tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44067317631907487042023-11-16T06:45:05.627-05:00Laughing Maze - Mostly HaitiRecaps, Reflections, Resources, Recommendations, Images & More - Haiti, Human Rights, Health, Culture, Politics, etc. by Michelle Karshan -HaitiUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406731763190748704.post-5104522974701899862015-04-07T09:29:00.000-04:002015-08-11T05:18:20.010-04:00Riva Nyri Précil releases first album, Perle de Culture, honoring the beauty of Haiti’s culture<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Brooklyn, New York (April 6, 2015)</b> – Singer/songstress, <b>Riva Nyri Précil</b>, releases her debut album, <b>Perle de Culture</b> (Cultured Pearl), showcasing the unique and diverse richness of Haiti’s culture that continues to influence all of Riva’s creativity. The album’s 16 songs are a seamless fusion of World Music’s Haitian Racine/Roots songs, mixed together with soul, jazz elements, and African tones. Vocals by Riva Nyri Précil and music arrangement and production by Monvelyno Alexis. Perle de Culture is available for digital download on <b>iTunes, Amazon and CD Baby.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Riva explains why her first album is a tribute to Haiti, "Perle De Culture is my way of supporting, preserving, and exposing the beauty of Haitian culture. It is my gift to the people of Haiti and around the world, so that everyone may enjoy the rich fruits our land has to offer."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In her authentic sultry and soulful Creole voice, Riva, who like many others, lives between two cultures, shares her own interpretations of Haiti’s Vodou songs traditionally sung to honor or call upon the wide array of spirits brought over from Africa on slave ships bound for Haiti. Four original songs -- Nan Dòmi, Ou Fèm (a love ballad), Zantray Lavi, Mwen Bezwen w, (a love song duet with a zouk/konpa beat) and are arranged and produced by Monvelyno Alexis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Ms. Precil is a bright star on the horizon of world music and beyond. This debut album is unbelievably impressive! It has it all -- strong vocally, strong musicianship. I look forward to all the genre hopping I expect her to be doing in the future.” <b>Tim Wolff, Film and Documentarian director, producer. Directed and produced The Sons of Tennessee Williams</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes! I love when I fall in love with someone's music. This is what happened when I heard Riva Nyri Précil sing for the first time. With a voice that sounds like honey, a fluid vibe, and a soulful and jazzy melange of her Haitian heritage and influences, Riva Nyri Précil gives us something that feels so special. <b><a href="http://naikainbalance.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Naïka in Balance</span></a> -- Staying Centered in the Artistic and Holistic</b></span></div>
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Smooth, soothing and relaxing… these are the epithets that come to my mind to describe the voice of rising star Riva Precil who, I believe, has already earned a comfortable seat in the front row of the Creole Divas' Club. She surfs musical genres with ease and will amaze listeners with her effortless approach to singing...I am convinced her natural talent will conquer the hearts of many listeners in the coming years.<b>KariJazz, </b><b>The Kreyol Jazz Source</b>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Riva Nyri Precil…a soul full of passion. <b>The Soul Pick</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Background. </b>Born in Brooklyn to a Haitian father and a mother of Irish/Russian descent, Riva grew up in Haiti from age 5 until 15 where she was exposed to, and participated in, both traditional and contemporary Haitian music and culture. In Haiti, Riva studied music, folkloric and modern dance, art, and theatre under some of the most important teachers of their genre. Riva began performing at an early age in cultural events, clubs, on television and at Haiti’s National Palace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Returning to Brooklyn in 2004 following political upheaval in Haiti, Riva attended LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (the “Fame” school) where she majored in vocal performance and studied jazz history. Riva attended Loyola University in New Orleans on a voice scholarship graduating with a degree in Music Therapy. Returning to New York, Riva did her Music Therapy internship at Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan, where she participated in a study on the positive impact of music therapy on premature babies in the neonatal intensive care unit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Riva has performed at numerous venues including the New Orleans Jazz Festival, The Jazz Gallery, Brooklyn College, the Haiti Cultural Exchange, at Drom and Shape Shifter Lab, in Center for Traditional Music and Dance showcases, in the Atlantic Antic and Make Music New York festivals, and at several Haitian and other restaurants/clubs including Tonel, La Caye, Harlem Social Club and Pepela. Riva also performs regularly at benefits for Haiti including for Fonkoze, the Lambi Fund and <span style="color: #2e2e2e;">Edeyo Foundation, Lamp for Haiti and the Haitian Education and Leadership Program (HELP)</span> at the recent annual concert for Haiti in Montclair, New Jersey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Journalists/Editors:</b> <b>Photos</b> by Joey Rosado for jacket and insert images attached. Please contact <a href="mailto:Michelle.Karshan@gmail.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Michelle.Karshan@gmail.com</a> for additional info, music, high-resolution images, interviews, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Watch</b> Riva Nyri Précil "Ou Fè M" Official Music Video on YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/yCQ_OAItLZI" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/yCQ_<wbr></wbr>OAItLZI</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Listen </b>to Se Bon by Riva Nyri Precil on Soundcloud: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/riva-precil/se-bon" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://<wbr></wbr>soundcloud.com/riva-precil/se-<wbr></wbr>bon</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">See full press release at </span><a href="http://wadnerpierre.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/loyola-graduate-singer-and-songwriter.html" target="_blank">http://wadnerpierre.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/loyola-graduate-singer-and-songwriter.html </a><br />
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">Voices Monvelyno Alexis and Riva Precil <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">In 1492 the colonizers debarked <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">(various
shout outs of things dear to Haitians)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406731763190748704.post-41801104045141177052014-05-18T11:24:00.002-04:002014-07-06T11:08:02.659-04:00Collaborative Peace Poem by Michelle Karshan and others<div>
Peace Poem by Michelle Karshan (collaborative poem – send in your suggestions for additional “peace” or “piece” phrases. Thank you so far to Caitlin Karshan, Alain Charles, Hilary Bieber and OneLove for their contributions) posted in 2008. Revised 2014<br />
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<b><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.0pt;">Collaborative Peace Poem </span></b><b><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial;">by </span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial;">Michelle Karshan</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial;"> and others</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace march</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peacenik</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peaceful</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace God</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace pipe</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace up in here! (Hilary Bieber)</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">A piece of the pie<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Nobel Peace Prize<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Department of Peace<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">International Day of Peace<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Imagine Peace Tower<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Teaching Peace<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Planting Peace</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Increase the Peace</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace Broker</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace Protest</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Rest in Peace</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The Mideast Peace Talks</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The Paris Peace Talks</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace and Tolerance (OneLove)</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Parents for Peace</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Veterans for Peace</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Pathways to Peace</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace on Earth Goodwill to Men</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace, love and hair grease! (Caitlin Karshan)</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">World peace<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Pray for Peace</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The Peace Museum</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The Mideast Peace Talks, again!</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">United Nations Peacekeeping?</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Piece of shit</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Piece of the action</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Piece of ass<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">A piece of the rock<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">A piece of rock<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Piece of advice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace of mind<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Piece of work!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Fighting for peace?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Blessed are the Peacemakers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Build Peace<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace Corps<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace and Reconciliation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The Mideast Peace Talks, still!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Greenpeace</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Witness for peace</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace Brigades</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace Games</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">World Peace Day</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace Talks</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace Treaty<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">A piece of paper<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Waging peace<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Inner peace<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace symbols<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace dove<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Love and peace<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace and hugs (Hilary Bieber)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace sign<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace through art<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The art of peace<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace of chalk (Alain Charles)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The Peaceable Kingdom<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Animals for Peace (Hilary Bieber)</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace and art (Hilary Bieber)</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace, love and happiness</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Hand me that piece (Alain Charles)</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Make peace</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace Education</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">War and Peace (Hilary Bieber)</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace and Justice</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">No peace, no justice!</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Grandmothers for peace</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Pastors for peace</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace protestor</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">All we are saying is give peace a chance</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace – pay it forward! (Hilary Bieber)</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Down the road a piece</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace and solitude</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">A piece of my heart</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace and quiet</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Piece of cake</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Pieces of a puzzle</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Piece meal</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace…</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace is cool (Hilary Bieber)</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace be with you (Hilary Bieber)</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Peace Now!</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Port-au-Prince, Haiti – March 25, 2013 –</span></b><span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Privat Précil </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">was born in Boucan-Bélier, a rural area of
<span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Côtes de Fer but</span> moved to Petit Goave at a young age to
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order in Cap Haitian in a class of twenty-three people including Jean-Bertrand Aristide
who later became president of Haiti. Close to the completion of his seminary
training, Mr. <span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Précil</span> left for Haiti’s State University, School of Law.
