An alleged comment by President Trump about Haiti and AIDS revived a stigma that goes back several decades. By Edwidge Danticat, The New Yorker — In the early nineteen-eighties, soon after cases of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (aids) were first discovered in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control named four groups at “high risk” for the disease: intravenous drug users, homosexuals, hemophiliacs, and Haitians. Haitians were the only ones solely identified by…
‘We can spend 30 years and we’ll never bounce back,’ said Duvanel Francois, 42, who was trying to earn school fees one morning in a tiny village outside of Jeremie,…
By Dòwòti Désir — The Haitian Revolution is the blue print for nation building that has been redlined out of history as written by the West and the global North. Furthermore,…
China plans to build markets in Port-au-Prince under the new initiative. China plans to invest $30 billion in Haiti’s infrastructure according to the Haitian Press Agency (AHP). This week the…
Vantage Point, August 7th Fund Drive Edition. Dedicated to the Memory of Boukman. Topic: Perspectives on the Haitian Revolution. Guests: Dowoti Desir, New York, NY and Patrick Delices, New York,…
By Dr. Ron Daniels — January 1st marked the 213th Anniversary of the Haitian Revolution which spawned the world’s first Black Republic; the first time in human history that an…
By Dr. Ron Daniels President, Institute of the Black World 21st Century, Founder, Haiti Support Project January 1, 2014 marked the 210th Anniversary of the Haitian Revolution, one of the…
Haiti Pilgrimage Delegation January 17 – 21, 2012 Communiqué Two years after the earthquake which devastated the world’s first Black Republic, the Haiti Support Project (HSP) led a diverse delegation…
January 17-21, 2012 (two years after the devastating earthquake) the Haiti Support Project (HSP) will lead a delegation of thirty-seven (38) African Americans and Haitian Americans to Haiti to assess the progress of the recovery/reconstruction and explore ways to engage people of African descent from the U.S. in the process of building the new Haiti.
By Dr. Ron Daniels — Since the inception of the Haiti Support Project in 1995, the concept of “socially responsible” economic business investment and development has been a central part…
October 7-11, the Haiti Support Project (HSP) led its third Delegation to Haiti since the fateful earthquake of January 12th. The atmosphere was in marked contrast to HSP´s Third Annual Pilgrimage in October of 2009 when there were signs of a much brighter future for Haiti and its people. A year ago there were clear indicators that after a period of political stability, relative security and greater transparency and accountability by the government, conditions were ripe for modest economic growth and new levels of international investment. There was optimism in the air.
Pilgrimage and Assessment Delegation October 7-11, 2010 Prepared by Dr. Ron Daniels October 7-11, the Haiti Support Project (HSP) led its third Delegation to Haiti since the fateful earthquake…
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