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Posted on Mar 08, 2010 by Kentucky Interfaith Taskforce on Latin America and the Caribbean

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Message*	How Haiti Became Poor: Talk and Film <a href="http://ptjn.org/actions/?id=4325">http://ptjn.org/actions/?id=4325</a> Haiti: From Riches to Rags <br /> How Haiti Became Poor <br /> <br /> Film. Discussion. Culture. <br /> With a special presentation by <br /> Stephen Bartlett <br /> <br /> Friday, March 12, 2010<br /> 7:00-9:00 pm<br /> St. Francis High School<br /> 233 West Broadway <br /> Use 3rd street entrance north of Broadway<br /> Free and easy parking at St. Francis Parking ramp—<br /> 3rd Street entrance, second floor “Visitors Parking”<br /> <br /> In February, Stephen Bartlett, under the auspices of the organization, Agricultural Missions, traveled to Haiti to bring support to the networks of small farmer associations and rural groups in Haiti who are faced with the challenge of feeding and integrating the influx of displaced people from Port au Prince and its surroundings. Their plan was to assess and plan long term response to the crisis. This trip has been planned in coordination with Dominican farmer and Haitian solidarity organizations. They traveled over the mountains to reach rural communities not directly suffered from the earthquake, but which have been generous in sharing the little they have with those who have been injured and displaced and have fled Port-au-Prince for the countryside. Don’t miss this presentation which will educate and advocate for continuing partnership with Haiti’s rural communities. <br /> Also that night: Screening and discussion of the video, Haiti’s Piggy Bank<br /> In 1980, The United States, desperate to protect its own industry from swine flu, pressured Haiti to kill its pigs. The Haitian Creole Pig was eradicated. Already among the poorest people on earth, Haitian peasants faced a degree of impoverishment they had not known in decades. This powerful video tells the story of an American non-profit development organization, Grassroots International, joining forces with the National Peasant Movement of Papaye, to reintroduce the Creole pig to the Haitian countryside. <br /> <br /> More information<br /> Stephen Bartlett<br /> 502-896-9171
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Date(s): Fri, Mar 12th, 2010

Time: 07:00 pm

Haiti: From Riches to Rags
How Haiti Became Poor

Film. Discussion. Culture.
With a special presentation by
Stephen Bartlett

Friday, March 12, 2010
7:00-9:00 pm
St. Francis High School
233 West Broadway
Use 3rd street entrance north of Broadway
Free and easy parking at St. Francis Parking ramp—
3rd Street entrance, second floor “Visitors Parking”

In February, Stephen Bartlett, under the auspices of the organization, Agricultural Missions, traveled to Haiti to bring support to the networks of small farmer associations and rural groups in Haiti who are faced with the challenge of feeding and integrating the influx of displaced people from Port au Prince and its surroundings. Their plan was to assess and plan long term response to the crisis. This trip has been planned in coordination with Dominican farmer and Haitian solidarity organizations. They traveled over the mountains to reach rural communities not directly suffered from the earthquake, but which have been generous in sharing the little they have with those who have been injured and displaced and have fled Port-au-Prince for the countryside. Don’t miss this presentation which will educate and advocate for continuing partnership with Haiti’s rural communities.
Also that night: Screening and discussion of the video, Haiti’s Piggy Bank
In 1980, The United States, desperate to protect its own industry from swine flu, pressured Haiti to kill its pigs. The Haitian Creole Pig was eradicated. Already among the poorest people on earth, Haitian peasants faced a degree of impoverishment they had not known in decades. This powerful video tells the story of an American non-profit development organization, Grassroots International, joining forces with the National Peasant Movement of Papaye, to reintroduce the Creole pig to the Haitian countryside.

More information
Stephen Bartlett
502-896-9171