NEW YORK, March 31, 2010 – Haitian-Americans United for Progress (HAUP) will receive the NY Mets Spirit Award on April 7, 2010 in recognition of its achievements and service to the Haitian community over the last 34 years. On this occasion HAUP will launch a unique partnership with Queen’s renowned baseball team which includes:
• Celebrating Haitian Heritage Night on the 2nd game of the baseball season at Citi Field. This year, the NY Mets are scheduled to play their second game against the Florida Marlins.
• Providing HAUP with 100 percent of the sale of tickets entrusted to HAUP. The charitable gifts will support local and on the ground relief efforts.
• HAUP, Verizon, NYC District 27 Councilman Leroy Comrie, and NYS District 10 Senator Shirley L. Huntley – will be on the field for a pre-game presentation of the Mets Spirit Award.
• The Experience at Sacred Heart of Jesus Roman Catholic Church – a musical group co-founded by Elsie Accilien, and composer/songwriter Michael Capobianco — will perform the American National Anthem.
• Grammy Nominee and Heavytone Entertainment Group Recording Artist, Katia Cadet – will throw the opening pitch of the game.
• Citi Field will provide several HAUP information tables throughout the field, where HAUP representatives will provide resources about their organization and how spectators can help raise funds for Haiti relief.
Tickets are available. Call 718 527 3776 x 17 or 347 327 8500 to order through HAUP.
Dear Friends,
We are gearing up for an important mobilization this Sunday, March 21st and we need your help. President Obama promised an immigration reform bill that provides a common-sense solution for our broken immigration system, one that provides a path to citizenship for the nation’s undocumented and serves the national interest.
But it’s getting late in the game, the administration has actually expanded the failed enforcement-only approach of the Bush administration, and the opportunity could well be lost to set things right if we don’t act now. While Washington dithers, millions suffer. On March 21st, 100,000 immigrants and their allies will march on Washington to say to the White House and Congress, Enough Beltway gridlock! Enough political double-speak! Immigration reform now! Demonstrate the courage that change demands!
Buses will be leaving HAUP on 221-05 Linden Boulevard at 7:30 AM and leaving DC after the Rally around 5:00 PM
MARCH 21, 2010
Washington, DC
The March for America
Change Takes Courage!
COUNTDOWN
# of days to the March on Washington: 28
# of buses New York will send: 200
# of riders on those buses: 10,000
- Cost per rider, in dollars: 30
WHY
# of deportations annually: 350,000
# of immigrants detained annually: 400,000
# of families and communities torn apart: Innumerable
- Percent increase in the rate of deportation in the first year of the Obama administration: 18
- Projected benefit to our national economy if we pass immigration reform: $1.5 Trillion increase in gross domestic product
- The value of having the President fulfill his promise and a Congress that actually gets things done: Priceless
We need your help!
A mobilization of this scope doesn’t come easily. Won’t you help us show the White House and Congress that we mean business and the nation won’t accept continued DC inaction?
To Donate: You can sponsor a bus ($1,500 per bus) or a number riders ($30 per rider).
For more information and to register, please call Yolette at 718-527-3776 x 16.
Mr. Paraison’s visit was a success! The Minister was very impressed with the dialogue and the turnout! This is great for the future of HAUP and for the Cambria Heights, NY community as a whole. Thank you to everyone who supported our event.
TPS CLINIC AT HAUP
WITH THE ASSISTANCE
OF ATTORNEYS FROM
CUNY SCHOOL OF LAW
SATURDAY, MARCH 13 , 2010
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
APPOINTMENTS PREFERRED
WALK INS WELCOME
FOR APPOINTMENTS AND INFORMATION PLEASE CALL:
718-527-3776
HEALTH PLUS WILL ALSO BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR INFORMATION AND ENROLLMENT
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 – We are pleased to announce that Haitian-Americans United for Progress, Inc. has been selected as the Haitian community organization which Mr. Edwin Paraison, Minister of Haitians Living Abroad, will visit today at 2pm. HAUP is located at 221-05 Linden Boulevard, Cambria Heights, NY 11411.
WE ARE INVITING YOU TO BE PART OF THIS DIALOGUE.
KINDLY CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE BY CALLING SOPHIE CHERY-DORVAL AT 718 527 3776 X 17.
This is the first visit of a high Haitian government official to NYC. His portfolio includes facilitating Haitian Diaspora involvement and investment in Haiti either through for-profit or non-profit initiatives. The Diaspora and its allies have responded generously to the emergency. Support is needed
for the long term, and greater involvement of Diaspora is crucial to Haiti’s future.
Paraison, who became Diaspora Minister in November 2009, is an Anglican priest, diplomat and human rights advocate. He resided for more than 26 years in the Dominican Republic, where from 1986 to 1994 Mr. Paraison served
as the Director of the Anglican Church’s Haiti division.
In 1994, he received the prestigious “Anti Slavery Award” from Anti-Slavery International (ASI) in recognition of long-standing efforts to promote the
rights and welfare of Haitian migrant workers in the sugar cane fields of the Dominican Republic.
As a career diplomat, Mr. Paraison served at various levels for nine consecutive years, including in the position of Consul General in Dominican Republic in 2004.
In 2005, Mr. Paraison created the “Fundacion Zile” to promote cooperation and solidarity between Haiti and Dominican Republic. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Paraison served as the representative of the Haitian Diaspora for the Caribbean and Latin America in the committee for National Dialogue set up by the transitional government.
Haitian-Americans United for Progress wishes to express heartfelt sympathies and prayers to the people of Turkey.
Haitian Heritage Night on April 7, 2010, co-hosted by HAUP, has been added to the NY Mets calendar, and can be viewed here: http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/schedule/themedates.jsp
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