Celebration of Haiti Takes Place on November 14
At Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus
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For Immediate Release
Contact: Alka Gupta and Peg Byron
November, 2002 |
Brooklyn, N.Y. – In anticipation of the 200th
anniversary of Haitian independence, Long Island University's
Brooklyn Campus will host an evening of discussion and entertainment
called "Haitian Bicentennial Prelude."
The event on Thursday, November 14, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., in the
Brooklyn Campus Luntey Commons, is free and open to the public.
"Haitian Bicentennial Prelude" commemorates the
anniversary of the Battle of Vertieres, in which Jean-Jacques
Dessalines's Haitian troops defeated Napoleon's forces in 1803,
leading to the end of French occupation of Haiti.
The event is sponsored by the Brooklyn Campus's Latin American
and Caribbean Studies (LACS) program, in collaboration with the
Haitian Information Center and the Haiti 2004 Initiative.
The evening will open with Haitian community activist and poet
Daniel Simidor describing events leading to Haitian independence
and the early years of the new republic. The Ibo Dancers of Haiti
and Paulette Saint-Lot will present "Haiti Chante et Danse."
Presentations also will be made by Dr. Celia S. Lichtman, acting
chair of LACS, Nicole Falade of the Haiti 2004 initiative, and
sociology and anthropology professor Halbert Barton. A reception
with Haitian cuisine will follow.
For more information about the program, contact the Brooklyn Campus
Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at (718) 488-1252. |
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