{"id":1220,"date":"2022-02-03T14:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/clacx\/?page_id=1220"},"modified":"2022-03-08T20:52:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T20:52:43","slug":"haitiweek2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/clacx\/haitiweek2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Haiti Week 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

February 22-24, 2022<\/h1>\n

Join us for the 6th annual Vanderbilt Haiti Week! Programs will feature scholars from Oberlin College and Vanderbilt University, as well as the Vanderbilt Caribbean Student Association. Haiti Week 2022 events will be a mix of in-person and virtual programming, and are open to both the Vanderbilt community and the public.<\/p>\n

Haiti Week 2022 is sponsored by the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies (CLACX<\/a>), the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center (BCC<\/a>), the Center for Second Language Studies (CSLS<\/a>), and the Caribbean Student Association (CSA<\/a>).<\/p>\n

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22<\/h4>\n

\"\"Haiti, Law, and Immigration<\/strong><\/em>
\n12:30 – 1:30 p.m. CST | In-Person<\/strong>
\nBlack Cultural Center Auditorium, Vanderbilt University<\/p>\n

View Program Recording<\/a><\/p>\n

Haiti Week 2022 kicks off with this virtual talk by Judith Clerjeune (Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition<\/a>) on Haitian immigration, moderated by Jes\u00fas Ruiz<\/a> (National Academy of Sciences Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow). As TIRRC’s Campaigns and Advocacy Director, Clerjeune leads the organization’s policy priorities and campaign initiatives, advancing strategic national, statewide, and local campaigns around issues that impact immigrant and refugee communities. Read Clerjeune’s recent article for The Tennessean<\/em><\/a> on Haitian asylum seekers.<\/p>\n

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23<\/h4>\n

\"\"Haiti Fights Back: A Conversation with Yveline Alexis<\/strong><\/em>
\n12:30 – 1:30 p.m. CST | Virtual<\/strong>
\nView Program Recording<\/a><\/p>\n

Yveline Alexis<\/a> will discuss her award-winning new book Haiti Fights Back: The Life and Legacy of Charlemagne P\u00e9ralte<\/em> with moderator Gretchen Selcke, Assistant Director of CLACX. Dr. Alexis is an Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Comparative American Studies at Oberlin College. Her work was recently awarded the Haitian Studies Association Book Prize and was selected the Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year.<\/p>\n

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Rhythm n’ Bounce<\/i><\/b>
\n6:30 – 7:30 p.m. CST | In-Person<\/strong>
\nBlack Cultural Center, Vanderbilt University<\/em><\/p>\n

Join Vanderbilt’s Caribbean Students Association (CSA) for this special celebration of Haitian culture, featuring traditional Haitian dancing and food! View Event Poster<\/a><\/p>\n

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24<\/h4>\n

\"\"Krey<\/em>\u00f2<\/em>l and Kremas<\/em><\/strong>
\n4:00 – 5:00 p.m. CST | In-Person<\/strong>
\nCenter for Second Language Studies, Furman Hall 001, Vanderbilt University<\/em><\/p>\n

Vanderbilt Ph.D. student Danielle Dorvil (Vanderbilt Spanish and Portuguese, Center for Second Language Studies) presents this special introduction to Haitian culture and beginner\u2019s conversation class in Haitian Creole! Dorvil will also lead participants in a mixing demonstration and tasting of the traditional Haitian krema, a sweet beverage often enjoyed at celebrations and holidays in Haiti. View Recipe<\/a><\/p>\n

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Download the Haiti Week 2022 Poster<\/a><\/p>\n

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