Haiti Action Committee Event

Haiti Action Committee Event

Wednesday - March 10 - 7:00 PM

Mills College - Oakland


Speakers:

Pierre Labossiere, longtime Haitian Activist and one of the founders of Haiti Action Committee
Voleine Amilcar, Mills college student, native of Haiti and member of the Haiti Action Committee
Tim Suttle, member of Haiti action Committee recently returned from Haiti.

Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2004
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Mills College in the student Union, 5000 MacArthur Blvd.
(Wheelchair accessible)
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Haiti Action Committee, and Mills College French and Francophone Studies, Ethnic Studies departments.


On Tuesday, March 10, at 7:00 pm, Pierre Labossiere, Voleine Amilcar and Tim Suttle will give first hand accounts and analysis of their recent visit to Haiti as delegates who participated in Haitiís Bicentennial celebration. Keynote speaker Pierre Labossiere will discuss the roots of the growing crisis, the connections between the \"Rebels\", Haitian opposition leaders, and how the U.S. failed in supporting democracy in Haiti.