Association of Haitian Women in Boston

Events, News and Links

Information

Stop Porn Culture: Women in The Congo Need Our Help

Upcoming Events

2008 Haitian Heritage Month Celebration

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Please be reminded that AFAB counts on your support for a successful year. Below are the dates (months) of our major events for 2008:

• International Women's Day Event on Saturday, March 8, 2008
• The Haitian Parade on Sunday, May 18, 2008
• Annual Clergy Breakfast in June 2008
• Annual Domestic Violence Forum in August 2008
• Our 20th Anniversary/12th Annual Dinner Celebration on October 18, 2008

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International Women's Day Event

Protecting Ourselves

Come and Commemorate International Women's Day with AFAB

Saturday, March 8, 2008
5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
at The Great Hall
6 Norfolk Street
Dorchester, MA

Guest Speaker: Dr. Michele David
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of Community Health Programs for Excellence in Women's Health at BUMC and Co-Director of Haitian Health Institute

Workshops:
What a Woman Should Know to Protect Herself
The Effects of Violence, Immigration and Poverty on Mental Health
Nutrition and Fitness

Special Performance by Derline Fevrius

To RSVP, call AFAB at (617) 287-0096

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Past Events

Action Alert and Update: DREAM Act Needs Your Help! - 10/27/07
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Little Rock Nine - 10/24/07
The Haitian Roundtable on Domestic Violence - August 18, 2007
National Mobilization for Children and Families (6/19/07)
Celebrate the MIRA Coalition's 20th Anniversary (5/21/07)
The Haitian Roundtable On Domestic Violence (6/9/07)
Protest Statement Regarding Sonia Pierre (French pdf, English pdf)
Fall 2006 Newsletter (pdf)
International Women's Day Declaration (English pdf, French pdf)

Boston Adult Literacy Fund awards AFAB's ESOL program

January 2003 - AFAB co-presents the documentary, Profit and Nothing But directed by Raoul Peck as a part of the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival 2003

Spring 2002 - AFAB receives grant award from Boston Women's Fund

February 2002 - AFAB signs Coalition Letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft on BIA Regulatory Changes

September 2002 - cosigned An Open Letter to the Maintenance Contractors of New England by the Massachusetts Workers' Rights Board

2001 - Public Welfare Foundation awards AFAB a two-year grant of $100,000 for its immigration and refugee work

July 2001 - Wellesley College's Office of Equal Opportunity contributes to AFAB

2000 - Public Welfare Foundation awards AFAB a grant of $25,000 for its immigration and refugee work

September 2000 - AFAB on of the finalist in Craiglist Foundation Nonprofit Venture forum

April 1999 - AFAB helped develop the Haitian Roundtable on Domestic Violence

Useful Links

BBC Caribbean - Caribbean News Service

Boston Haitian Reporter - online newspaper

Everything Haitian - portal site for Haitian culture and news

HaitiXchange - portal site for Haitian culture and news

Haiti Progres - Haitian news offered in Creole, French and English