He worked as a Customs Inspector while he studied law from 1974 to 1978. Upon completing
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Putting his legal career on hold,
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culture and sports for the Haitian community. From 1987 to 1989 Mr. </span><span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Précil </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">studied political journalism through the </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Educatel-Cifor School of
Journalism in </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Belgium receiving his diploma. Mr. </span><span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Précil</span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> was a staff writer
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In 1995 Mr. <span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Précil </span>moved back to Haiti and was appointed by Haiti’s Prime
Minister, Claudette Werleigh, to be the <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Co-director, and later the Acting Director, of Haiti’s newly
created National Office on Migration (ONM). From 1995 until 1997 Mr. </span><span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Précil</span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> oversaw the resettlement of 80,000 Haitian refugees returning
from several countries after having fled Haiti during the 1991-1994 coup d’etat
period. </span>Mr. <span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Précil</span> secured school scholarships for
hundreds of children of returning refugees at the time. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1996 Mr. </span><span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Précil</span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> traveled to San
Jose, Costa Rica for a one-week training seminar on the resettlement of refugee
populations sponsored by the International Organization of Migration (IOM).</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">From 1995 to present Mr. <span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Précil</span> had a private<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> law practice </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">specializing in civil affairs, electoral challenges, human rights,
real property law, and was </span>based in the law offices of the late Minister
of Justice, Guy Malary. Mr. <span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Précil</span> was an active member of the <span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Port-au-Prince Bar Association in good standing.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Starting in 1996 to present Mr. <span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Précil</span> served as the pro bono counsel to Alternative
Chance/Chans Altenativ, a<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"> Haiti-based
reintegration program for Criminal Deportees</span>. Mr. <span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Précil</span> authored a May 1999 report for the Panos Institute
entitled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Criminal Deportees and
Returned Teens, a Migration Phenomenon, a Social Problem</u></i>, that continues
to be widely cited in academic and human rights reports and books. In 2006, Mr.
<span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Précil</span> was awarded recognition by Alternative Chance for
his continuous and courageous work on behalf of the human rights of criminal
deportees in Haiti. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In 2001, under President Rene
Preval, Mr. <span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Précil</span> worked as a translator in the Office of the
Foreign Press Liaison in Haiti’s National Palace. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 2001, under President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Mr. <span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Précil</span> served as legal counsel to Haiti’s Parliament drafting
laws on <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">environment,
children’s rights, and other legislation. Mr. </span><span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Précil</span> was
the main drafter of a historic piece of legislation that was ratified by
Parliament in September 2001 prohibiting physical abuse, humiliation and
exploitation of children. <span style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond; mso-bidi-font-size: 24.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In 2002 Privat was appointed by
President Aristide as the Director General of Haiti’s Ministry of Justice,
where along <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">with
administrative duties he also worked closely with the international community
to advance the legal process of several key, controversial matters. From 2002
through 2004, Mr. </span><span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Précil</span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> attended several training seminars given by the
international community on judicial reform and in 2003 he traveled to Seoul,
South Korea where he took part in Anti-Corruption training sponsored by the UNDP
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Education, and from 2006 to 2008 served as legal counsel to Haiti’s Ministry of
Sports and Youth.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In 2011, at the request of the
U.S. based law offices of Reed Smith, Mr. <span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande";">Précil</span><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span>conducted
legal research and wrote <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Viols et
reportages médiatiques</u></i> and facilitated the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Workshop for Haiti Media: Protocols on sexual gender-based
violence in Haiti</span></u></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.</span></i></span></div>
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career, Mr. <span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Précil</span> steadfastly and courageously advocated for the
rights of children, refugees, criminal deportees, women and was an expert on
criminal law, judicial reform and land rights.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No matter his title, or field he was working in, Mr. <span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Précil </span>always stayed true to himself and worked at what
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Our trained teams of readers continue to read storybooks in 25 tent camps per week, reaching more than 3,000 children per month. Li, Li, Li! brings joy, stimulates imagination, ignites hope, and models literacy and the power and diversity of books. And, while cholera continues to rage and take lives, we brief children, and their families, on precautions and treatment.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Please continue to support the unique and empowering work of Li, Li, Li! Read. Please donate today. Your gift of $25 or more will make a difference. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Donate through our secure Paypal button at <a href="http://www.lililiread.org/">www.LiLiLiRead.org</a> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Look for Li, Li, Li! Reading on Facebook! </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406731763190748704.post-52446363110006636802011-10-19T13:18:00.003-04:002011-11-30T12:12:20.768-05:00Samantha Black's Appeal Letter on Behalf of Li, Li, Li! Read<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Dear Friends,<br />
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If you are receiving this mass email you know it is historic. I don't send out mass communications ever except for work of course! I have a wonderful thing to tell you about and a favor to ask you. Amelia Burgess has written you about the benefit for Li Li Li, an amazing organization started by our incredible friend, Michelle Karshan. Amelia is a board member as well as a huge supporter of the organization. Let me tell you a bit about why the organization has moved me to not only become involved but to truly believe in their mission and purpose. In a nutshell, Li Li Li is about putting Haiti back to work several meaningful jobs at a time while inspiring the imaginations of the most vulnerable -- the children living in tent camps all over Haiti. <br />
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Officially, Li, Li, Li! (which means Read, Read, Read! in Haitian Creole) is a storybook reading out loud program in Creole for Haiti's children who became homeless or displaced because of the catastrophic January 12, 2010 earthquake. Founded in February 2010, Li, Li, Li! is based in Haiti and has been reading in the camps since April 2010. Li, Li, Li! Read, Inc. is a not-for-profit program registered in the State of New York.<br />
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Li, Li, Li! provides an engaging, interactive, and fun hour-long activity for children displaced by the earthquake that addresses the trauma and anxiety children are suffering, encourages literacy, creates a model for parents to read to their children, reinforces Creole, and contributes to job creation. (Plus, it gives crucial time to parents who need a break from cramped quarters with their kids and we all know how important that is for parental sanity.)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In addition to reading books written in Creole, Li, Li, Li! translates other language storybooks into Creole and often uses puppets and dolls to animate the stories as well. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
Personally, I think Edwidge Danticat who is reading at Saturday's benefit says it best when she asked the readers why they read. <i>"In the midst of such sadness and turmoil, why read to displaced children who live in tents and fear the rain, like the passionate Haitian readers of the Port-au-Prince-based Li, Li, Li! (Read, Read, Read!) program do every week? <br />
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"We read to these children for the same reason people read to all other children," the readers say. "We read to them to help them grow their imaginations, to teach them about the world around them. And beyond them. We also read to them to learn from them." <br />
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</i><b>So here is the favor part. Will you consider coming to the Li Li Li Reading/Benefit Cocktail Party with celebrated author Edwidge Danticat this Saturday in Brooklyn? All details are on the home page of the website <a href="http://www.lililiread.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.lililiread.org</span></a> and if you can't make the reading, despite the fact that Sabrina and I will be there with other friends, ... will you consider giving a donation. Every donation goes to supporting this amazing program and to creating desperately needed jobs in Haiti.</b> We all know what an important place in our education reading aloud had not to mention what a magical space it created. Our parents gave us this joyous gift of reading and encouraging our imaginations. Will you pass that wonderful advantage on by contributing to this fantastic organization? Hit the donate button on the website above and I will be eternally grateful for your support of this cause.<br />
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Thanks a million for reading this and for being the wonderful supportive friends you are.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Love,<br />
Samantha Black</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">New York, New York<br />
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Please feel free to pass this along to other friends all are welcome at the Benefit and donations are always needed. This is a very grassroots organization.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406731763190748704.post-26038491206756546282011-10-05T00:22:00.002-04:002011-10-05T00:23:37.928-04:00An Evening with Author Edwidge Danticat to Benefit Li, Li, Li! Read <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black;">An Evening with Author Edwidge Danticat to Benefit Li, Li, Li! Read</span></strong></div><br />
