gathering. All the details and contact are on our website. "We ask all CUZZINs to.... -Honor the space and each other with kindness and care. -Share openly, listen deeply, and celebrate the voices in the room. -Support the community by contributing your energy, resources, or presence. Looking forward to seeing you there!
$+Ticket service fee
CUZZINs Community Building
When you pour into the circle, the circle pours back. Help us build and grow for the whole fam. Present this ticket at the gathering. All the details and contact are on our website. "We ask all CUZZINs to.... -Honor the space and each other with kindness and care. -Share openly, listen deeply, and celebrate the voices in the room. -Support the community by contributing your energy, resources, or presence. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Pay what you want
+Ticket service fee
Goes on sale
Aug 01, 12:00 AM
The Family Table (food vendors
Bring your best bites and join Our Family Table—where flavors and fellowship come together. This ticket is specifically for food vendors looking sell or distribute food and beverages during the gathering.
$100.00
+$2.50 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00