Happy Haitian Flag Day / Fête du drapeau. May 18, 2021 will be the 2018th year of this celebration. A little background…(Encylopedia2) Haitian Flag Day is observed on May 18 in Haiti and in a number of U.S. cities with large populations of Haitian Americans. Many Africans of the diaspora, regardless of their ancestry, also … Read more
Ms. Magazine, By Regine Jean-Charles, 2/28/2021 Madan Sara is a film about the power of Black women in a global economy and their contributions that too often go unacknowledged. The new film Madan Sara begins and ends with writing by acclaimed writer and MacArthur “genius” Edwidge Danticat. Reading an excerpt from her first novel, Breath, … Read more
WXPR, By EMILY.IRWIN, 01/29/21 1-4 PM on Friday, February 12 NPR will offer a special three-part radio series, KANAVAL: Haitian Rhythms and the Music of New Orleans, that explores and investigates the historical and present day ties between the nation of Haiti and the city of New Orleans with a focus on the music that … Read more
This is a Duke University project that Le Flambeau Foundation supports. Duke University Forum for Scholars and Publics (FSP), January 1, 2021 “We release the English and Haitian Creole versions of “The Revolution That Gave Birth to Haiti” on this Haitian Independence Day, January 1, 2021, in recognition of the Haitian Revolution’s continuing significance. We … Read more
Dear Friends, On January 1st 2021 we celebrate the arrival of a new year filled with powerful optimism for an outstanding series of new achievements. We survived the unique challenges of this past year and look forward to the future. On this same day we also celebrate the 217th anniversary of Haiti’s independence (January 1, … Read more
Haitians throughout the world make Soup Joumou every New Year’s Day to celebrate the independence of Haiti (January 1st, 1804). Haiti cast off the bonds of slavery and declared its freedom from France in 1804, making history as it set a precedent and became the first post-colonial black-led nation in the world. To read the declaration Declaration … Read more
Happy New Year! As you head into 2021 with an interest in Haiti, feel free to use the resources listed below. Periodically we receive requests from organizations doing work in Haiti who are looking to hire qualified Haitians in Haiti and sometimes Haitians in the U.S. interested in returning to Haiti. The jobs are … Read more
U.S. Embassy in Haiti, September 2020 The November 3rd General Election is rapidly approaching. We would like to ensure that every U.S. citizen in Haiti is able to exercise their right to vote. How to get an Absentee Ballot Visit the FVAP website and request an absentee ballot for the state in which you are registered to … Read more
Library of Congress, January 15, 2020 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., twentieth-century America’s most compelling and effective civil rights leader, was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. After entering Morehouse College at age fifteen, King followed his father and grandfather into the Baptist ministry. He received a bachelor of divinity from Crozer Theological Seminary … Read more