Park Michelet in Verrettes Artibonite, InaugurationPresident Michel Martelly, accompanied by his wife Sophia Martelly recently visited the town of Verrettes Artibonite for the inauguration of the new park Michelet which was recently opened. The park has been under construction for the last couple o... |
Dominican Republic to stop Haitian immigrants from studying in public schoolsDominican Republic was the first county to step forward to help Haiti by sending aid after the devastating earthquake in January, 2010. However, a proposal for a new regulation which suggests stopping illegal immigrants from studying in the public ... |
Orlando Morel Haitian Refugee Rescued By The Us Coast Guard That DayOrlando Morel is a 24 year old Haitian who has decided to devote his life as a Coast Guard to rescue the refugees coming to United States. It was not a decision that came all of a sudden. There is a story which Orlando recalls with a lot of grief a... |
Firmin Monestime, Haitian Canadian Mayor of MattawaFirmin Monestime was the first black mayor to be elected in any municipality of Canada as mayor. The francophone Haitian was a prominent doctor as well. He practiced medicine in both Haiti and Canada until he was elected as a mayor in Mattawa. Fi... |
Haitian American Patrick Gaspard, advocate for labor and health care issuesPatrick Gaspard, born in 1967, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Haitian parents, arrived in the U.S. with them at the age of three. He emerged on the political scene in 1988, when he helped run Jesse Jackson’s campaign for president... |
Honorable Phillip J. BrutusHonorable Phillip J. Brutus was born November 26, 1957, in Prince, Haiti. Brutus went to Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn New York and performed well. He continued with his education by doing a Bachelor degree at the University of Massachusetts... |
Jean Alfred, Haitian Canadian politicianThere are a number of political faces in the Haitian community in Canada. Jean Alfred was one of them. He was the one and only Haitian who was elected legislator. He booked his place in the Quebec’s National Assembly for the riding of Papinea... |
Jean Jeudy Knocks Down Barriers in New Hampshire PoliticsJean Jeudy, birth date of 1958, was born in Jérémie Haiti. On vacation in the United States in 1981, Jeudy was so impressed with seeing American democracy in action, and the right Americans have to dissent in political forums that he ... |
Kwame Raoul of Progressive PlatformKwame Raoul, whose birth date is September 30, 1964, is the son of Haitian immigrant parents, who settled in Chicago, Illinois, where he was born. He received his Bachelor of Science in Political Science at DePaul University and later earned a law ... |
Marie St. Fleur, Massachusetts State RepresentativeShe is the first Haitian American person to hold public office in Massachusetts where she is the Massachusetts State Representative. Marie St. Fleur has achieved much more than most of the other immigrants given the fact that she moved to the state... |
Mariette Saintvil, Florida Mayor Village of El PortalMariette Saintvil is held with high esteem as the first Haitian American woman elected mayor of a municipality in America. She took the position of El Portal Mayor after her predecessor Audrey Edmonson was selected to the County Commission. Edmonso... |
Mathieu Eugene Committed to Community ServiceMathieu Eugene, birth date of April 1954, is from Cap Haïtian, Haiti native son and the first Haitian-American Councilman of the NYC 40th Council District. He has lived a peripatetic lifestyle before settling in Brooklyn, New York, studying fo... |
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