Haiti relief events


Coming up

 

Kenbe La: Where Are We Now?
Date: November 3, 2011
Time: 6:00-9:30p.m.
Location: FIU BBC, Wolfe University Center Ballroom

 

TAG Team events scheduled during Haitian Heritage Week (May 14-20) will include the following four events listed below. In order to donate please click here.

Centro Cultural Espanol – Kids from the Spanish Cultural Center’s youth programs join forces with the TAG Team
Date and Time: Saturday, May 14, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: Centro Cultural Espanol, located at 800 Douglas Road in Coral Gables

Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity and Overtown Youth Center – Thirty youths who are part of the Overtown Youth Center Afterschool program join forces with FIU’s Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity and our TAG Outreach Team
Date and Time: Monday, May 16, from 4 to 6 p.m.
Location: Overtown Youth Center, 450 NW 14th Street in Miami

Adorn Sneakers – On Haitian Flag Day, more than 20 adolescents, who currently participate in the Institute of Black Family Life’s pre-trial juvenile detention diversion program, will join forces with FIU’s TAG Team to adorn new pairs of sneakers with original artistic designs.
Date and Time: Wednesday, May 18, from 4 to 6 p.m.
Location: Institute of Black Family Life – Miami Gardens Neighborhood Center, located at 16405 Northwest 25th Avenue in Opa Locka

Big Night in Little Haiti – Children from Little Haiti neighborhood schools join forces with the Little Haiti Cultural Center and TAG Outreach Team to celebrate Big Night in Little Haiti festivities 
Date and Time: Friday, May 20, from 6 to 9 p.m.
Location: Little Haiti Cultural Center, located at 260 N.E. 59th Terrace in Miami 

For more information contact Kelly Brady-Rumble at 305-348-0253.

In the past

TAG Project Celebration
Date: April 8, 2011
Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Graham Center Gallery

Egalité for All:  Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution
Date:  February 17, 2011
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Little Haiti Cultural Center, 260 N.E. 59 Terrace in Miami

Haiti in Distress: The Impact of the 2010 Earthquake on Citizen Lives and Perceptions
Date:  January 28, 2011
Time: 12 p.m.
Location: FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Academic Health Center (AHC3), Room 205

Update: FIU Commemorates the Anniversary of the Earthquake in Haiti One Year Later
Date: January 10, 2011 through January 31, 2011 – art exhibits; January 12, 2011 – various events 
For more information please click on hyperlink or contact the Division of External Relations at 305-348-7235.

The Nutcracker
Date:  December 15, 2010
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Main Stage of the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center

Haiti and Her Dyaspora:  The Politics of Aesthetics and the Aesthetics of Politics
Date:  November 5, 2010
Time and Location:  Discussion begins at 2 p.m. at the FIU Modesto Maidique Campus in the Graham Center Ballrooms. The reception takes place at 6 p.m. at the FIU Graham Center Art Gallery.

Mission to Haiti: Israel’s Relief Efforts after the Earthquake
Date:  November 4, 2010
Time: 7 p.m.
Location:  FIU Biscayne Bay Campus, Mary Ann Wolfe Theater

The Renaissance of Haiti:  A Template for Caribbean Integration
Date:  October 15, 2010
Time:  6:30 p.m.
Location:  FIU College of Law, Room RDB 1100, Modesto A. Maidique Campus, 11200 S.W. 8th Street.
Admission is free and open to the public.

Mission to Haiti:  The US Role in Reconstruction
Date:  September 13, 2010
Time:  2 p.m.
Location: FIU MARC Pavilion, 11200 SW 8th St., Miami

TapTap: Celebrating The Art of Haiti
Date: May 26, 2010 – September 5, 2010
This exhibition is part of a larger project to contribute works lost in the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti and assist in the rebuilding of the island’s cultural and artistic heritage. The exhibition will feature the works by artists of the lost patrimony from The Frost Art Museum’s large collection of Haitian art.

The Magic of Summer Show
Date:  June 9, 2010
Time:  At 6 p.m. there will be a reception and “Up-Close” Magic and at 7 p.m. several stage performances will begin.
To purchase tickets click here.

Haitian Creole and Culture for Professionals
Date:  February 20, 2010 – May 22, 2010 / Saturdays 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Open Registration:  January 5, 2010 through February 15, 2010

$1-per-student campaign to aid Haiti’s recovery
Date:  Campaign Kick-off takes place at noon on May 18, 2010
Location:  Florida International University Modesto A. Maidique Campus, 11200 SW 8th St., Miami, FL, Graham Center Pit

“HAITI PAST AND PRESENT”
Community Forum
Date:  April 16, 2010

Haitian Census Awareness Weekend of Events and Activities, March 26-27
Date: March 26
Time: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location:  Little Haiti Health Center (Census Informational Session)

Date: March 27
Time:  9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Location:  Edison Little River Community Center in Little Haiti (Resource Fair)

“Reconsidering the Roles of Creole and French in the Reconstruction of Haiti”
“French in the United States: Will it survive?”
Date:  March 22, 2010

The Role of Haitian-American Students in the Reconstruction of Haiti by Edwin Paraison
Date: March 10, 2010

FIU Teach-In:  Approaches to Haiti relief and reconstruction
Date:  March 6, 2010
Time:  1pm to 4pm
Please RSVP here.

PechaKucha, Haiti Reconstruction
Date:  February 20, 2010

Zumba for Haiti Fundraiser
Date:  February 20, 2010

The Crisis in Haiti: What Can YOU Do to Help?
Date:  February 19, 2010

TPS Training
Date: Friday, February 6, 2010
Location: RDB 1010, College of Law

Volunteer for Haiti
Date:  January 31, 2010

Training Sessions
The FIU College of Law Immigration and Human Rights Clinic is offering various training sessions on how to assist eligible Haitian nationals applying for Temporary Protected Status. If you are interested in attending please RSVP to Thomas Juliano (tjuli001@fiu.edu ) or Stuart Hartstone (shart003@fiu.edu). Those training sessions available, are as follows, all of which will take place at the Rafael Diaz-Balart Hall:

Date:  January 31, 2010
Time:  2pm – 3pm
Location:  Room 1000 (Large Court Room)
Sunday event depends upon number of RSVPs.
Refreshments will be served.

Date:  January 29, 2010
Time:  5:30pm – 6:30pm
Location:  Room 1000 (Large Court Room)

Date:  January 27, 2010
Time:  2pm – 3pm
Location:  Room 1000 (Large Court Room)

Date:  January 26, 2010
Time:  8:30pm – 9:30pm
Location:  Room 2008

Date:  January 26, 2010
Time:  11am – 12pm
Location:  Room 1000 (Large Court Room)

Hope for Haiti: Doing our Part
Date:  January 20, 2010

FIU Teach-In
Date:  January 16, 2010

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