28715: Leiderman: event: diaspora or disastera? (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: leiderman@mindspring.com


dear Readers:

is it a coincidence, an irony or a distraction that tomorrow, while the Government of Haiti is convening an international donors' conference in Port-au-Prince, that Dumas Simeus is guest speaking for the U.S. Institute of Peace at a Diaspora meeting in Washington, D.C.?  why isn't the Institute televising the donors' meeting instead?

"what a difference a day makes, twenty-four little hours..." Dinah Washington

thank you,

Stuart Leiderman
leiderman@mindspring.com

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http://www.usip.org/events/2006/0725_haiti_diaspora.html

Haiti's Diaspora: Can it Solve Haiti's Enduring Social Conflict?

Public Event

Date and Time
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Location
U.S. Institute of Peace
2nd Floor Conference Room
1200 17th St, NW
Washington, DC 20036

RSVP to Attend

Haiti's diaspora represents a rich resource of human energy and talent. Last year, remittances from Haitians living abroad exceeded $1 billion dollars and constituted 24 percent of Haiti's GDP.  In addition to promoting the economy, could the diaspora also assist the Preval government in resolving Haiti's enduring social conflict?

Speakers

      Marlye Gelin-Adams
      CARE International

      Professor Francois Pierre-Louis
      Queens College, CUNY
      Author of Haitians in New York City: Transnationalism and Hometown Associations

      Dumas Simeus
      Chairman, Simeus Foods International, Inc., and former presidential candidate

      Robert Perito, U.S. Institute of Peace, Moderator

To RSVP, please send your name, affiliation, daytime phone number, and name of the event to Greg Maly at
gmaly@usip.org.

Media Inquiries: Please contact the Office of Public Affairs and Communications at 202.429.3828.

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