EVENT: Edwidge Danticat & Marie St. Cyr on Women's Participation in Rebuilding Haiti

This Wednesday, MADRE is joining a coalition of women's organizations to hold a public event on reconstruction in Haiti.  As over 100 countries will be represented at a New York meeting of donor nations, Haitian and international women's organizations are mobilizing to ensure that women's voices are heard and able to influence a plan to rebuild Haiti in the coming years.  More details are at the end of this blog entry.

Joining us to speak at this event will be Edwidge Danticat, Haitian writer and activist, and Marie St. Cyr, a Haitian human rights advocate and board member for MADRE.  Both women have been longtime staunch women's rights advocates, who are now working to build a new future for their country. 

Edwidge spoke to the Miami Herald a few days after the earthquake, and the video is available here:

Less than three weeks after the earthquake struck, Edwidge also wrote a piece published in the New Yorker about the impact of the earthquake on her family and the loss of her cousin Maxo.  This heartbreaking piece speaks to the tremendous loss that so many Haitians have experienced.

Marie recorded a video message for MADRE members on the one-month anniversary of the earthquake.  In it, she talked about the resilience of the Haitian people and the role of Haitian women.

To hear from both of these women in person, join us at this event.  Here are the details:

Who:

Edwidge Danticat, Haitian writer and activist
Marie St. Cyr, Haitian human rights advocate, and board member for MADRE and the Lambi Fund

When: Wednesday March 31, 1:15pm – 3:00pm
Where: Boss Rm., 8th Floor, Church Center | 44th Street & 1st Ave, New York, NY

To read and sign an open letter to donor nations, click here.

For more information, email madre@madre.org or call 212-627-0444.

Click here to download a flyer for this event.