HAITI AND US: How Do U.S. People of Faith Support Haiti and Haitians?
| April 18, 2010 | ||
| 12:30 PM | to | 2:00 PM |
The Immigration & New Sanctuary and Adult Education Committees Invite You to a Special Discussion
HAITI AND US: How Do U.S. People of Faith Support Haiti and Haitians?
Sunday, April 18, 2010 from 12:30-2:00 p.m.
Haiti’s devastating earthquake has put the western hemisphere’s poorest country in the headlines for the first time in years. During those years, U.S. people of faith have worked quietly behind the scenes to provide aid and support Haitian people-to-people projects, including First Presbyterian Church’s 2009 Mission Service Trip to Cap-Haïtien. How have these efforts been effective, and how not? How does Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants affect rebuilding efforts in Haiti as well as communities here in New York? What responsibility do we bear regarding the role of U.S. foreign policy in Haiti’s continuing poverty?
Please join the Immigration & New Sanctuary Committee and the Adult Education Committee for a special forum. Speakers will include a Haitian-American faith community leader, a Haitian-American organizer and a Presbyterian solidarity writer and activist. The panel will be moderated by Richard Korchak of FPC’s Mission Service Committee, who will also present an update on the Cap-Haïtien project.
