1:00-3:00 PM Room LLC 116

Greetings: Celia S.Lichtman, Ph.D. Chair

Film screening Commentator: Dr. Steve Coupeau

• Black Sugar: The National Film Board of Canada and The Indiana Universiy
• BBC Documentary: The situation of the Haitian migrant workers in the sugar cane plantations.
• Birth Right Crisis Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees.
• Expelled Columbia University Human Rights Clinic and the National Council for Haitian Rights.
• Jerry Philogene speak to Edwidge Danticat about the 1937, 30'000 Haitian migrant workers massacre, A Paper Tiger Production.

3:00-5:45 PM Room LLC 116

Panel Discussion Moderator: Mario Pierre

• The Case of the Haitian Worker: Lionel Legros The Haitian Information and Documentation Center.
• Decree of the O.E.A International Court on Human Rights violations.
• Keynote Speaker: Sonia Pierre Mudha (the Movement of Haitian-Dominican Women).
• The Diaspora and Approaches to a Resolution: Attorney Julissa Reynoso.
• Racism as a tool of exploitation of Haitians in the Dominican Republic. Dr. Wilson Spencer, Human Rights Activist

6:00-9:00 PM Triangle Theater

Cultural performance and reception (Bonga and Voodoo Drums of Haiti)

Contact: Prof. Nicole Falade: (718)-488-1252
The Haitian Student Association: (718)-488-1594
Haitian information center: (718)-284-0889

Students may register for a one credit course Spanish 215 or French 215

Sponsored by: the Haitian Student Association in collaboration with the Foreign Languages&Literature Department , the Haitian Information and Documentation Center and the Haiti 2004 Initiative.

Co-Sponsors: Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program, Political Sciences, Music, Social Work,Theater and Media Arts Departments.

Special Thanks to: the Office of the Provost, the Dean of Conolly College, Dean Walker ,S.G.A and The Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees.

This event is free and open to the public