Haiti Flag Week 2010

Monday, May 17, 2010 to Monday, May 24, 2010
 

Monday, MAY 17
1:00-3:00 pm
An Nou Pale / Let’s Mingle!
Flag Week Opening Ceremony. Free Haitian Food!
Co-sponsored by Black Student Union and Black Pioneers Renaissance Organization
Student Resource Building Patio
7:00-8:30 pm
Poets for Haiti
Fundraiser for the UCSB Haiti Relief Fund
Downtown Santa Barbara Central Library, Faulkner Gallery
Tuesday MAY 18
4:00-6:00 pm
Voices from Haiti
Panel discussion featuring spoken word artist Gina Athena Ulysse, journalist Anne-Christine d’Adesky, Professor Claudine Michel, Dr. Nadège Clitandre, and Professor Clyde Woods
MultiCultural Center Theater
7:00-8:30 pm
Because When God Is Too Busy Haiti, Me & the World
Performance by Gina Athena Ulysse
MultiCultural Center Theater
Wednesday, MAY 19
12:00 noon
A Haitian Journalist’s Perspective
Brown bag discussion with journalist Anne-Christine d’Adesky
Light refreshments will be provided.
Center for Black Studies, 4603 South Hall
3:00-4:00 pm
Stories of Trauma, Stories of Will by Gina Athena Ulysse
Sponsored by the Women’s Center
Student Resource Building Multipurpose Room
Thursday MAY 20
5:00-7:00
Tèt Ansam / Heads together: How UC Students Can Help Haiti
A report from the UC Haiti Summit, by Lukmaan Bawazer, Mary Dinh, Claudine Michel, Eziaku Nwokocha, Nicolas Alberto Pascal. Free pizza!
Co-sponsored by the Human Right Council and Engineers Without Borders
Bren Hall 1414
Monday MAY 24
5:00 pm
Brent Moellenberg, Engineers Without Borders: Update from Haiti
Brent Moellenberg is a member of Engineers Without Borders-San Francisco and has been working on solar lighting projects in the Bayonnais Valley for several years.  He is now working with WE CARE Solar as Director of Haiti Operations. Co-sponsored by Engineers Without Borders.
ESB 2001