Intimate Reception with Author Edwidge Danticat on Saturday, October 22, 2001 in Boerum Hill, downtown Brooklyn. Intimate Reception with Edwidge Danticat from <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span>6:30-7:30pm followed by General Event from 7:30-10:30pm at Belarusian Church, 401 Atlantic Avenue, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, New York 11217.<br />
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Activities include a Reading & Q&A with Edwidge Danticat, Video of Li, Li, Li! reading storybooks in Haiti's tent camps, entertainment, Haitian art & culture, refreshments & light food, autographed books for sale, silent auction including painting donated by Jonathan Demme. <br />
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<em><strong>Li, Li, Li! Read</strong></em> is a not-for-profit literacy program reading storybooks out loud in Creole to more than 3,000 children per month in earthquake-victim tent camps in Haiti. The program promotes literacy, eases stress, and creates jobs for Haitians.<br />
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Advisory Board member Edwidge Danticat is actively engaged in the Li, Li, Li! program and regularly participates in its storybook reading sessions in Haiti. <br />
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For Pricing and Tickets: <a href="http://www.lililiread.org/">http://www.lililiread.org/</a> <br />
Phone: 212-613-6033<br />
Email: <a href="mailto:LiLiLiRead@gmail.com">LiLiLiRead@gmail.com</a> <br />
Web: http://www.LiLiLiRead.org<br />
Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/LiLiLiRead">http://www.facebook.com/LiLiLiRead</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406731763190748704.post-7033221806339224642011-08-20T11:31:00.001-04:002011-08-20T11:41:28.124-04:00Li, Li, Li! NEEDS YOUR DONATION NOW <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Li, Li, Li! NEEDS YOUR DONATION NOW</span></strong></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">August 20, 2011</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">PLEASE DONATE <strong>$25</strong> or MORE SO THAT OUR PROGRAM CAN CONTINUE TO REACH 3,000+ CHILDREN EACH MONTH IN 25 TENT & TARP CAMPS WHERE CHILDREN HAVE NO TELEVISION, NO RADIO, NO TOYS, NO BOOKS AND FOR MANY – NO HOPE. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Please donate through our secure Paypal link at http://www.lililiread.org/ </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Our storybook reading out loud program helps ease the trauma, the stories inspire hope, and we provide cholera education & supplies. Li, Li, Li! is still very important to the children. It provides relief from the misery and frustration of living in torn tents amongst mud and floods and tropical storms. We provide a model for literacy -- more than half of Haiti's children do not have access to school. We demonstrate to the children that we (you included) truly care and are there for the long haul -- but we need your support to continue this important work. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Our program is still as necessary as it was a year ago!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">More than 650,000 people still live in approximately 1,000 horrible tent encampments in and around Haiti's capital. Most of these camps have no resources, no water, no food, no medical care. Human rights & development organizations have criticized the slow response to this humanitarian disaster. A deadly cholera epidemic is still raging causing more deaths and suffering. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Finally, our readers, all Haitian and victims of the earthquake, receive a monthly salary that is critical to the wellbeing of their own families -- each supporting approximately 6 other people.</span> <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">PDHRP applauds ABA Support of the Right of Deportees to Reopen their Immigration Cases</span></strong><br />
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The <strong>Post-Deportation Human Rights Project</strong> commends the American Bar Association (ABA) for adopting a resolution calling for the elimination of the “post-departure bar” on filing motions to reopen or to reconsider removal proceedings. The “post-departure bar” prevents individuals who have been removed from U.S. soil from legally challenging their deportation cases, even when they later discover that major errors had occurred or they were deported based on legal theories that the Supreme Court has overturned. We estimate that thousands of long-term legal residents have been wrongly deported or denied the opportunity to ask courts to consider their family ties, rehabilitation, and other factors.<br />
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The ABA is the largest voluntary professional association in the world, with nearly 400,000 members and, as part of its mission, it strives to advance just laws and to assure meaningful access to justice for all persons. The ABA’s resolution is particularly timely, as over the course of recent years a majority of federal courts have invalidated the post-departure bar, and a petition for rulemaking to eliminate the post-departure regulation is pending before the Department of Justice. Despite these developments, the Board of Immigration Appeals continues to hold that it lacks authority to review motions filed by individuals who have been deported, finding instead that such individuals have simply “passed beyond our aid.”<br />
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<strong>Boston College</strong><br />
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Law School Prof. Daniel Kanstroom - Co-Director of the Post-Deportation Human Rights Project - worked in conjunction with Prof. Rachel Rosenbloom of Northeastern University School of Law and formerly of the Project, and Prof. Jill Family of Widener University School of Law to achieve support from the ABA. A link to the ABA Resolution (Resolution 104A) is available here: <a href="http://www.abanow.org/2011/07/2011am104a/">http://www.abanow.org/2011/07/2011am104a/</a>.<br />
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Challenging the post-departure bar through federal litigation and advocacy has been at the core of the work of the Post-Deportation Human Rights Project. In light of the passage of the ABA Resolution and the recent federal court decisions invalidating the regulation, we call on the appropriate government agencies to eliminate the post-departure bar regulation and to allow proper legal and discretionary consideration of these compelling cases.<br />
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Note from LaughingMaze: Michelle Karshan, Alternative Chance/Chans Altenativ sits on the Advisory Board of the Post-Deportation Human Rights Project of Boston College Law School. <a href="http://www.alternativechance.org/">http://www.alternativechance.org/</a> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406731763190748704.post-64301378954710387442011-06-01T21:16:00.000-04:002015-04-07T10:44:15.912-04:00Erzulie Freda by the late master flag artist, Lalanne<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Erzulie Freda by the late master flag artist, Lalanne (Private collection of Michelle Karshan)</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406731763190748704.post-87239708527341759182011-06-01T21:13:00.000-04:002011-06-01T21:13:08.974-04:00Erzulie Danthor by the late master flag artist, Lalanne<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivEhcuFcZU3tIKhMhWqvjtiGiunO5zd-sR2jYq0_Qwm3BjPoMG_Q3z_BEsJe4GsmObYvUcLWhWCBLs5ScYyMPc-QrTbY18iylxwGG4yXezcLmZgocj8TSvgdJFwLgLR_GmRrbteRL7kN50/s1600/HPIM0498.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivEhcuFcZU3tIKhMhWqvjtiGiunO5zd-sR2jYq0_Qwm3BjPoMG_Q3z_BEsJe4GsmObYvUcLWhWCBLs5ScYyMPc-QrTbY18iylxwGG4yXezcLmZgocj8TSvgdJFwLgLR_GmRrbteRL7kN50/s320/HPIM0498.jpg" t8="true" width="238px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Click on image to see it larger. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Erzulie Danthor by the late master flag artist, Lalanne</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406731763190748704.post-9526231214584055512011-06-01T21:07:00.003-04:002011-06-01T21:08:36.466-04:00Detail from Erzulie with paper face by Maxon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VcovseUprdq4LGUtlMci1k5_PJnV1XTx_KKsQ0skF7zxjv9GyZ8uPx8-0Y9jO8N1P7GYGNdEfg7aJ_skExsWFoB8xvxZUkNehABInyf3sTWAJbMG9z6bqO4QFVPzSWDTaCM09o4pHwR_/s1600/DSCN4640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VcovseUprdq4LGUtlMci1k5_PJnV1XTx_KKsQ0skF7zxjv9GyZ8uPx8-0Y9jO8N1P7GYGNdEfg7aJ_skExsWFoB8xvxZUkNehABInyf3sTWAJbMG9z6bqO4QFVPzSWDTaCM09o4pHwR_/s320/DSCN4640.jpg" t8="true" width="240px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Click on image to see it larger.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a detail from the flag below.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406731763190748704.post-53622440704217949342011-06-01T21:02:00.003-04:002011-06-01T21:05:20.760-04:00Erzulie with paper face by Maxon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWncEHFxrSsWJuNBWEMN-J_zPK-rbZ0N0bTZilGKE0OmYhGH68ikh-9YSrpP_bNCJEvyS4jWWoQN5viRxQwhltxw-uCEmCoheQUykp_4RV2unj9NNHok8sSvMxYc9GTHGdaTdCGJeAADGn/s1600/DSCN1070.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWncEHFxrSsWJuNBWEMN-J_zPK-rbZ0N0bTZilGKE0OmYhGH68ikh-9YSrpP_bNCJEvyS4jWWoQN5viRxQwhltxw-uCEmCoheQUykp_4RV2unj9NNHok8sSvMxYc9GTHGdaTdCGJeAADGn/s320/DSCN1070.jpg" t8="true" width="244px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click on image to see larger image</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406731763190748704.post-56545469895591801332011-03-11T15:21:00.006-05:002011-03-12T05:53:05.166-05:00Jayne Fleming's March 4, 2011 letter on her work in Haiti with rape survivors, KOFAVIV, FAVILEK, etc.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;">NY1News interview</span><br />
<a href="http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/132040/crimes-against-women-in-haiti-staggering--panel-finds"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/132040/crimes-against-women-in-haiti-staggering--panel-finds</span></a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>* Jayne Fleming is an attorney with the Reed Smith law firm working on pro bono cases. Through a foundation in the name of her late mother, Jayne runs a unique program for rape survivors and their families in Haiti. To donate, see link below.<br />
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March 4, 2011<br />
