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Video Clips From The 2011 NATIONAL HAITIAN AMERICAN FORUM:

Our Haitian youth can't go to college "The Haitian Community must talk about the Dream Act" said State Representative Mack Bernard, the first Haitian-American elected to office in Palm Beach County during the 2011 National Haitian American Forum. "I know that when I was in High School some of the kids they didn't know that they couldn't go to college but when they found out that they couldn't go to college, they started acting up." he added.

We thought we were the better of the blackies: During the 2011 National Haitian American Forum Author Lahiny Pierre explains that the Haitian community can no longer consider itself different from the other black folks in America. "Those differences are hurting our community" said Lahiny. " we must link up"




Haitians treated like second class citizens in their own country by foreigners: Lucson Joseph expresses his frustration during the 2011 National Haitian American Forum about the treatment of Haitians in their own land " For years I have been told boat people, Haitian and so forth, I have taken that with a grain of salt and now I am yet a second class citizen in my own country."

Stop ruin the lives of our Haitian young women by impregnating them and leave: Haitian women message to Haitian Diaspora men during the 2011 National Haitian American Forum. "Please stop taking advantage of the weak women in Haiti. Don't go to Haiti and offer them $10 to $20 and leave them with a bady when you know you have way too much bill here in the states and you will not be able to take care of her and the baby." Dr. Avril Madijon

How to invest in Haiti: Marc Saint Clair explains the who, what, where, when and why of investing in Haiti during the segment "Doing Business with Haiti" at the 2011 National Haitian American Forum.

 

 

Child support laws a must for Haiti: The Minister of Culture and Communication, MARIE-LAURENCE JOCELYN LASSEGUE during the 2011 National Haitian American forum explains that there must be child support laws in Haiti to hold men financially responsible for their offsprings. "I want this better world but we must all be responsible, men and women" said the former Minister of Women's Rights and Affairs, MARIE-LAURENCE JOCELYN LASSEGUE

How to start a business in Haiti: Marc Saint Clair, Managing partner at Haiti Ventures LLC draws the road map to get started with your own business in Haiti during the 2011 National Haitian American Forum

 

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