Protesters hit the streets in one of many demonstrations in Port au Prince to demand
the annulment of recent parliamentary elections and an end to corruption in Haiti.
Dear Friends and Supporters,
Haiti now faces a historical juncture with three rounds of
new elections scheduled from August through October 2015. The election
timetable is as follows:
· Partial Legislative Elections: (20 Senators and 118 deputies)
Sunday, August 9, 2015: 1st round
· 2nd round of Legislative Elections/1st round of presidential elections and local elections
Sunday, October 25,
2015
· If no candidate wins
the 1st round all 2nd rounds held:
Sunday, December 27, 2015
I am writing to ask you to consider making a tax-deductible
contribution to the Haiti Information Project (HIP) and our efforts to provide
news and analysis of Haiti’s next elections. HIP is a collaboration between US
and Haitian journalists and is one of the few sources of alternative news and
information from the perspective of grassroots communities in Haiti as they
struggle for local and national sovereignty. HIP regularly informs the
reporting of nationally syndicated news radio shows such as Flashpoints on
Pacifica radio and Sojourner Truth at KPFK in Los Angeles. It also provides regular
updates and analysis of events in Haiti through the
HIP blog and the
HIP Twitter account with nearly
5000 followers. You can make a tax-deductible donation to our efforts through
our fiscal sponsor, the
Marin
Interfaith Taskforce on the Americas. Simply designate the amount you’d
like to give at the top of the form and under
Program, check
other and
type in
HIP to make sure our program
receives the funds
.
In addition to providing news and analysis, HIP reporters on
the ground in Haiti also contribute historically valuable video footage. As you
may already know, my past documentary films on Haiti have focused on the
context of elections in 1990 and 2000.
Haiti: Harvest of Hope traces the
history of elections and social movements in Haiti that ultimately led to a
Catholic priest, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, being elected in 1990.
Haiti:
We Must Kill the Bandits has
as its center the 2000 elections where the Lavalas party won most of the local
and national contests culminating in the re-election of Aristide for a second
term that same year. Both of these widely viewed documentaries cover the
aftermath of these elections with Aristide overthrown in a brutal military coup
in 1991 and then being ousted and forced on a plane by US Marines in 2004. Aristide’s
party, Fanmi Lavalas, had been excluded from all elections following the second
coup of 2004 and is only now re-emerging to participate in Haiti’s democratic
process. Footage from HIP reporters on the ground in Haiti will also allow me
to produce another short documentary updating and telling the real story behind
mainstream news headlines.
Please feel free to contact me should you have any
questions.
Kevin Pina
Founding Editor
The Haiti Information Project
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