Enter your search terms then press the return/enter key to submit your query. / A powerful new film out of Haiti is creating Oscar buzz and bringing members of the Haitian community together, from as far away as Northeastern’s Boston campus.Set in 2018 amid violent unrest, FREDA follows Freda, an outspoken young woman living with
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As local residents with Haitian roots watch the political crisis unfold from afar, they are asking American friends and neighbors not to rush to judgment about Haiti and allow it time to come to terms with the assassination of the president Jovenel Moïse on July 7, and the unrest it engendered.
“My body and mind could not accept that this happened,” said Jeantilus Geddis, a teacher at the Immigrant Learning Center in Malden. “This is a crime that is beyond hatred, beyond politics. Even if you don’t like the president, it is not right to kill the president.”
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May 7, 2021
Boston is home to one of the largest populations of Haitian immigrants in the United States and became the first City to celebrate May as Haitian Heritage Month in 1998.
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This month-long celebration grew from the Haitian Flag Day on May 18, a nationally recognized day in Haiti, the U.S., and throughout the Diaspora. In years past, Haitian Flag Day was commemorated in Boston with a parade along Blue Hill Avenue through Dorchester and Mattapan.
The Haitian community in Boston is incredibly active, with several community organizations based here, including Haitian Americans United, Association of Haitian Women in Boston, Haitian American Public Health Initiatives, Inc., the Haitian Nurses Association (HNA), the Boston Haitian Reporter, as well as over 100 small businesses.