Developing a National Haitian-American
Agenda
Moving Forward Together
Hilton Miami
Airport Hotel
Miami, Florida
April 12-14, 2002
National Co-Chairs
The Honorable Phillip J. Brutus
Florida House of Representatives
The Honorable Marie Saint-Fleur
Massachussetts House of Representatives
Hosted By
The Honorable Josaphat Celestin
Mayor, North Miami, Florida
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Developing a National Haitian-American
Agenda
Moving Forward Together
Over the past several years,
the transformation of the U.S. Haitian community from one of
exiles-in-waiting to one of long-term immigrants establishing roots
in an adopted country has become more and more apparent. The
signs -- from a heightened interest in American civic participation
to an explosion of “mainstream” Haitian-owned and operated media
outlets -- are everywhere. But while there have been a number of
well-publicized individual successes of Haitian-Americans, our
community overall remains fractured, isolated and marginalized.
The
National Coalition for Haitian Rights (NCHR) believes that now is
the time for collective action to advance the community as a whole.
As the first national gathering of its kind, Developing a National
Haitian-American Agenda: Moving Forward Together, is intended to
jumpstart that process.
The purpose of this conference is to bring together
Haitian-American community members and leaders from across the
United States to engage them in meaningful dialogue about issues of
relevance to the Haitian-American population, begin developing a
shared vision of the future and lay the groundwork for unified,
concrete action. The end goal is to create a strategic framework
that will serve as a guide for Haitian-American community
development, a reference that will help us gauge our progress over
the next five to 10 years and beyond. We believe this requires a
well-informed community that not only talks to and trusts each other
but is also stewarded by competent and effective leadership.
To that end, workshops at the conference will address four areas
we believe are of vital importance to our community: Economic
Development and Community Wealth; Public and Higher Education;
Building Strong Haitian-American Organizations and Haitians,
American Democracy and Civic Participation.
Come discuss these issues critical to the growth of our community
and what we must do together to ensure its success. We welcome your
participation!
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Days-at-a-Glance
Brochure PDF
Register PDF
NCHR
The National Coalition for Haitian Rights
is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization that seeks to promote
and protect the rights of Haitian refugees and Haitian-Americans under
U.S. and international law, and to advance respect for human rights, the
rule of law and support for civil and democratic society in Haiti.
NCHR
National
Coalition for Haitian Rights
275 Seventh Avenue
17th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-337-0005
Fax: 212-741-8749
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nchr@nchr.org
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http://www.nchr.org
For further inquiries
regarding the conference and/or registering, please call (212) 337-0005
ext. 13, or email us at
register@nchr.org. All information is available on NCHR’s website,
www.nchr.org.
"Moving Forward Together"
was designed and published
by
InterMedia &
PromoInter
to sponsor & support
The First National Conference of
The National Coalition for
Haitian Rights:
"Developing
a National Haitian-American Agenda:
Moving Forward Together"
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