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Jean-Sebastien René

@samsontha1

Special Envoy for CFI Haiti in Southeastern USA. Working to #RestoreHaiti one day @ a time.

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Joined April 2009
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Interesting perspective.
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@techPLUG3 @wdsu @FOX8NOLA come out to the #community #Healthfair after voting, food, kids station, and great information.
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⁦@TabBenoitLA⁩ ⁦@TabBenoitLA⁩ you did your thing man ⁦⁦@jazzfest⁩ ⁦@wwoz_neworleans⁩ #NOLA #504
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Macron Honors Haitian Revolutionary, but Leaves Much Unsaid nytimes.com/2023/04/27/world… What a meaningless jester @EmmanuelMacron , have some?substantial commitment behind this “homage”, #Haiti1804 #Haiti has been the true light on the torch of truth and justice for the modern era.

Macron Honors Haitian Revolutionary, but Leaves Much Unsaid (Published 2023)

The French president paid tribute to Toussaint Louverture, the leader of the Haitian Revolution, but said nothing about the lingering effects of France’s slaving past.

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Lesson Plan: Investigating Haiti’s History and the Damage Caused by the ‘Double Debt’ nytimes.com/2022/10/04/learn…

Lesson Plan: Investigating Haiti’s History and the Damage Caused by the ‘Double Debt’ (Published...

In this lesson, students learn about the history of how the nation of Haiti was looted by outside powers, foreign banks and its own leaders almost from its birth.

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Kim Ives
@kimives1320 Oct 2022
A worthwhile and informative thread here. The casualties in an intervention today would likely be dramatically higher.
Jean Jacques Dessalines 🇭🇹🇵🇸🇳🇪🇲🇱🇧🇫🇨🇺 (@JeanJacquesDes7) profile pictureJean Jacques Dessalines 🇭🇹🇵🇸🇳🇪🇲🇱🇧🇫🇨🇺@JeanJacquesDes718 Oct 2022
List of US atrocities committed on Haitians during the US Occupation of Haiti in 1915-1934 🧵 - 1915-1920: Several thousand civilians were killed by US occupying forces. 1/13
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RAMhaiti@RAMhaiti21 Oct 2022
RAM drummers and the Loyola Symphony Orchestra getting to know each other ⁦@vacinja17⁩
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fb.watch/eND7VhZYkf/. #Haiti #1804 #haitianos #HaitianImmigrant #HaitianAmericans
Don’t forget to catch our Founder, Regine Rene-Labrousse before she...

Don’t forget to catch our Founder, Regine Rene-Labrousse before she...

Don’t forget to catch our Founder, Regine Rene-Labrousse before she returns to Haiti. TOMORROW IS THE DAY! August 9, 2022 New Orleans African American Museum’s Takeover event from 4:30 PM - 6:30...

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Dr. Michael Lomax@DrMichaelLomax10 Jul 2022
Going thru photos from Dillard U graduations ⁦@du1869⁩, one of my favorites was 1999 when Julian Bond & John Lewis received honorary degrees: two civil rights giants from #HBCU days leading SNCC ⁦@SNCC60th⁩. Now gone, their activism is a model for students today.
Image from Dr. Michael Lomax (@DrMichaelLomax)
Image from Dr. Michael Lomax (@DrMichaelLomax)
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FYI. thebluegrasssituation.com/re…
On a Gorgeous New Album, Leyla McCalla Weaves Haiti's History With Her Own - The Bluegrass Situation

On a Gorgeous New Album, Leyla McCalla Weaves Haiti's History With Her Own - The Bluegrass Situation

Leyla McCalla couldn’t have known that, weeks after releasing her fourth solo album, Breaking the Thermometer, the New York Times would publish a major report detailing the long history of Haiti’s...

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The Root of Haiti’s Misery: Reparations to Enslavers reparationscomm.org/reparati…

The Root of Haiti’s Misery: Reparations to Enslavers

The New York Times — In 1791, enslaved Haitians ousted the French and founded a nation. But France made generations of Haitians pay for their freedom. How much it cost them was a mystery, until now.

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Jesús G. Ruiz, Ph.D.@PhDJesus6 Oct 2021
My latest in @washingtonpost is about hemispheric white supremacy and anti-Blackness against Haiti and its asylum seekers. It's also about how Blackness was at the center of Haiti's place as a haven for those oppressed in the Americas. A beacon of freedom. washingtonpost.com/outlook/2…
Perspective | Haiti is a source of refugees today, but it was once a haven for them

Perspective | Haiti is a source of refugees today, but it was once a haven for them

Haiti’s history of welcoming people from other lands is part of the nation’s broader historic role in global antislavery movements.

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“We Have Not Yet Forgiven Haiti For Being Black” aaihs.org/we-have-not-yet-fo…

“We Have Not Yet Forgiven Haiti For Being Black”

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Brandon R. Byrd's The Black Republic. On January 2, 1893, eighty-nine years after Haiti declared its independence, esteemed abolitionist and former...

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The Situation in Haiti, 1995: an Interview with Paul Farmer, MD   - CounterPunch.org counterpunch.org/2022/02/28/…
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Nine ways the Russo-Ukrainian war might impact Haiti haitiantimes.com/2022/02/25/…

Nine ways the Russo-Ukrainian war might impact Haiti

As the conflict continues, issues like inflation and food insecurity are becoming increasingly a concern.

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Leaving Haiti should be a goal of every N.G.O. americamagazine.org/politics… via @americamag
Are N.G.O.s in Haiti doing more harm than good?

Are N.G.O.s in Haiti doing more harm than good?

Leaving Haiti should be a goal of every N.G.O.

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In Haiti, foreign aid can be problematic, as much a hindrance as a help. americamagazine.org/politics… via @americamag
Are N.G.O.s in Haiti doing more harm than good?

Are N.G.O.s in Haiti doing more harm than good?

Leaving Haiti should be a goal of every N.G.O.

americamagazine.org
More N.G.O.s exist per capita in Haiti than in any other country. americamagazine.org/politics… via @americamag
Are N.G.O.s in Haiti doing more harm than good?

Are N.G.O.s in Haiti doing more harm than good?

Leaving Haiti should be a goal of every N.G.O.

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