The Center for Political Education is excited to welcome Dr. Maryse Narcisse of Fanmi Lavalas to the Bay Area on April 23rd. We believe her visit is a important opportunity to be in solidarity with the struggles of the Haitian people. We are very grateful to Haiti Action Committee for organizing this powerful event.
In anticipation of Dr. Narcisse’s visit we offer the following interview with our friend Pierre Labossiere of the Haiti Action Committee on the significance of Dr. Narcisses’s visit. We also offer a study guide we hope can be helpful understanding Haiti and its people’s fight for freedom–past, present, and future. Please check out and share these resources, and please join us in welcome Dr. Dr. Maryse Narcisse to the Bay Area on April 23rd!
Pierre Labossiere on Dr. Maryse Narcisse and the Ongoing Struggle of Fanmi Lavalas
Dr. Maryse Narcisse Event Study Materials
Introductory Materials:
We Will Not Forget: The Achievements of Lavalas by Haiti Action Committee
Democracy Now interview with Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Materials For Further Study:
Eyes of the Heart: Seeking a Path for the Poor in the Age of Globalization by Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Video of Jean-Bertrand Aristide speaking about Eyes of the Heart (April 8, 2000)
”Joyous Victory in a Bitter Time” by Robert Roth
Hidden From the Headlines: The U.S. War Against Haiti by Haiti Action Committee
Deep Dive Materials:
In the Parish of the Poor: Writings from Haiti by Jean-Bertrand Aristide
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L’Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution by CLR James
The Uses of Haiti by Paul Farmer
An Unbroken Agony: Haiti from Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President by Randall Robinson