Haiti Insight Volume 8, No. 1

Announcements

Immigrant Services in New Jersey

The Cross-Cultural Counseling Center of the International Institute of New Jersey offers a variety of services to Haitian immigrants and refugees, including confidential, individual, group, or family counseling. Medicaid or private insurance is required. Counselors are credentialed mental health professionals and fluent in Creole. Programs include legal assistance, resettlement, vocational services, English instruction, and citizenship classes. For further information, contact Dr. Beverly Pincus, International Institute of New Jersey, 880 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306. Tel: (201) 653-3888. Fax: (201) 963-0252.

New Book

"Reflections of Loko Miwa," by Lilas Desquiron, University Press of Virginia, translated from the French by Robin Orr Bodkin, 232 pp., cloth: $55 (ISBN: 0-8139-1752-2), paperback: $16.95 (ISBN: 0-8139-1753-0). A novel set in the author's hometown of Jeremie, Haiti before the Vespers massacre of 1964. "This is a dissertation on class and color in Haiti the likes of nothing I've ever read in the scholars...(and delves) into the place of Voodoo in everyday life," wrote reviewer Bob Corbett. To order, call (804) 924-3468.

New Report

"Assembly Factories in Haiti: A Wage of Sacrifice," prepared by the Christian Peacemaker Teams of Chicago. Based on a CPT trip to Haiti last December. Includes stories of workers and organizers, as well as interviews with Haitian government officials, economists, factory owners, U.S. embassy officials, and pastors. The report can be located on the Internet at: http://www.prairienet.org/cpt/, or by writing PO Box 6508, Chicago, IL 60680. Tel: 312-455-1199. E-mail: cpt@igc.org.

Toussaint Louverture Foundation

The Toussaint Louverture Foundation of Miami has launched a campaign to open a library that will help the Haitian community in southern Florida retain its cultural heritage while "assimilating into the American melting pot." Please mail appropriate books and other reading materials, as well as financial donations, to Camille Gauthier, TLF, P.O. Box 960015, Miami, FL 33296-0015.

How to Become a Citizen & Homeowner

Fannie Mae, a private home mortgage company, and the New York Immigration Coalition have released an easy-to-read guide on becoming a U.S. citizen and a homeowner. For a copy of the New Americans Guide in English or Creole, call (800) 688-4663.

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