January marks a key moment in Black liberation, the Haitian Revolution's 1804 victory. The first of a two-part article looks at its global, ongoing impact.
In the days since a devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked southern Haiti on August 14, we have been in close communication with our Haitian partners. Their reports convey immeasurable loss, sharp political analysis, and an extraordinary combination of pragmatism and vision regarding the way forward.
January 12 marked the 10th anniversary of a devastating earthquake in Haiti. But its aftershocks can still be felt today, in the mass protests against corruption and cutbacks.
The media is portraying the protests in Haiti as "hopeless." But Milourdes Augustin, Solidarity Program Officer for Haiti and West Africa, can see the hope and potential in this revolt.
The Patriotic Forum gathered at the Lakay Center in Papaye to discuss the major problems facing Haiti and charted a vision for future organizing.
Around the world, women, Indigenous People and youth have bravely united in ever-larger and more powerful movements and coalitions.
From radio to popular education, our partners like Haiti's Peasant Movement of Papaye (MPP) use methods that are sensitive to the people they’re reaching.
BOLD program-alum Natasha Soto discusses building a local organization in the Movement for Black Lives, and what she learned from our delegation to Haiti. Natasha organizes in Just Resisting Buffalo and Black Love Resists in the Rust.
We're continuing our Black August series of Haitian delegation members. In this installment, Grassroots board member Ninaj Raoul discusses the importance of sharing history and resistance across borders.
Grassroots International is commemorating Black August with a series of reflections from our recent delegation to Haiti. Gina Athena Ulysse is a feminist artist-anthropologist-activist and self-described Post-Zora Interventionist, and she currently teaches anthropology at Wesleyan University.
Grassroots International is commemorating Black August with a series of reflections from our recent delegation to Haiti. Marie Helene Fabien Hall lives in Jackson, Mississippi and supports Cooperation Jackson, a Black and Latinx cooperative economics movement and fellow member of the Climate Justice Alliance.
This week, Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity (BOLD) and Grassroots International are leading a delegation in Haiti. A group of U.S.-based Black female organizers and activists are travelling the country, meeting with Grassroots International partners and sharing lessons of resistance.
The Caribbean is still picking up the pieces from last year's hurricane season. Thanks to your support for our Caribbean Hurricane Emergency Fund, we raised over $185,000 for recovery, resilience, and resistance. Read more about some of the amazing work you supported.
In response to government inaction and ineffectiveness, Haiti’s largest social movements have banded together to take command of the nation’s future. Haiti’s social movements recently joined hands in a historic show of unity and people power, putting the final touches...
Far from hapless victims, Haitians have a vibrant history of resistance. On January 1st, 1804 Haiti won its independence and was the first to defeat the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. As Grassroots celebrates this movement and the victories it won, this history remains relevant for organizing around the world today.
While avoiding the bulls-eye of the storm, Hurricane Irma’s impact in Haiti included pouring rain, high seas and devastating winds pummeled the northern regions of the country.
The Peasant Movement of Papaye is leading the way towards a new Haiti centered on food sovereignty and climate justice.
Grassroots International and other Haitian groups are urging the international donor community to direct hurricane relief through Haitian-led organizations and networks.
Hurricane Matthew made a direct hit on Haiti on October 4, pounding the island nation with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph. The first Category 4 storm to hit Haiti in more than 50 years, the cyclone assaulted the precarious infrastructure and flooded the denuded countryside. As Rosnel Jean Baptiste from Tet Kole explains: "Haiti is a very vulnerable country -- and because of our vulnerability hurricanes do not pass by without doing terrible damage."
Since Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti on October 3-4, communities have begun assessing the devastation and organizing recovery efforts. Below is an example of an assessment from the Southeast Department, followed by information from our partner, the National Congress of the Peasant Movement of Papaye (MPNKP).
