People have found an inner fortitude, a reserve of compassion and dedication that was released by the quake, a river of courage that spills from their hearts, and every day people traumatized by loss are engaging in extraordinary acts of kindness.
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Cap Haitien,
Cite Soliel,
community organizers,
Dodo Dol,
extraordinary acts of kindness,
Father Gerry,
Father Jean-Juste,
general hospital,
Haiti and Latin America,
Haiti earthquake,
Jean Ristil,
Jess Lozier,
Port au Prince,
Rea Dol,
Romiel,
Sasha Kramer,
solidarity,
SOPUDEP,
St. Claire’s church,
Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL),
Ti Plaz Kazo
“The doctors (in the Dominican Republic) are cutting off EVERYTHING: arms, legs, toes, feet, fingers. You have a cut or a wound and they just cut off the limbs. The people returning from the DR are always missing a limb. They are doubly traumatized and more depressed.”
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anti-diarrhea,
antibiotics,
baby food,
Carl Telemaque,
Croix-des-Bouquets,
Dr. Lassegue from AMHE at General Hospital,
Ezili Dantò,
Father Jean-Juste,
Haiti and Latin America,
Haiti earthquake,
Haitian Lawyers' Leadership Network,
hygienic kits,
Li Lavoix,
Marguerite Laurent,
medicine to stop blood clots,
milk,
Port au Prince,
St. Claire,
tents,
water
On July 23 the Prisoners of Conscience Committee (POCC) kicked off the “You Can Kill a Revolutionary … But You Can’t Kill the Revolution Tour” in Oakland, California, the birthplace of the Black Panther Party.
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"Uncle Bobby",
Akua Njeri,
Defense Captain Mark Clark,
Deondre Brunston,
Deputy Chairman Fred Hampton,
Dominique DiPrima,
Donte Story,
Dr. Margaret Burroughs,
Father Jean-Juste,
Haiti Action Committee,
Illinois,
Jack Bryson,
KJLH’s “Front Page”,
Lavalas,
Leimert Park,
Los Angeles,
Lovelle Mixon,
Melvin Newton,
Minister Huey P. Newton,
Mos Def,
Njumbe,
Oakland,
Oscar Grant,
Parnell Smith,
POCC Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.,
POCC Minister of Information JR,
self-determination,
Shukura Sentwalli,
Stevie Wonder,
Texas,
the 40th anniversary,
the annual Chairman Fred Hampton birthday celebration,
the Black Dot,
the Black Panther Party,
the December 4th Committee,
the Kaos Network,
the Oakland Rebellions,
the POCC’s Code of Culture,
The Prisoners Of Conscience Committee (POCC),
West Oakland,
“Ghetto Manifesto Listening Party”,
“Massacre on Monroe”,
“Operation Small Axe”,
“The Assassination of Chairman Fred”
The young man who appears to have been gunned down by U.N. occupation troops after a funeral last month received an all but secret funeral himself on July 14 in Port-au-Prince because the priest and family were fearful of U.N. and Haitian government reprisals.
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Canadian occupation forces,
Chapelle Paradis,
Delmas 31,
Delmas cemetery,
Dr. Rodrigue Darang,
Father Gerard Jean-Juste,
Father Jean-Juste,
French,
Haiti and Latin America,
Haiti Liberte,
Kenel Pascal,
Ketchine Joseph,
Kim Ives,
Lavarice Gaudin,
Léogane,
Michele Montas,
Petionville,
Port au Prince,
President Rene Préval,
St. Pierre Church,
Tele-Ginen,
the 94th anniversary of the 1915 U.S. Marine occupation,
The Catholic Church,
the Justice Ministry,
The MINUSTAH,
the United Nations Mission to Stabilize Haiti (MINUSTAH),
U.N. officials,
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon,
U.N. troops,
U.S.,
Veye Yo
Port au Prince, Haiti (Haiti Action.net) – Brazilian soldiers with the U.N. occupation in Haiti (known as MINUSTAH) killed a young man from the neighborhood of Solino immediately after the funeral of Father Gerard Jean Juste June 18 as he was getting ready to board a bus leaving with the cortège headed to the town of Cavaillon, Haiti.
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Cavaillon,
Denis Fernand of Bel-Air,
Fanmi Lavalas,
Father Jean-Juste,
former President Jean Bertrand Aristide,
former U.S. President Bill Clinton,
Haiti and Latin America,
Miami,
MINUSTAH,
Port au Prince,
Randall White,
the National Palace,
the Prèval government,
The U.N.,
Veye Yo,
“gang” leader Komandan Toutou
Grassroots activist Ronald Dauphin, a supporter of President Aristide, was arrested by armed paramilitary troops on March 1, 2004 – the day after U.S. officials forced Aristide into exile. Mr. Dauphin has spent five years in jail without having been convicted of any crime.
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'La Scierie massacre',
Annette Auguste,
Bel Air,
Beriberi,
Father Jean-Juste,
Haiti Action Committee,
Kolektif Fanmi Prizonye Politik,
MINUSTAH,
National Lawyers Guild,
political prisoners,
Port au Prince,
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
Prime Minister Neptune,
Rene Civil,
Ronald Dauphin,
U.N. Mission to Stabilize Haiti
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