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Round table with MA State Reps Marie St-Fleur & Linda Dorcena Forry, Dr. Marc Zissman, Paul Altidor, Dean Steve Lerman

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010


From left to right: MA State Reps Marie St-Fleur & Linda Dorcena Forry, Dean Steve Lerman, Dr. Marc Zissman, Paul Altidor

Marie St. Fleur: Haiti is in disarray, and its government is not functioning well. It is not only not functioning because of the massive earthquake that has just hit, but because before, funding aid in Haiti has categorically favoured NGOs, leaving the government as secondary in providing help to the citizens. NGOs cannot deal with large scale infrastructure problems the way governments can. The government is not functioning the way it should, and the Haitian government, the Haitian economy and Haitian education needs to start fortifying themselves if this is going to get any better.

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Haiti Relief Round Table Discussion with MA State Reps. Marie St. Fleur and Linda Dorcena Forry

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

The unprecedented challenges facing Haiti after the earthquake on January 12 invite us to analyze foundational aspects of Haitian society as rebuilding projects are being put in place to restore virtually every single component of the country’s infrastructure—physical, health-related educational, socio-economic, political, etc.

This round table, with Massachusetts State Representatives Marie P. St. Fleur and Linda Dorcena Forry (both of whom are Haitian-American), and Prof. Steven Lerman, Vice Chancellor and Dean of Graduate Education will explore the anticipated contributions of research universities in Haiti’s rebuilding efforts and how these contributions will bear on these universities’ traditional missions of research and teaching. Both state representatives represent districts in Boston and have been instrumental as leaders in working with the Haitian community and the Mayor’s office to support the local Haitian community in Boston.

The round table will be moderated by Dr. Dale Joachim and will take place at 2:00pm, Wednesday, February 17th in the Bartos Theatre at the Media Lab (E15-070). All are welcome.

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