Painters and Brooklyn College Librarians at the "Celebrating the Battle of Vertieres" art exhibit.
Students and Emeline Michel at the "Voices From Haiti: Artists as Activists" event.
"Voices from Haiti" panel (from left: Cassandre Thrasybule, Régine Roumain, Emiline Michel, Jean Eddy Saint Paul).
"A Retrospective of Recent U.S. Foreign Policy in Haiti" panel and students.

Haitian Studies Institute

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The CUNY-HSI is an academic unit aimed to encourage and support studies on Haiti and Haitians living abroad. The institute's main commitment is to engage in analysis and research to better understand policies and projects girded toward Haiti and the Haitian community, and policies that link scholarship programs on Haiti to social actions impacting the lives of Haitian populations and other racial and ethnic communities.

Jean Jacques Dessalines

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