24846: Mapou (announce) REPLANT HAITI: THE CONCERT - CARNEGIE HALL JUNE 10, 2005

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For Immediate Release             Contact: Jocelyne Mayas
**19 April 2005**                              **917 769-8986***

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PERFORMERS, ECOLOGISTS, HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES LAUNCH CAMPAIGN FOR HAITI
Carnegie Hall Concert June 10th Begins Reforestation Effort_*

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" We should not forget that the freedom you and I enjoy today; the 
freedom that has come to the colored race the world over, is largely due 
to the brave stand taken by the black sons of **Haiti**â" Frederick 
Douglass, **January 2, 18**93**, **Chicago** World's Fair*

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**/"/*/*Sustainable development linked with democratic values promote 
human rights, social justice and equity, including the balance of power 
between women and men" Wangari Mathaai (2004 Nobel Peace Prize)*/*//*

*_April 19, 2005_**_, NYC_**:  In a year when the Nobel Peace Prize has 
been awarded to a Kenyan woman who has shown that planting trees is 
directly related to peace and democracy, and has brought a spotlight to 
Africa and the Diaspora; a group of artists, ecologists, human rights 
advocates,  are joining to launch REPLANT HAITI, a reforestation project 
for the small Caribbean country whose people have been  endlessly 
battered by political and economic turmoil, outside intervention and a 
devastating rage of storms and floods.

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*_On _**_June 10, 2005_**_ at Carnegie Hall in New York City_**,  the 
Haitian cultural project _Mapou Productions_, will present, _RePlant 
Haiti: The Concert_ featuring a stunning group of Haitian musicians, 
joined by actor and Haiti advocate Danny Glover, human rights attorney 
(Guantanamo) Michael Ratner and Essence Magazineâs Founder and Publisher 
Susan L. Taylor to officially launch RePlant Haiti, in conjunction with  
_American Jewish World Services,_  led by former NYC Council woman Ruth 
Messinger,  _MADRE_, the 21 year old women's human rights organization, 
endorsed by Haitian musician Wyclef Jean, Oscar Winning filmmaker 
Jonathan Demme, actor Susan Sarandon, filmmaker Spike Lee with support 
from Forest City Ratner. *

*Nobel Peace Prize winner Professor Wangari Mathaai has pledge support 
to RePlant **Haiti**âs efforts to help improve **Haiti**âs environment.*

*Through concerts, multi-media presentations, public service 
announcements and other media campaigns, _RePlant Haiti_ will offer 
information to people in the U.S. and throughout the world on the 
drastic environmental situation in Haiti as a result of deforestation, 
promote the use of alternative energy sources, and raise funds for 
reforestation efforts.
According to Jean Jean-Pierre, Haitian journalist, composer, musician, 
co-founder and director of Mapou Productions and RePlant Haiti: "We are 
doing the essential, a campaign to bring back trees and green to that 
beautiful island (where I grew up). Last year alone, thousands upon 
thousands of families were killed, thousands uprooted, struck by 
disease. We are following Prof. Wangari's lead, doing the most 
beautiful, life affirming, pragmatic deed: planting trees."

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*Performing at REPLANT HAITI: THE CONCERT are:  âKiskeya: The Haitian 
Orchestra of Jean Jean-Pierreâ, Tabou Combo, Erna Letemps, Jean-Claude 
EugÃne, LÃon Dimanche, Emmanuel, Myriam Barthellus, Michel Lemorin, 
Hadiyha, Carole Alexis, Poet Kathy Engel, and NÃnà Letemps.

Tickets for REPLANT **HAITI**: THE CONCERT, beginning at $ 35.00, are 
available at Carnegie Hall Box Office **212 247-7800** and from Mapou 
Productions **917 769-8986**. ####***