Canadian Governor General Michaelle Jean, who was born in Haiti, makes an emotional statement in support of the victims of the devastating earthquake. She still has family and friends there, as well as her concern for the Canadian diplomats, missionaries and other aid workers on the island. You can make donations online for the victims of the Haitian earthquake [...]
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Canadian Governor General Michaelle Jean appeal for Haiti
Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Canada, Doctors Without Borders, Haiti, International Committee of the Red Cross, Michaelle Jean, News, World Food Programme, YouTube on January 13, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Restaveks: Haiti’s Child Slaves
Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Child Exploitation, Haiti, Life, News, Restaveks, Slavery on December 3, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I was about to do a post on the continuing Tiger Wood’s saga when I decided to watch BBC World News to get my morning international news information. They did a piece on Haiti’s child slaves known as “Restaveks”, (read news report here). I wonder what they would think of our fascination and insatiable hunger for daily gossip on the [...]
Bits and Bytes
Posted in Activism, African-Americans, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, AIDS, Geopolitics, Haiti, HIV, Hunger, Iran, Life, United Nations on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
TheLoop21.com and the Magic Johnson Foundation have teamed up for an online AIDS awareness campaign this summer called Stop Black AIDS. Visit the site to get involved and participate in online discussions, read enlightening and thought-provoking articles (I found “the racial politics of AIDS” very informative), get their logo for your blog and sign the petition to [...]
The Only Black Family On The Titanic
Posted in African Diaspora, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Black History, Europe, Haiti, History, Joseph Phillippe Lemercier Laroche, Knowledge, Life, Racism, Titanic on June 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Thanks to Adrianne for sharing this untold moment of Black history with the googlegroup. Click on the image to read about their saga.
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