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Rebuilding the State University of Haiti

moses — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:18:53 +0000

Rector of the State University of Haiti, Jean-Vernet Henry, discusses the future of his institution and higher education in Haiti following the earthquake. (Filmed April 17, 2010, at the University of Miami).

Creole Interviews after the première of CNN’s Rescued

moses — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:35:12 +0000

Yanick Landess interviews audience members and panel participants after the première of CNN’s Rescued with Soledad O’Brien on May 4 at the Unversity of Miami School of Communication’s Bill Cosfrod Cinema. The event was presented by the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center. Interviewees include, NickyMix, TV host and DJ; Elizabeth Guerin, journalist and TV-Radio Host; and Robert Duval, president of L’Athletique D’Haiti.

Check KozeAyiti for more video from this event, including an extended interview with CNN reporter Soledad O’Brien.

Haiti’s Future: Repeating Disasters

moses — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:46:24 +0000

Gina Ulysse, associate professor at Wesleyan University, writes in the Journal of Lutheran Ethics about rebuilding efforts in Haiti and avoiding mistakes made in the past.

Photo by Gina Ulysse

“My first response to seeing a series of pictures of the decimated Port-Au-Prince after the January 12th earthquake was “How will they build factories now?” Prior to that date many of us concerned with the desperate state of things in Haiti had been focused on the man-made disaster that was currently in the making — the implementation of “new” development plans for the fragile republic based on the work of British economist Paul Collier. In 2009, the United Nations and the newly named Special Envoy Bill Clinton endorsed the Collier Report “Haiti: from Natural Catastrophe to Economic Recovery” as the answer to the country’s economic problems.”

Follow this link to read the rest of Ulysse’s article.