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Hi everyone,<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">I'm sorry for the long silence. I just arrived home from our beloved Haiti. This makes my sixth trip in twelve months. I delivered another hundred pounds of your donations to our families, including baby clothes and supplies for our tiny cherubs, a hundred stuffed teddy bears for the sweet children, and belated Valentines for their courageous mothers and grandmothers. Toys and chocolates may not be as practical as flashlights and water purification tablets, but they are a rare indulgence and bring priceless smiles.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I did my usual round of interviews at KOFAVIV and the Bureau of Advocates International, met with the leaders of FAVILEK, visited our safe houses, spent time talking with women living in the camps, and met with UNHCR. I talked to more than a hundred people over six days and conducted thirty-two in depth interviews. Long days, sobering stories, courageous women.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Two of our mothers told me that police officers wielding clubs attacked them at their camp in Champs Mars (across from the National Palace), ordering them to clear out. Of course they would if they could, but they have nowhere to go. The assault on them was part of a sweeping police raid on their whole camp and it reflects the ever-increasing problem of forced evictions, even at the hands of government officials. The attack is no secret, but there has been no government accountability. I asked our clients if they made a police report. They said they were too afraid to do so because the perpetrators are part of the police, but they agreed to speak with a team of IJDH advocates working on wrongful eviction issues.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Housing is not the only problem. Rape of women and girls in camps continues to be an under-addressed crisis. On Saturday one of our clients told me about a 45-year old woman who had been so brutally raped she could not walk. She could not get to the BAI because she had no money for a cab. We sent a car to pick her up. The woman told me she was trying to rescue her teenage daughter from rapists. Her daughter escaped, but then they turned on her. After I interviewed her, the driver and a KOFAVIV agent took her to the General Hospital with her brave teenage sons. She was hospitalized (still is) and the boys slept in the hospital courtyard, taking turns sitting at her bedside. Despite all of the promises from the head of the hospital and Ministry of Health, her care was not free. We paid over $200 (US) for x-rays, prescriptions and exams.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hers was not the only tragic story. I interviewed a 22-year old rape victim who is an orphan and has no place to go, an 18-year old victim who gave birth and is too malnourished to nurse, an orphan with malaria and no money for medicine, a dozen elderly women with no access to food, housing or medical care. We gave all of them money for food and medicine, but our safe houses are full so we could not provide shelter.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Although the challenges are enormous, the women and children I interviewed showed remarkable resiliency. They are survivors. Still, the light has gone out of their eyes. They have suffered hunger, homelessness and brutality for more than a year. Many had suffered harsh conditions and violence before the earthquake. They have not given up, but I felt a deepening sense of despair this week, a wearing down of the inner reserves needed for survival. Where is hope?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">While it's easy to become overwhelmed by the magnitude of their suffering, my philosophy has always been "one woman, one child". If we can give one woman the tools to reclaim her life, we will have taken one step forward on the path to social justice and we will have made a difference in the world.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">With this idea in mind, I met with a small group of 18 women on Sunday afternoon and brainstormed about how they could move beyond tragedy towards empowerment, from a situation of dependence to one of self-support. The reaction was initially grim. They have nothing, they said, no more than a dollar in their pocket. Where would they get the resources needed to rebuild their lives? My offer to help build bridges</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">to resources was met with skepticism. They'd been victims of false promises for too long. I swore I would not betray or mislead them. I confessed I don't have millions, or anything even remotely close, but I promised to advocate for them for as long as it takes. I have become very close to all of these women over the last year because they are in my safe houses. They decided to give me a chance.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Their "homework" for Sunday night was to come up with a personal plan of how they could reclaim their independence. I urged them to dream, but cautioned that pragmatism is an important ingredient to success. I suggested that each woman come up with a business concept that could be launched with a modest investment (around $1500) - a small beginning,</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">but very significant in Haiti. We reconvened the next day. It seems that once the idea started to sink in, their creative juices started to flow.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Everyone arrived with an outline of their plan on paper. At first people were quite shy, a bit uncertain of what was expected of them. I could see they had worked hard on their "homework." Rather than calling on anyone, I asked for volunteers. One young woman who has been terribly discouraged for the last few months timidly raised her hand. I urged her to tell us her idea. This talented young widow and mother of two said she wants to open a beauty shop. She described the types of products she would sell, wigs and hair extensions and cosmetics. She also envisioned styling hair and doing nails at her shop. Turns out she already has a degree from a beauty school. She had a shop before, but it collapsed in the earthquake. She has a booth reserved at the downtown market, but no merchandise. All she needs is a helping hand to get re-launched. We all gave her our full attention. Some of the women offered ideas and words of encouragement. I can honestly tell you I have never seen this woman smile before. As she talked, I watched her eyes light up. She broke into the most radiant smile. We all praised her vision and talent. We were off to a good start.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">After our bold beautician broke the ice, we went around the table. Four women said they want to resume vocations as shopkeepers selling groceries and household items, something they feel confident they can do with a bit of help getting started because they did it before the earthquake. Two women said they want to be chefs and open their own restaurants. I learned they are celebrated cooks within their circle of families and friends. Another young woman wants to open a fashion boutique. Her sister wants to open a cafe. The girls are orphans raising their four younger siblings.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And so it goes ...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The most beautiful thing about our meeting was how animated everyone became. I have become so used to the flat expressionless demeanor that goes hand in hand with chronic Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I was taken aback by their change of mood- from darkness to light. As we shared ideas and brainstormed about how to make their plans a reality, I watched the women's expressions soften, their eyes become brighter, their shoulders lift as they sat taller in their chairs and felt validated. It was moving beyond words.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I grew up with very little, but I was always told I could achieve my dreams if I worked hard. I feel the same is true of these courageous women. They just need someone (us) to believe in them. The goal now, and our responsibility, is to give them the tools and resources they need to achieve their dreams.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">My plan is to identify 18 mentors for these 18 women. The role of a mentor is to cheer them on, kind of like a pen pal. I'll provide an interpreter for the mentors as needed. Mentors can be from anywhere, in the U.S. or Haiti or elsewhere. The only qualification required is compassion and enthusiasm.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I also plan to work with an NGO called "We Lead" to help the women develop their business plans and fine-tune their skills as small business owners. We Lead is based in Haiti, but affiliated with Heartland Alliance in Chicago, an organization my firm has worked with for a long time. I'll also work with Lisa Davis of MADRE in NYC. Lisa is a women's advocate with enormous talent and wisdom. Finally, I'll do everything I can to raise enough money to allow each woman to start her business and fulfill her dream. If you'd like to work with us on this project, in any capacity (mentor, supporter, expert), please let me know. I would deeply appreciate your support.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I know this email has become long, so I will conclude with a happy story. Three of our young clients have given birth since the earthquake.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The babies were conceived through violence, but received into the world with open hearts and tremendous love. On Sunday morning we celebrated the baptism of the three newborns at the chapel at St. Damien's Hospital. I had the honor of becoming the Godmother to one of the babies. They are so precious, our tiniest miracles. Not one baby cried.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">They were all awake and alert and wholly mesmerized with the priest.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">They were angelic in their white baptism gowns. These precious ones deserve all that life has to offer. I pray we will do our utmost to honor and protect them.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In closing, thank you for your ongoing support and friendship. I am blessed to have such a wonderful circle of friends and colleagues. I can't do this work without your emotional support. I hesitate to ask for more than this, but know you will not fault me for inviting financial support for our families, too. You all know by now that the guardian angel of this project is my mom. If you wish to make a contribution to her foundation, you may do so here:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://ijdh.myetap.org/patriciaflemingfund/">https://ijdh.myetap.org/patriciaflemingfund/</a> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is what makes the work possible.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">With friendship and my deepest gratitude, Jayne </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div>Jayne FlemingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406731763190748704.post-49526102847450696682011-02-05T18:25:00.005-05:002011-02-05T18:32:45.361-05:00On my return to Haiti …, The Guardian, Feb. 4, 2011<strong><span style="font-size: large;">On my return to Haiti</span></strong> …<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">by Jean-Bertrand Aristide</span></strong><br />
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"A profit-driven recovery plan, devised and carried out by outsiders, can not reconstruct my country."<br />
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Haiti's devastating earthquake in January last year destroyed up to 5,000 schools and 80% of the country's already weak university infrastructure. The primary school in Port-au-Prince that I attended as a small boy collapsed with more than 200 students inside. The weight of the state nursing school killed 150 future nurses. The state medical school was levelled. The exact number of students, teachers, professors, librarians, researchers, academics and administrators lost during those 65 seconds that irrevocably changed Haiti will never be known. But what we do know is that it cannot end there.<br />
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The exceptional resilience demonstrated by the Haitian people during and after the deadly earthquake reflects the intelligence and determination of parents, especially mothers, to keep their children alive and to give them a better future, and the eagerness of youth to learn – all this despite economic challenges, social barriers, political crisis, and psychological trauma. Even though their basic needs have increased exponentially, their readiness to learn is manifest. This natural thirst for education is the foundation for a successful learning process: what is freely learned is best learned.<br />
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Of course, learning is strengthened and solidified when it occurs in a safe, secure and normal environment. Hence our responsibility to promote social cohesion, democratic growth, sustainable development, self-determination; in short, the goals set forth for this new millennium. All of which represent steps towards a return to a better environment.<br />
