Posted on July 20, 2010
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).
Posted on July 10, 2010
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.
Posted on July 09, 2010
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.
Posted on July 09, 2010
Saintony Jeudy, coordinator for Diaspolive (www.diaspolive.org), a television and radio program in Port-Au-Prince produced by Haitian National Television and Radio that connects with the Diaspora through media, discusses the importance of communication. (Interviewed June 17, 2010, at the offices of INURED, Delmas, Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Posted on July 09, 2010
Karl Jean-Louis, project director for Haiti Aid Watchdog (www.haitiaidwatchdog.org), discusses his organization’s attempts to track and monitor the work of NGOs in Haiti and the importance of access to information for Haitian citizens in the wake of the earthquake. (Interviewed June 17, 2010, at the offices of INURED, Delmas, Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Posted on May 06, 2010
Anitra Thorhaug, president of the Greater Caribbean Environment and Energy Foundation and research professor at Yale University, discusses plans for reviving Haitian coastal areas and the wider impact this effort can have on rehabilitating the Haitian environment.
View Anitra Thorhaug’s full, uncut interview on DotSub
Posted on April 20, 2010
Richard Rivette, Exec. VP Marketing for Harbor Homes, discusses the transitional housing needs in Haiti and the serious problems homeless Haitians face if they are not met as quickly as possible. (Filmed at the Sustainable Haiti Conference, Miami Beach, FL, on March 19, 2010).
Posted on April 06, 2010
Charles Clermont, head of temporary shelter efforts for the Haitian Government Commission for Reconstruction, discusses the essential role that Haitians must have in the country’s efforts at rebuilding. (Filmed March 26, 2010 at the University of Miami Haiti Charrette Mid-Workshop Presentation held at The Little Haiti Cultural Center, Miami, Fl.)
Pézé la-a pou kouté video sa-a an Kréyòl.
Posted on April 05, 2010
Herns Marcelin, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Miami and Director of
Interuniversity Institute for Research and Development (INURED) a research and higher education establishment based in Haiti, discusses that challenges Haiti faces in rebuilding its severely damaged system of education.
Posted on March 05, 2010
Rooselvelt Jean-Francois, Fullbright Research Scholar and executive director of CECOSIDA, a Haitian organization that promote HIV and public health issues in Haitian media discusses his experience with communications after the earthquake.
