Events
Haitian Migration Beyond The News Cycle: A Virtual Teach-in
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean studies presents, "Haitian Migration Beyond the News Cycle: A Virtual Teach-In", featuring Gabrielle Apollon (NYU School of Law's Global Justice Clinic), Emmanuela Douyon (Executive Director, Policité), and Ralph Thomassaint Joseph (Editor in Chief, Ayibopost). Moderated by Wynnie Lamour, (NYU CLACS).
Event Description
This Teach-In will present an in-depth analysis of Haitian migration by a panel of experts from the island and its diaspora communities that will dive into the root causes and current affairs that have driven recent emigration from Haiti to South America and the US. Experts in the areas of law, journalism, as well as political and cultural activism, will explain how US Policy and political corruption tied to international economic development are at the root of the island’s latest migrant movement towards the US southern border.
Participants
About the Participants:
Gabrielle Apollon, is a supervising attorney and Co-Director of Haiti Justice and International Accountability Project at NYU School of Law's Global Justice Clinic. Gabrielle previously served as Managing Attorney at The Door: A Center for Alternatives, where she represented young people in immigration and family law matters. A 2015 graduate of NYU School of Law, Gabrielle was an AnBryce Scholar and a student advocate in the Global Justice and Children's Rights Clinics. While in law school, Gabrielle received a Ford Foundation Public Interest Law Fellowship to work with Conectas, a Brazilian human rights organization, documenting human rights violations of Haitian migrants en route to Brazil. Prior to law school, Gabrielle worked at the United Nations Office of the Special Envoy to Haiti as a research specialist. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University.
Emmanuela Douyon is a Haitian development policy and project specialist, activist, op-ed writer, and speaker. She is the Executive Director of POLICITÉ, a consulting firm, and think-tank that focuses on economic development. She is a member of Nou pap dòmi (We will not sleep), a collective of young Haitians committed to influencing how the Haitian State serves the population and fighting corruption, impunity, and social injustice. Emmanuela earned a Master’s in Development Studies from Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, a B.A. in Economics from National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan. Her work and activism aim to contribute to social justice and economic development in Haiti.
Ralph Thomassaint Joseph is an award-winning multimedia journalist based currently in New York. I have been working as a journalist for more than ten years. Originally from Haiti, I co-created the news section of Ayibopost, one of the most competitive Haitian digital media, where I have been editor-in-chief for three years. I have a master's degree in Digital Journalism from New York University (NYU), and I studied Law and Sociology at the Haitian State University (UEH). Member of the National Association of Black Journalists, I speak French, Haitian Creole, and English.