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Education has been a top priority since the first Lavalas government – of which I was president – was sworn into office under Haiti's amended democratic constitution on 7 February 1991 (and removed a few months later). More schools were built in the 10 years between 1994, when democracy was restored, and 2004 – <br />
when Haiti's democracy was once again violated – than between 1804 to 1994: one hundred and ninety-five new primary schools and 104 new public high schools constructed and/or refurbished. <br />
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The 12 January earthquake largely spared the Foundation for Democracy I founded in 1996. Immediately following the quake, thousands accustomed to finding a democratic space to meet, debate and receive services, came seeking shelter and help. Haitian doctors who began their training at the foundation's medical school rallied to organised clinics at the foundation and at tent camps across the capital. They continue to contribute tirelessly to the treatment of fellow Haitians who have been infected by cholera. Their presence is a pledge to reverse the dire ratio of one doctor for every 11,000 Haitians.<br />
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Youths, who through the years have participated in the foundation's multiple literacy programmes, volunteered to operate mobile schools in these same tent camps. In partnership with a group from the University of Michigan in the US, post-traumatic counselling sessions were organised and university students <br />
trained to help themselves and to help fellow Haitians begin the long journey to healing. A year on, young people and students look to the foundation's university to return to its educational vocation and help fill the gaping national hole left on the day the earth shook in Haiti.<br />
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Will the deepening destabilising political crisis in Haiti prevent students achieving academic success? I suppose most students, educators and parents are exhausted by the complexity of such a dramatic and painful crisis. But I am certain nothing can extinguish their collective thirst for education.<br />
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The renowned American poet and essayist, Ralph Waldo Emerson, wrote that "we learn geology the morning after the earthquake". What we have learned in one long year of mourning after Haiti's earthquake is that an exogenous plan of reconstruction – one that is profit-driven, exclusionary, conceived of and implemented by non-Haitians – cannot reconstruct Haiti. It is the solemn obligation of all Haitians to join in <br />
the reconstruction and to have a voice in the direction of the nation.<br />
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As I have not ceased to say since 29 February 2004, from exile in Central Africa, Jamaica and now South Africa, I will return to Haiti to the field I know best and love: education. We can only agree with the words of the great Nelson Mandela, that indeed education is a powerful weapon for changing the world.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This portrait was on the cover of a magazine. My mother had the magazine cover but it is now lost and I cannot recall the name of the magazine. I believe this was part of the cover girl series. This is a<em> flapper</em> portrait from the <em>Roaring Twenties</em> period. If you know the name of the magazine or want to correspond about this painting or artist, please write me at Michelle.Karshan@gmail.com Thanks</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406731763190748704.post-90322838147886737772011-01-19T15:50:00.002-05:002011-01-19T16:41:08.856-05:00President Jean-Bertrand Aristide Statement, January 19, 2011<strong>Dr Jean-Bertrand Aristide </strong><br />
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Former President of Haiti <br />
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<strong>19 January 2011 </strong><br />
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I would like to thank the government and the people of South Africa for the historic hospitality, deeply rooted in Ubuntu, extended to my family and I. <br />
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Since my forced arrival in the Mother Continent six and a half years ago, the people of Haiti have never stopped calling for my return to Haiti . Despite the enormous challenges that they face in the aftermath of the deadly January 12, 2010 earthquake, their determination to make the return happen has increased. <br />
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As far as I am concerned, I am ready. Once again I express my readiness to leave today, tomorrow, at any time. The purpose is very clear: To contribute to serving my Haitian sisters and brothers as a simple citizen in the field of education. <br />
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The return is indispensable, too, for medical reasons: It is strongly recommended that I not spend the coming winter in South Africa ’s because in 6 years I have undergone 6 eye surgeries. The surgeons are excellent and very well skilled, but the unbearable pain experienced in the winter must be avoided in order to reduce any risk of further complications and blindness. <br />
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So, to all those asking me to return home, I reiterate my willingness to leave today, tomorrow, at any time. Let us hope that the Haitian and South African governments will enter into communication in order to make that happen in the next coming days. <br />
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United to the Haitian people, once again my family and I express our sincere gratitude to the government and the people of South Africa .Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406731763190748704.post-13010075102388309912011-01-06T14:29:00.002-05:002011-01-06T14:31:02.622-05:00Rights Groups File Emergency Human Rights Petition to Stop Imminent Deportations to HaitiFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br />
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January 6, 2011<br />
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CONTACT: Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)<br />
<a href="mailto:press@ccrjustice.org">press@ccrjustice.org</a><br />
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<strong>Rights Groups File Emergency Human Rights Petition to Stop Imminent Deportations to Haiti</strong><br />
<strong>Earthquake, Cholera And Violence Is Death Sentence</strong><br />
<strong>MIAMI AND WASHINGTON - January 6 -</strong> Today six civil and human rights groups filed an emergency petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), to halt the roundups, detention, and imminent deportations of hundreds of Haitian nationals by the United States government. The petition, submitted by the University of Miami School of Law Human Rights and Immigration Clinics, the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Alternative Chance and the Loyola Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice, argues that deporting people at this moment to Haiti, which is still reeling from the devastating January 2010 earthquake and is burdened with a massive cholera epidemic, political unrest, and rampant street violence, will result in serious human rights violations, including deprivations of the rights to life, family, and due process, and freedom from cruel or unusual punishment.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Deportations from the U.S. to Haiti have been stayed on humanitarian grounds since the January 12, 2010 earthquake devastated Haiti. Advocates and community members were shocked when, on December 9, 2010, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unexpectedly announced that it was lifting the ban on deportations to Haiti for individuals with criminal convictions and that it would resume deportations in January 2011, the one-year anniversary of the earthquake. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The U.S. Government is violating important human rights obligations," said Caroline Bettinger-Lopez, Director of the Human Rights Clinic at University of Miami School of Law. "These deportations will compound a catastrophic public health and humanitarian crisis in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. It is simply unconscionable to resume deportations to Haiti on the one-year anniversary of one of the most devastating natural disasters in world history, especially as a cholera epidemic rages across the country."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The upshot of this abrupt change in policy," said Sunita Patel, Staff Attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, "is that the Obama administration plans to deport Haitian nationals, many living and working in the community here with their families, to a country in the midst of a cholera epidemic. Since 2006, Haiti has detained people like the petitioners in overcrowded police holding cells without toilets, sinks or access to safe drinking water. The government's actions will only put more people at risk of death."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The petition asks the IACHR to order the U.S. to adopt precautionary measures to prevent irreparable harm to the Haitians subject to imminent deportation. Specifically, the petition asks the U.S. to continue its stay of deportations, release the petitioners and grant "deferred action" status to all people facing removal. In addition, the petition asks that the U.S. government publicly release information about its decision to resume deportations to Haiti, and that the government publicly engage with the Haitian-American community before instituting policy changes that will dramatically affect community members.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The petition relies on information gathered from interviews by the Loyola Law Clinic & Center for Social Justice and Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center with Haitians detained in Louisiana. It also includes declarations from Michelle Karshan, the Director of Alternative Chance, and two doctors with extensive practice in Haiti, Dr. John May and Dr. Arthur Fournier. Together, these declarations paint a distressing picture of the disastrous consequences of these planned deportations.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Romy Lerner, Supervising Attorney at the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center said, "We are deeply concerned that this policy is tearing apart the Haitian community. Our petition alleges that the United States has violated the human rights of the Haitians who are at risk of imminent deportations by separating them from their families without considering their ties to the United States or the welfare of their U.S. citizen children. In Miami, the community is terrified of what is about to happen."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"While the U.S. has often historically shirked its human rights obligations toward Haitian migrants, we hope our government will come to its senses and halt the planned deportations of the individuals whose stories are represented in this petition," said Rebecca Sharpless, Director of the Immigration Clinic at the University of Miami School of Law.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">To read the request for precautionary measures, go to <a href="http://ccrjustice.org/ourcases/current-cases/iachr-haitian-removals">CCR's legal case page</a>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Center for Constitutional Rights is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, CCR is a non-profit legal and educational organization committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change. </div><br />
