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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Haitian Cultural Awareness Week promotes pride, consciousness
By Jane Charles-Voltaire

The closing of the month of May signals the end of the Haitian Cultural Awareness Week activities in New York City.

Throughout the month of May, various Haitian community leaders and groups came together to promote Haitian heritage with a particular focus on encouraging consciousness among Haitian youth living in the diaspora.

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 One group playing a major role in   the month's activities has been the 18mai commitee, a non-profit organization founded in 1995 and based out of Brooklyn's Medgar Evers College. The 18mai Committee is in charge of not only organizing the Haitian Flag Day activities and parade, they have also launched educational initiatives to promote Haitian heritage and history in public schools and with large Haitian student bodies throughout the city.
  
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