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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Posted by Cassandra on February 15, 2010
The National Association of Black Journalists-Chicago will host a panel discussion on news coverage of the earthquake in Haiti at its monthly meeting Thursday, Feb. 18. The meeting also will raise money for earthquake victims. The discussion will begin between 6-6:15 p.m. following the Association’s business meeting at Red Kiva, 1108 W. Randolph, Chicago. Stephanie [...]
Categories: Benefits 4 Haiti, Chicago, Haiti history, News |
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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 [...]
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