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406731763190748704.post-74290694200403048112011-01-06T14:24:00.002-05:002011-01-23T01:39:10.322-05:00Being Deported to Post-Earthquake Haiti?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-omxF8qRiZZK7sB6HLviizP5SsyHjw-cBjLaVSUgZ-hOGaUu6Cx2BO68QKsuPgmLdUv7tkAXxFVOUxYc3YdhRIhwt4KYGr7xz2EEfEGNhg-IlOoxEhfempbbirUo8ypFYuFD3GYrxd88y/s1600/Alternative_Chance+word+logo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="84" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-omxF8qRiZZK7sB6HLviizP5SsyHjw-cBjLaVSUgZ-hOGaUu6Cx2BO68QKsuPgmLdUv7tkAXxFVOUxYc3YdhRIhwt4KYGr7xz2EEfEGNhg-IlOoxEhfempbbirUo8ypFYuFD3GYrxd88y/s320/Alternative_Chance+word+logo.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<strong>Being Deported to Post-Earthquake Haiti? </strong><strong><br />
</strong><strong>Life-Threatening, Illegal and Inhuman Detention Conditions will make Newly Deported the Latest Victims of Deadly Cholera Epidemic </strong><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>December 15, 2010, Port-au-Prince, Haiti –</strong> Alternative Chance (Chans Altenativ), a self-help, peer counseling, advocacy program for criminal deportees in Haiti was founded in 1996. For nearly fifteen years, Alternative Chance has been intervening on behalf of Haitian criminal deportees from the United States once they arrive in Haiti and are imprisoned in nightmarish conditions in police station holding cells or prisons. Following the devastating January 12, 2010 earthquake, we welcomed the humanitarian gesture of the U.S. government when it announced it would suspend deportations to Haiti. We are shocked by this week’s pronouncements and actions by the U.S. government to resume these deportations at this juncture. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earthquake conditions have not significantly changed since the U.S. saw fit to suspend deportations. In fact some conditions have worsened. Today there are more than 1.3 million persons still living in tent and tarp encampments with no transition or permanent housing on the horizon. Haiti was hit by a recent hurricane and flooding and its first cholera epidemic brought on by the arrival of a virulent South Asian strain. And, a week ago Haiti became embroiled in election chaos and violence in its streets. Today Haiti's Ministry of Health announced that since October 2010 there have been 2,405 known deaths from cholera and 109,196 persons have been sickened. Health organizations believe the numbers are at least double this. The World Health Organization predicts 650,000 persons will be sickened over the next year with a large percent to occur within the next few months. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Prior to the earthquake, Alternative Chance observed firsthand criminal deportees held in Haiti’s DCPJ police administrative building and in other police stations or prisons in and around the capital. Not charged with any crimes in Haiti, their detention is illegal under Haitian law and international standards. They are not provided any due process, a release date or an attorney. If they have no acceptable family member living in Haiti to apply for their release, the police enforce the Ministry of Interior policy and hold the criminal deportees indefinitely for months. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">While in detention criminal deportees are not provided food, treated drinking water, medical or mental health care, and are not provided any necessary medications. Medical files transferred at the time of their deportation for those who have serious medical conditions are confiscated by the Ministry of Interior and never shared with any healthcare providers or hospitals. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Most of the police station holding cells are grossly overcrowded, are intended for short term detention and have no toilets or sinks. The detainees are forced to urinate in a communal bucket and defecate in paper bags. When there is room to lie down, criminal deportees must lay directly on insect, rat infested cement floors. Their cells usually have no lighting, are over 100 degrees, and the criminal deportees are locked in twenty four hours a day. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In pre-earthquake Haiti, criminal deportees have died while in police station detention or shortly after their release from these harsh conditions. In post-earthquake Haiti detention conditions are even more dire. Most prisons and police stations were damaged or destroyed leaving even less detention space per person. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Cholera, a deadly disease primarily caused by bacteria infected water or exposure to feces, can cause rapid dehydration, shock and death within the first few hours of its first symptom. Cholera is raging through prisons and detention facilities taking lives with it. Persons with cholera must be quickly rehydrated and in most cases placed on an IV drip. They must be attended to round the clock by medical personnel in either Cholera Treatment Centers or hospitals. In Haiti’s national prison, for example, it has been observed that many cholera victims died at night in the absence of medical care. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Humanitarian organizations in Haiti are already strained, have shortage of supplies to prevent and treat cholera and a shortage of medical personnel. Health organizations are currently in debate on treatment protocol as they are losing the battle to prevent cholera and to save lives. </div><br />
We fear for the lives of those who would be deported to Haiti. <br />
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Michelle Karshan, Executive Director <br />
Alternative Chance/Chans Altenativ <br />
70A Greenwich Avenue, #373 <br />
New York, New York 10011 <br />
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Answering service: 212-613-6033 <br />
Internet FAX: 1-212-202-3992 <br />
In Haiti: 011509-3-871-0400 <br />
In US: 347-281-2958 <br />
Skype: Michelle.Karshan <br />
Email: altchance@aol.com <br />
<a href="http://www.alternativechance.org/">http://www.alternativechance.org/</a><br />
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Our program’s focus is psychosocial engagement, literacy promotion and job creation for Haitians. Since October, we also have a cholera education & resource component enlisting children in the prevention, identification and treatment of cholera (more than 3,300 deaths and 150,000 sickened by cholera in Haiti since mid-October). The World Health Organization predicts that 650,000 more will be sickened in Haiti this coming year.<br />
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As we approach the one year anniversary of the January 12th earthquake, approximately 1.3 million people remain in horrendous and unsanitary conditions in spontaneous encampments. <br />
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Please help us to continue to provide important and sustainable services to Haiti’s children in the tent & tarp camps. Join us in this timely, meaningful and uplifting work.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #20124d;">Working Group on Media Protocols on Sexual Gender-Based Violence in Haiti Launched in Support of UN Campaign to Eliminate Violence against Women</span></strong><strong><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #20124d;">(December 16, 2010—PORT-AU-PRINCE)—</span></strong>A consortium of leading women’s, children’s and human rights advocates, health organizations, representatives of the media, and experts on gender-based violence have come together to form the “Working Group on Media Protocols on Sexual Gender Based Violence in Haiti.” The group will develop and recommend protocols for media coverage of sexual gender based violence against women and girls in Haiti. The group formally launched their mission this month in support of the UN’s “16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign.” </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Throughout the year, members of the group have worked with Haitian NGOs and earthquake survivors in various capacities, including providing aid and documenting the increasing incidences of rape and sexual violence since the January 2010 earthquake left more than 1.5 million people stranded in roughly 1,300 camps. Other members have provided advocacy on behalf of rape survivors and lobbied for their protection, shelter, food, and access to emergency medical care. All of this work has highlighted the common need for clear and consistent protocols on media coverage, so that victims of sexual violence are not again exploited and placed in further jeopardy by news reports on their cases.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“The continuing rise in sexual violence in Haiti has resulted in increased media coverage of the issue, as well as focus on those who have been victimized,” says group co-founder Michelle Karshan. “Media coverage is essential to focus attention on the issue, sensitize readers and to instill action.” However, the media faces many unique challenges when covering sexual gender based violence. “Often, journalists find themselves balancing the need to produce an engaging story while wanting to avoid exposing victims to additional or future risks and retaliation,” explains Karshan, who has been a social justice advocate for Haiti for 26 years. Karshan is currently the executive director of “Li, Li, Li! Read,” a psychosocial, literacy program for children in Haiti’s makeshift tent camps.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The working group concept began as a conversation between Karshan and attorney Jayne Fleming, who leads the Human Rights team at Reed Smith LLP. Fleming and Reed Smith are involved in a unique initiative in Haiti to identify and represent candidates for emergency Humanitarian Parole to the U.S. Fleming leads delegations of legal and medical experts to Haiti to identify candidates for Parole, provide advocacy for survivors, and document testimony from victims of sexual gender based violence. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Karshan, Fleming and other members of the working group frequently provide commentary and background information to media on the realities of the sexual violence epidemic in Haiti. Over the last year, they have helped journalists working in Haiti address and resolve such considerations as confidentiality, identifying victims and locations, obtaining proper consent, protecting the rights of minors, and what images are appropriate to share.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Members of the working group are currently researching existing guidelines and frameworks covering sexual gender based violence contained in government, press, legal, health, and human rights standards. They are also conducting focus groups with editors, news directors, journalists and other members of the media; meeting with women’s and children’s rights groups; seeking input from other participating international and state organizations, and are seeking to work with the Haitian government in developing and implementing these protocols as a step towards stemming the tide of sexual violence, and ensuring the rights of Haitian women and children survivors.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another area that the Working Group on Media Protocols on Sexual Gender-Based Violence in Haiti will focus on is how new media is fast changing the rules for what is considered ethical reporting of sexual violence.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Because of the rapid increase in mobile technology—including live Twitter feeds or Facebook coverage, as well as online radio and TV stations, and rapid translation capabilities—the majority of news coverage on Haiti is now shared almost instantly inside Haiti, regardless of where it originates,” said Sergio Garcia, Chair of Reed Smith’s Technology Transactions Team, who is helping to spearhead the project. “In our experience, this fairly recent development makes our mission all the more critical and timely, especially as it relates to protecting the rights and safety of Haitian victims of sexual violence.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Members of the working group include a broad spectrum of affected sectors, including:</div><br />
