Submitted by tomr on Wed, 2007-01-17 16:20.
Haiti Reborn is a program of the Quixote Center. We work in the United States to build grassroots activism to support just U.S. policies toward Haiti. We also work to support grassroots organizations in Haiti, including the reforestation program in Gros Morne, and the Commission of Women Victims for Victims (KOFAVIV) in Port-au-Prince.
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Please call your Senator(s) today and urge them to co-sponsor the Jubilee Act if they have not already. Adding more Senators as co-sponsors will help build political momentum for passage.
If your Senators have both co-sponsored (this is true if you live in Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, New York, Connecticut, or Oregon), you can still help. Please call to thank them and urge them to do what they can to ensure the bill passes the full Senate. You can see a full list of co-sponsors here.
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Submitted by ryanbf on Mon, 2008-05-19 13:33.
Solidarity Cyclers 2008: Riding for self-determination, environmental sustainability and economic liberation in Central America and the Caribbean (plus some other stuff)
In a little less than two weeks, May 24-26 to be exact, Teams Quixote and CISPES will join forces for one more epic ride.
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Submitted by tomr on Thu, 2008-05-01 13:26.
There have been a number of good articles exploring the background of the food crisis in Haiti and globally. I would like to share a couple of those here.
The first is from Mark Schuller, a professor at Vasser University who published an article with IRC America's Program on the Haitian Food Crisis. Mark's article nicely integrates local dynamics with international processes.
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Submitted by tomr on Thu, 2008-04-17 10:54.
Yesterday the House of Representatives passed the Jubilee Act. The amendment on Haiti debt cancellation also passed - by unanimous consent. Below we have press releases from Jubilee USA about the Jubilee Act, and from Alcee Hastings (D-FL) office, the sponsor of the Haiti amendment.
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Submitted by tomr on Thu, 2008-04-03 13:41.
This is from the Jubilee USA Network
Legislation To Expand Debt Cancellation to Poor Countries, Reform IMF/World Bank Lending Practices Passes House Financial Services Committee
Full House of Representatives Expected to Consider Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation Next Week
WASHINGTON - Jubilee USA Network, an alliance of more than 80 religious denominations, development agencies and human rights groups, today heralded the passage by voice vote in the House Financial Services Committee of the Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation (HR 2634).
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Submitted by tomr on Thu, 2008-03-06 13:42.
Any sustainable future in Haiti requires a re-ener
gized rural economy. This
article provides some excellent background on the destruction of Haiti's aricultural economy and student demands to change course.
Latest from Haiti Analysis on student demonstrations calling for a change to Haiti's agricultural policies. The story was picked up by Inter-Press Service.
Photos from the press conference and protest.
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Submitted by tomr on Mon, 2008-01-07 15:31.
We also want to point our several publications on Haiti's debt that can be used for education and advocacy that came out in December.
The Center for Economic Policy Research prepared a report "Debt Cancellation for Haiti: No Reason for Further Delays."
Marlene Bastien of FAMN (Haitian Women of Miami) published an appeal for immediate cancellation in the Miami Herald (link goes to article reprint at the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti)
Joe Emersberger published an article on Monthly Review's website on Haiti's debt Friday that has good background and summary of the two articles mentioned above.
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Submitted by tomr on Mon, 2008-01-07 15:16.
Preval's January 1st Speech, in Gonaives, Haiti can be read in english at the MINUSTAH website (other source welcome!) The economy is a major theme of the speech, of course. Mid-way through the speech Preval mentions a program that is interesting for potentially meeting dual goals - reforestation and employment. It is an imagintative approach that if truly participatory could help by creating an economic incentive to plant. Such an approach could be expanded to other products as well...
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Submitted by tomr on Wed, 2007-12-19 09:30.
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
- From Amnesty International USA
To read the current Urgent Action newsletter, go to
http://www.amnestyusa.org/urgent/newslett.html
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For a print-friendly version of this Urgent Action (PDF):
http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa33607.pdf
18 December 2007
UA 336/07 Fear for safety / Possible "disappearance"
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