THAC hosts Haiti discussion in Toronto.
Just five days before a magnitude 7 earthquake hit Haiti, an American and Canadian human rights/social justice delegation was finishing up an 11-day fact-finding mission. During their delegation, they met with grassroots groups, victims of violence, human rights leaders, and even visited the prison.
"Radio interview discussing the social and historical context in which a perfectly natural disaster has become a social disaster of epic proportions - with investigative journalist and filmmaker Kevin Pina of the Haiti Information Project and B.C. Holmes from the Toronto Haiti Action Committee who just returned from Haiti days before the quake.
EXAGERATED REPORTS OF LOOTING THREATEN VICTIMS
January 19, 2010
For immediate release
The Canada Haiti Action Network is deeply concerned about the militarization of the relief efforts in Haiti and exaggerated reporting of ‘looting’ and violence. This increases the danger of violent treatment of the victims of the earthquake.
Please join the Toronto Haiti Action Committee at our next planning meeting.
New members, or anyone interested in learning more about the work of our committee are welcome to attend.
Where: OISE (252 Bloor Street West) Room 8-104
URGENT APPEAL FOR THE PEOPLE OF HAITI From the Canada Haiti Action Network http://canadahaitiaction.ca/
January 14, 10 Two days ago at 5 pm local time, a powerful magnitude-7 earthquake struck in Haiti. It was centred near the capital city Port-au-Prince and has caused massive destruction. The Canada Haiti Action Network urges Canadians and others around the world to contribute generously to emergency relief.
You can contribute to the Haitian Red Cross through its international partners in the International Red Cross.
Contributions are tax deductible.
This article was published on guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 13 January 2010.
Any large city in the world would have suffered extensive damage from an earthquake on the scale of the one that ravaged Haiti's capital city on Tuesday afternoon, but it's no accident that so much of Port-au-Prince now looks like a war zone. Much of the devastation wreaked by this latest and most calamitous disaster to befall Haiti is best understood as another thoroughly man made outcome of along and ugly historical sequence.
Wanted: Surgeons, nurses, and other medical personnel to help in Haiti
We are deeply grateful for the multitude of people who have contacted us wanting to provide medical assistance. As patients flood to our sites from Port-au-Prince, we're finding ourselves in need of both medical personnel and supplies. In particular, we need surgeons (especially trauma/orthopedic surgeons), ER doctors and nurses, and full surgical teams (including anesthesiologists, scrub and post-op nurses, and nurse anesthetists).
Many people will have heard the tragic news that on Tuesday, January 13 Haiti was hit by a devastating 7.0 earhtquake. Information on the suffering and damage are only just coming in with reports of massive destruction and possibly thousands killed. The Toronto Haiti Action Committee recognizes that this is a critical time for our solidarity. We will be gathering information in the coming days and will post updates on how people who wish to make donations for emergency relief can funnel their aid to grassroots movements in Haiti.
For donations consider:
The United Nations' says "good reasons" for banning Haiti's largest political party
December 28, 2009-- The Canada Haiti Action Network expresses its grave concern at the November 26 decision by Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (Conseil électoral provisoire--CEP) to exclude the Fanmi Lavalas party from planned elections to take place on February 28, 2010. On that date, Haiti will hold elections for 98 of 99 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and ten seats of its 30-seat Senate.
Join the Toronto Haiti Action Committee and Students in Solidarity with Haiti for a free public lecture and discussion on the important lessons learned from Canada's criminal intervention in Haiti.
Featuring Yves Engler - activist, author and journalist.
AT RYERSON STUDENT CAMPUS CENTRE, THOMAS LOUNGE (55 GOULD STREET) ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 STARTING AT 7:00 PM
