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    1. Haiti Is Still Struggling to Survive

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    DeJéan,Lise Marie (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2011-10
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Women's Health Journal
    Journal Title Details:
    17(3) : 13-16
    Notes:
    An interview with Haitian physician Lise Marie Dejéan, executive director of Solidarite Fanm Ayisyen (SOFA) or the Solidarity with Haitian Women, who narrates the daily struggles, the difficulties faced by women's organizations, and government's slow recovery effort.

    2. Haitian diaspora sees an opening

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    De Córdoba,José (Author) and Forelle,Charles (Author)
    Format:
    Newspaper Article
    Publication Date:
    Feb 24-Mar 2, 2010
    Published:
    Miami, FL
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Miami Times
    Journal Title Details:
    26 : 13B-13B,14B
    Notes:
    "I'm from the United States," said Dr. [Claire-Marie Cyprien], a 43-year-old anesthesiologist who three days earlier had dropped her practice in Orlando, Fla., to rush to Haiti, the land of her birth. "And I'm a doctor." For generations, Haiti's chaos, corruption and poverty pushed out many of its most talented people. Haiti has a population of about nine million, but as many as two million more Haitians live abroad, about half a million of them in the U.S. The diaspora-Haitians refer to the émigrés as Haiti's "Tenth Province"-sends about $2 billion a year home, a sum equal to about 30% of the country's gross domestic product. Despite the money, émigrés have often been regarded warily by those who stayed behind. Emigration may offer a way to climb up or break out of Haiti's rigid class structure. But new wealth inspires jealousy, while distance from the motherland opens émigrés to accusations that they aren't as "authentic" as those who never left.