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2. Building the New Haiti
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Daniels,Ron (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- Jun 3-Jun 9, 2010
- Published:
- Jackson, MS
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Jackson Advocate
- Journal Title Details:
- 33 : 4A
- Notes:
- As President of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) and Founder of the Haiti Support Project (HSP), I have just returned from leading a team to Haiti to allocate the first contributions from the IBW/HSP Haiti Relief Fund. A total of $56,000 was distributed to nine community-based/grassroots organizations including women's, youth and peasant groups for relief and capacity-building. Deeply concerned about the plight of Haitian children orphaned by the disastrous earthquake, our team also visited orphanages and assessed the progress of the Oasis Institute, an ambitious Initiative which is designed to relocate orphans and extended family members from tent communities to an interim camp with safe/secure environment, post-traumatic stress counseling and a world class education.
3. Many African Americans want to help
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Harris,Barbara (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- Jul 15-Jul 21, 2010
- Published:
- Jackson, MS
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Jackson Advocate
- Journal Title Details:
- 39 : 7A
- Notes:
- "They don't want any more 'niggers' in this country," stated Cora McAlpin, a 57-year-old Carpenter, Miss. resident who takes particular issue with U.S. policy on Haitian migrants. "Did you see the people putting the little girl over the side of the boat and little sister knew to swim when she hit the water swim darling, swim to shore and you'll be free. I cried when I saw that, but I soon realized they are going to send the child back to that hell hole." "That didn't materialize because they didn't want us to do it," [Kenneth Stokes] said. Calling Haitian refugee holding facilities in Miami "jails," Stokes explained that conditions in "those camps rival anything you'd find at Parchman.
4. Haitians can't get past freedom legacy
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Harris,Barbra (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- Jul 15-Jul 21, 2010
- Published:
- Jackson, MI
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Jackson Advocate
- Journal Title Details:
- 39 : 7A
- Notes:
- At [Henry Christophe]'s death, Haiti was taken over by General Boyer and civil war ceased. It was Boyer who obtained Haiti's official independence from France for 150 million francs. Unfortunately, Haiti's employment is less than 30 percent and its illiteracy rate is above 50 percent. Though its official language is French, Haiti's most widely spoken language is kreyol. Ninety percent of Haitians are Catholic although 99 percent worship their native religion of voodoo. Despite its tropical resort geography, living conditions in Haiti are comparative to those of many Third World nations. The Haitian economy is almost entirely dependent upon U.S. companies who horde the country's resources and only pay slave wages.