o Journalists, Photographers, and Authors: such as Claude Adams, Jennifer Cheek Pantaléon, Beverly Bell, Patrick Douge, Miriam Neptune and representatives of the Thomson Reuters Foundation. <br />
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o Women and Gender-Based Violence (GBV): including noted attorneys Elizabeth Barad, Esq. and Lisa Davis, Esq.; activist Melinda Miles; and Karen Musalo, Esq., director of the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies (CGRS) at UC Hastings College of Law. GBV organizations in support of the working group include CGRS, Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees, MADRE, FAVILEK, and KOFAVIV—Commission of Women Victims for Victims. <br />
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o Justice and Human Rights: including representatives of the Lawyers’ Earthquake Response Network (LERN), Haiti Emergency Relief Fund, Haiti Justice Alliance, Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, Bureau des Avocats Internationaux, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights for the San Francisco Bay Area, and the Let Haiti Live/project of TransAfrica. Other members in this sector include Mario Joseph, Esq., director of Bureau des Avocats Internationaux; Privat Precil, the former Director General of Haiti’s Ministry of Justice; Bill Quigley, Legal Director for the Center for Constitutional Rights; human rights attorney Moira Duvernay; and Professor Mark Schuller, Professor of African American Studies & Anthropology at York College, CUNY and Holly Cooper, Esq. of the UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic. <br />
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o Children’s Program: such as Zanmi Lakay, and Li, Li, Li! Read. <br />
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o Medical and Mental Health: including the Stanford University School of Medicine, along with Dr. Daryn Reicherter and Dr. Victor Carrion, co-directors of the Stanford University International Initiative's working group on Orphans and Vulnerable Children. <br />
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For further information on this release, please contact:<br />
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Jamie Moss<br />
newsPRos, PR Counsel, Reed Smith LLP<br />
(201) 493-1027<br />
<a href="mailto:jamie@newspros.com">jamie@newspros.com</a><br />
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For further information on becoming directly involved in the Haiti Working Group on Media & Sexual Gender-Based Violence, please contact: <br />
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Michelle Karshan<br />
(212) 613-6033<br />
<a href="mailto:michelle.karshan@gmail.com">michelle.karshan@gmail.com</a><br />
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or <br />
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Sergio Garcia<br />
(415) 659-4748 <br />
<a href="mailto:sgarcia@reedsmith.com">sgarcia@reedsmith.com</a> <br />
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Sè m, Frè m,<br />
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Se toujou nan menm lespri MEM AMOU an,<br />
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Minouche avè m salye w, anbrase w fratènèlman, <br />
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E swete w ak tout kè nou yon BON ANE 2011.<br />
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Plis pase 300.000 pitit tè d Ayiti ta renmen la,<br />
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Byen vivan, pou wè ane 2011 la menm jan avè n.<br />
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Domaj!Yo menm ak lòt Sè n, Frè n ki peri anba<br />
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Sikòn Toma ou maladi kolera a deja konte pami <br />
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56 milyon moun ki mouri pandan ane 2010 sa a.<br />
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Pandan klòch Bòn Ane 2011 la ap karyonnen,<br />
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Nou sonje yo e n swete tout lòt viktim kap soufri<br />
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Lakay ou aletranje: Anpil kouraj! Anpil kouraj! <br />
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Pèmèt nou ofri w yon gwo bouke flè remèsiman<br />
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Pou tout bèl souwè nou resevwa yo san bliye<br />
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Kokenn chenn solidarite-fratènite 15 Jiyè 2010 la.<br />
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Nan lonbraj Tousen Louvèti, Jan Jak Desalin,<br />
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Ak Zansèt nou yo, m swete tout sa ki bon pou<br />
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Moun ki gen po nwa kòm pou moun po blanch.<br />
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An palan de koulè po, divès ekriven tankou<br />
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Robin Walker ou H.G. Spearing rapote kijan,<br />
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Lontan, anpil atis Grèk te renmen pentire<br />
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Po gason ak koulè nwa e po fi ak koulè blan.<br />
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Nan admire bèl kout penso sa yo,<br />
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Konn gen Grèk ki pat ka sispann di:<br />
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πολύ καλά, άριστα! ευχαριστώ πολύ!<br />
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Trè byen, ekselan! Mèsi bokou !<br />
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Depi 2004, nouvo kolon yo ap pentire figi<br />
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Nou tout ki Ayisyen ak labou imilyasyon.<br />
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Jiskaprezan, minorite ki ekskli majorite a <br />
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Poko janm ka admèt ke li fè yon erè grav <br />
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Lè l aksepte koupe branch li chita sou li a. <br />
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Plis figi Ayiti pran kout tiwèl labou,<br />
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Se plis minorite a di nouvo kolon yo <br />
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Anba anba sa Grèk yo tap di byen fò:<br />
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πολύ καλά, άριστα! ευχαριστώ πολύ!<br />
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Trè byen, ekselan! Mèsi bokou ! <br />
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Nou poko menm ka retire très cheve Manman Ayiti<br />
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Anba dekonm goudougoudou 12 Janvye 2010 la,<br />
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Nou gen tan retrouve n anba dekonm 2 kalite kolera :<br />
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1-Yon kolera kolon ki ta soti nan dlo kontamine Minista <br />
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2-Yon kolera politik ki soti nan dlo eleksyon-seleksyon.<br />
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Pou òganize kolera politik sa a, fo zanmi Ayiti yo<br />
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Depanse 30 milyon dola vèt, san bliye 5 milya dola<br />
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Ki deja depanse pou Minista pandan 6 dènye ane yo.<br />
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Nenpòt ki moun ka wè ki kantite kay, lopital, lekòl, <br />
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Lajan gaspiye sa yo ta gentan bati pou viktim yo. <br />
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Ekslizyon Fanmi Lavalas se eksklizyon majorite a.<br />
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Se pa etonan si n debouche sou yon katastwòf politik<br />
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Ki antere Ayiti pi fon toujou anba dekonm 12 janvye yo.<br />
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Pwoblèm nan se eksklizyon, solisyon an se enklizyon.<br />
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Mennen koulèv lekòl seleksyon se youn, fè l chita se de.<br />
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Pwoblèm nan se eksklizyon, solisyon an se enklizyon.<br />
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Gran moun pa monte chwal bwa dèyè kòbya seleksyon.<br />
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Pwoblèm nan se eksklizyon, solisyon an se enklizyon,<br />
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Enklizyon majorite a nan eleksyon lib, onèt e demokratik<br />
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Pou tout Ayisyen san distenksyon soti anba kolera politik.<br />
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Sè m, Frè m, <br />
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Jan nou tout ka konstate l, tren eksklizyon ki deraye a, <br />
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Plis 2 kalite kolera sa yo ogmante strès popilasyon an<br />
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Ki te deja ap viv anba twòp strès depi tranbleman tè a.<br />
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Strès sa a se yon pwazon envizib kap opere an silans.<br />
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Pwazon envizib sa a merite yon atansyon espesyal<br />
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Paske dega li fè an silans se twòkèt la, chay la dèyè.<br />
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Twòp strès pandan twò lontan ka fasilite kriz kadyak, <br />
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Strok, diabèt, tansyon, ilsè lestomak, twoub memwa…<br />
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Anpil viktim 12 Janvye ap naje pou sot nan strès.<br />
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Lè yon moun ap viv nan kondisyon strès sa yo, <br />
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Kò w gen mwens fòs pou reziste kont mikwòb.<br />
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Laboratwa nouvo kolon yo konnen sa trè byen.<br />
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Ni kolera kolon ki ta soti nan dlo kontamine Minista a,<br />
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Ni kolera politik ki soti nan dlo eleksyon-seleksyon an<br />
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Tonbe nan yon teren ki te deja minen ak pwazon strès.<br />
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Lè yon moun strese anpil, ren w travay plis pou<br />
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Founi adrenalin ak divès lòt òmon tankou kòtizòl.<br />
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Egzanp: chak ti tranbleman tè se yon menas danje <br />
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Ki fè glann adrenal ki sou ren yo bay plis kòtizòl.<br />
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Lè twòp kòtizòl rete twò lontan nan kò w,se danje: <br />
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Li aji tankou yon pwazon envizib ki atake venn ou.<br />
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Konsekans: <br />
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Lè san an mal pou rive nan sèvo w, ou ka fè strok; <br />
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Lè san an pa rive alè nan kè w, ou ka fè kriz kadyak ;<br />
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Lè san an mal sikile bò tanp ou, kote ipokanp sèvo a<br />
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Anrejistre sa moun aprann, ou ka gen pann memwa.<br />
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Strès ka ogmante ni tansyon, ni sik, ni kolestewòl.<br />
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Pouki sa li enpòtan ke nou raple w verite sa yo?<br />
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Paske se ou menm ki premye responsab sante w<br />
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Lè ou soufri strès e se ou ki pi byen plase pou<br />
