Posts belonging to Category Haitians
Posted by Cassandra on March 5, 2010
DePaul University is collaborating on a microfinance program designed to increase investment in the country’s economy, DePaul Magazine writer Ruhan Memishi reports. Working with Vincentian organizations worldwide, DePaul hopes to lay the foundation to “give Haitians seed money to create and develop small businesses that will make a big difference.” The program, called Zafen, is [...]
Categories: Chicago, Haiti economy, Haitians, Missionaries, Relief, Technology |
Tags: Chicago, depaul, economy, Haiti, microfinance | 
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Posted by Cassandra on February 16, 2010
Yakini Ajanaku-Coffy and Jean-Paul Coffy are teachers and musicians. They’re also both Haitian and Chicagoan. They own and operate a music-based pre-school called La Grande Famille in the city’s Kenwood area. Like many Haitians in the U.S., they have loved ones affected by the Jan. 12 earthquake. Not knowing the fate of his parents and [...]
Categories: Chicago, Communications, Haitians, Video, music |
Tags: Chicago, earthquake, family, Haiku, Haiti, music | No Comments »
Posted by Cassandra on February 13, 2010
Love this song. It’s timeless. Loved seeing Michael Jackson spliced in. Thanks to all the artists who participated. Video is available for download on iTunes for $1.99.
Categories: Benefits 4 Haiti, Chicago, Haitians, Video |
Tags: Haiti, jamie foxx, kanye, music, Video, world | 5 Comments »
Posted by Cassandra on February 4, 2010
“The people of Haiti understand what these folks were trying to do—-steal babies. Whether it was to peddle their flesh or to bring to “the Lord” in Idaho these babies were stolen plain and simple and I am very glad that they are being charged and pursued.”–E.R. Brown, commenting on nytimes.com Haitian officials on Thursday [...]
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Posted by Cassandra on January 30, 2010
Last night, we attended a fundraiser for Haiti’s artists at the Nicole Gallery in Chicago. Haitian-born Nicole Smith founded the gallery in 1986. She began her career in 1971 as curator at the Le Centre D’Art de Port-au-Prince. Until the center was decimated by the Jan. 12 earthquake, it was Haiti’s sole arts center. American-born [...]
Categories: Benefits 4 Haiti, Chicago, Haiti economy, Haiti history, Haitians |
Tags: artists, Chicago, fundraiser, gallery, Nicole | 1 Comment »
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