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Haitian Embassy Website In Serious Need of Innovation

By Bryan Schaaf on Monday, December 17, 2007.

Websites do more than give information.  They tell stories.   Unfortunately, the website of the Haitian Embassy in Washington DC is not doing a good job of conveying, what is one of the most interesting histories in the Western Hemisphere. 

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Solidarity or Slavery? Finding Solutions for Restaveks (Denise Green)

By Bryan Schaaf on Monday, December 17, 2007.
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We should be discussing the Restavek situation in Haiti.  It is neither new or a simple issue.  A restavek (comes from the phrase 'to stay with') is a child who is sent from one family to live with another family.  Considering Haiti's history as  the only people to lead a successful slave rebellion for independence, discussing restaveks can be a sensitive issue.  However, I believe that we must.  

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