Legacy of 1804 with #HaitiFilmFest! #LOF1804

Join me this Friday at 9PM  as I welcome guests Régine Roumain, Executive Director of Haiti Cultural Exchange and founder and organizer of the Haiti Film Fest -- which will offer its 3rd installment this year. She will bring along Director Patrick Ulysse and actor Macc Plaise. Patrick's film, Forever Yours, is screening at the Film Fest.



Find out more about the screenings and opening night here: http://haiticulturalx.org/haitifilmfest

Listen live or archived at  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pancaribbean/2015/04/25/legacy-of-1804-with-haitifilmfest-lof1804  or on the phone (live only) at  (714) 242-6119 .


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Make sure to check #LOF1804 for live updates made during the show.

For updates about #ForeverYoursFilm: https://t.co/IN9iM0O928 #haitifilmfest #lof1804

— Alice Backer (@kiskeacity) April 25, 2015

Actor Macc Plaise is involved in organizing a marathon in Haiti every January: http://t.co/7lTRa2adPW #lof1804

— Alice Backer (@kiskeacity) April 25, 2015

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Legacy of 1804 on Diaspora Day in Montréal and #StopapartheidRepDom #lof1804

Join me tonight at 9PM as I welcome Jean David Prophète of Journée Internationale de la Diaspora Haitienne in Montréal (April 25th) and Father Edwin Paraison, ex-Minister of Haitians Abroad (MHAVE). We discuss entrepreneurial efforts of the Haitian diaspora in Montréal and whether a boycott is an answer to the denationalization of Dominicans of Haitian descent.

EPIZÒD SA-A AN KREYÒL. THIS EPISODE IS IN HAITIAN.

Listen at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pancaribbean/2015/04/18/legacy-of-1804-with-diaspora-day-in-montral-and-edwin-paraison-haiti-dr at 9PM or via the phone at (714) 242-6119.

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Legacy of 1804 with Joseph Harold Pierre #stopapartheidRepDom #Haiti

Listen to my show tonight at 9PM at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pancaribbean/2015/04/11/legacy-of-1804-with-joseph-harold-pierre-stopapartheidrepdom-haiti-dr  or by calling (714) 242-6119.

Join me for this year's third installment of LOF1804 on the Haiti-DR crisis. We will speak to Joseph Harold Pierre, an economics professor based in the Dominican Republic. We may also be joined by other guests who are working on the issue of the denationalization of Dominicans of Haitian ancestry.

 Joseph Harold Pierre is an economics researcher at the Dominican Republic's Ministry of Finance and and economics professor at Pucamaima University in Santo Domingo.

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Our guest Joseph Harold Pierre attempted to call us from the DR as scheduled last night but was not able to get through. We will reschedule his appearance. I discussed the following two articles instead:

Yo También Soy Haití; I Too Am Haiti | La Galería Magazine http://www.lagaleriamag.com/yo-tambien-soy-haiti-i-too-am-haiti/

Dominican Nurse Fired for Haitian Parents Shows Expulsion Threat http://bloom.bg/1C6oryq via @business



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AfroCROWD on Afrobeat Radio - Listen to podcast!

I was a guest on Afrobeat Radio 10 days ago to discuss AfrolatinoCROWD along with Amilcar Priestley of Proyecto Afrolatino and Regina Bultrón Bengoa and Janet Sackey of Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI).

Listen here: 
PODCAST: Can Black Wikipedia Take off Like Black Twitter http://www.afrobeatradio.com/academic-professional/2015/4/7/can-black-wikipedia-take-off-like-black-twitter

We discussed why Wikipedia can be an empowering tool to Afrodescendants who want to tell their own stories and more.

Find out more about the AfrolatinoCROWD Wikipedia Editathon in Spanish, Garifuna and English taking place this Sunday April 12th  from 1:30 to 4:30PM  at the Brooklyn Public Library  or register here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/afrocrowd-alp-cccadi-present-afrolatinocrowd-412-tickets-16006774694

 All are welcome! The first half hour will be in Spanish.

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World Music Caribbean Forum I on April 18th

This is a FREE event but please RSVP by April 10th at the latest at http://www.wmcfnyc.org/registration-form.html. Space is limited so this is a firm deadline.

Celebrate Immigrant Heritage Week 2015!

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Legacy of 1804 with Mariette Williams #Haiti #Adoptees #LOF1804

Join me tonight at 9PM as  I  welcome Mariette Williams of http://mariettewilliams.com/. Ms. Williams will talk about her experiences as an adoptee and opinions about adoption of Haitian children.

Listen live or archived  at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pancaribbean/2015/04/04/legacy-of-1804-with-mariette-williams-haiti-adoptees or on the phone live at (714) 242-6119.

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We discussed her successful quest for her biological mother, her facebook group for Haitian adoptees and how she became alienated from her adoptive parents when she decided to find her mother.

How can the Haitian community help adoptees?  "Please don't tell Haitian adoptees that they are not Haitian just because they don't speak Creole."

Her facebook group for Haitian Adoptees: https://www.facebook.com/groups/haitianadoptees/

Follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mariettewrites

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