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Ofri tèt ou kèk ti moman detant ak relaksasyon.<br />
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Repo lespri se gwo medikaman pou konbat strès.<br />
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Deplis, sante chak Ayisyen nesesè pou ede Ayiti<br />
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Jwenn sante politik, sante ekonomik, sante sosyal.<br />
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Se egzakteman lekontrè pou laboratwa kolon yo ki <br />
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Toujou ap programe konfli, manti, mizè, grangou, <br />
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Vye maladi, eleksyon-seleksyon ou kolera politik<br />
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Pou malere pa gen la pè nan tèt ak lapè nan vant.<br />
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Gade epidemi kolera a; pouki sa se kounye a menm<br />
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Li debake ak sèkèy anba bra l, apre plis ke yon syèk?<br />
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Si epidemi an gen fòs pou fè 500 a 650 mil viktim,<br />
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Nou oblije kontinye fè lespri n travay pou bloke l<br />
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Anvan twòp tè nan peyi a fin tounen simityè kadav.<br />
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Travay doktè, enfimyè, oksilyè, pwofesyonèl sante yo,<br />
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Konkou Ayisyen ki aletranje, kontribisyon jounalis, <br />
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Radyo, televizyon, nesesèsè anpil pou konbat kolera a.<br />
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Sepandan, pi gwo responsabilite a chita nan men Leta. <br />
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Leta ayisyen gen obligasyon pou bay viktim 12 janvye yo<br />
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Kay pou yo ka sispann viv nan labou, nan lari, nan fatra,<br />
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Anba vye moso tant, moso twal, moso ranyon, moso prela.<br />
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Sa te dwe fèt e sa te ka fèt tou swit apre tranbleman tè a. <br />
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Sak manke, se pa lajan, se diyite ak bon jan volonte politik.<br />
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Leta ayisyen gen obligasyon pou bay viktim yo posiblite<br />
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Jwenn dlo pwòp pou yo sispann bwè dlo sal ki bay kolera.<br />
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Ayiti chita erezman sou 56 milya mèt kib dlo ki anba tè a. <br />
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Sak manke, se pa lajan, se diyite ak bon jan volonte politik.<br />
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Lè Ayiti plis bezwen kout men, se lè li jwenn plis kout pye<br />
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Ni nan men yon leta ki trayi li, ni nan men fo zanmi fo kòl<br />
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Ki monte chita sou do Ayiti pou fè lajan sou do Ayisyen.<br />
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Chak katastwòf tounen yon gwo biznis<br />
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Ki rapòte plizyè milyon lè se pa milya.<br />
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Men malere ki deja viktim kolera politik<br />
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Lage de bra pandye anfas epidemi an.<br />
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Twòp milyon milya ranmase sou do Ayiti<br />
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Pou jiskaprezan malere pa menm ka achte<br />
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Yon ti klowòs pou touye mikwòb kolera<br />
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Nan dlo kontamine yo kontinye ap bwè.<br />
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Chak jou, dlo kontamine nan divès peyi<br />
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Touye 1.800.000 ti moun ki poko gen 5 an.<br />
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Chak 20 segonn, m di byen, chak 20 segonn,<br />
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Dlo kontamine touye yon timoun sou latè.<br />
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Lakay, anplis tout moun zam Minista deja touye,<br />
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Se atò dlo kontamine Minista pral touye inosan.<br />
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Alòs ke disparisyon Lowensky, lanmò Pè Jean Juste <br />
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Ak anpil lòt inosan fèt anba je n, l ap trè difisil pou<br />
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Konte tout viktim kolera k ap tonbe nan pwovens yo.<br />
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Mezanmi,<br />
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Pèmèt mwen adapte pawòl laten filozòf Cicéron an<br />
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Pou m poze Minista yon kesyon ki konsène diyite n: <br />
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“Quousque tandem abutere, Minista, patientia nostra?”<br />
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Jiskilè, Minista, w ap sispann pase pasyans nou anba pye?<br />
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Nan sèlman yon ventèn ane apre 1492 ki se<br />
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Dat premye kolon yo te debake nan peyi a,<br />
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Nou te deja pèdi 96.000 Sè n - Frè n Taynos.<br />
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An natandan Minista pati, konbyen inosan<br />
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Konbyen jèn gason, jèn fi ki dwe pral mouri?<br />
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Obligasyon nou tout genyen, se kole zèpòl pou<br />
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Nou rive elimine kolera a e non viktim kolera a.<br />
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Pou konbat opinyon Pèp la, Minista pa gen dwa<br />
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Itilize ni vyolans zam ni Argumentum ad baculum.<br />
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Lè Pèp la di e redi: “Minista se kolera”,<br />
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Li bay diagnostik pa l ki se verite pa l.<br />
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Lè l repete san rete: “Minista se kolera,” <br />
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Li bay diagnostik pa l ki se verite pa l.<br />
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Lè Minista reyaji ak gwo zam pou touye<br />
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Moun ou libète lapawòl, li fè yon krim e<br />
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Li itilize yon Argumentum ad baculum<br />
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Olye li chwazi wout larezon ak lalwa.<br />
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Reyaksyon vyolans sa yo pa gen plas nan<br />
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Ankenn peyi lib ou sosyete demokratik, <br />
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Menm si nou wè sa ap fèt bò lakay nou,<br />
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Nan yon Ayiti ki rekolonize depi 2004,<br />
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Wi, yon Ayiti kote la gramè popilè a di:<br />
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Le cholera ou la Minista, sè le mèm choz.<br />
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Sè m. Frè m,<br />
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Sa mennen n, pou fini, nan<br />
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Yon pwezi popilè ki rele:<br />
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“ LE MEM CHOZ.”<br />
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Nou dedye l pou Zansèt yo <br />
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Ak pou Jenès la ki, to ou ta,<br />
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Pra l fè Ayiti reprann diyite l.<br />
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Le mèm choz<br />
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Depi jou koudeta kidnaping 29 fevriye 2004 la,<br />
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Tousen Louvèti move, Jan Jak Desalin fache.<br />
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Men, chef konze bò lakay ak esklav mantal yo<br />
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Kontan bese tèt jiska tè pou di: yès sèr! Avozòd!<br />
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Tank Tousen Louvèti friz nan fè move san,<br />
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Se tank Jan Jak Desalin frape pye l atè pou di: <br />
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Ayayay! Si pat gen koudeta-kidnaping 2004, <br />
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Jodia, nou pa tap nan ni kolon ki bay kolera,<br />
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Ni eleksyon-seleksyon ki bay kolera politik.<br />
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Sepandan, konze ak esklav mantal bò lakay<br />
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Toujou byen relaks paske afè diyite peyi a, <br />
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Se bliye sa antere sa pou fè kòb nan trayizon. <br />
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Dayè depi koudeta kidnaping 29 fevriye 2004 la,<br />
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Konze bò lakay pa gen dwa nan fache, fè kòlè<br />
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Lè se kolon blan an ki di: agoch, adwat, ajenou…<br />
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Se pou sa menm, senatè sousou ak depite restavèk<br />
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Ki pa swete wè aksidan diplomatik, pwopoze pou:<br />
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Prezidan ta fè kòlè krapo<br />
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Premye minis ta fè kòlè chat<br />
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Minis ta fè kòlè ra, raman.<br />
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Yon kolon blan ki tande <br />
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Pawòl sa a di: Ki sa? <br />
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Minis ta fè kòlè ra, raman, <br />
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Ou byen <br />
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Minista fè kolera?<br />
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Yon blan mannan reponn:<br />
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A! A! Sè le mèm choz. <br />
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Pwen ba ! Pwen final !<br />
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Sè m, Frè m,<br />
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M sèten ni ou ni Minouche, <br />
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Ni mwen, nou tout ta swete<br />
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Rankontre lakay an 2011 la, <br />
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Pou ansanm, nou kontinye <br />
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Wouze peyi a ak lanmou<br />
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Ki bay anpil anpil kouraj<br />
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Pou n soti nan le mem choz.<br />
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Se ak lespri sa a nou anbrase <br />
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Tout ti moun yo e n redi w: <br />
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Bon kouraj! Mèm Amou!<br />
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Dr Jean-Bertrand Aristide<br />
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