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BOOK RELEASE OF FAULT LINES: VIEWS ACROSS HAITI’S DIVIDE BY BEVERLY BELL PERFORMANCE BY HAITIAN MUSICAL GROUP AFOUTAYI Monday, February 24 Music, light food, and drinks: 6:00 – 7:00 Reading and conversation: 7:00 – 9:00 Home of Shilpa Jain and Austin Willacy 3240 King St., Berkeley Fault Lines , from Cornell University Press, examines Haitian social movements and their organizing strategies that have pursued a just and equitable society from the 1750s, when the slave resistance began, until today. A combination of stories, investigative journalism, and interviews, the book also looks at the strong communities and an age-old gift culture that have helped Haitians survive, especially in the wake of the 2010 earthquake. Beverly Bell, coordinator of the economic and social justice group Other Worlds , is also associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and visiting scholar at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. A writer and political organizer, she has worked with grassroots movements in Haiti for more than three decades.
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Book Release of Fault Lines: Views Across Haiti's Divide By Beverly Bell
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BOOK RELEASE OF FAULT LINES: VIEWS ACROSS HAITI’S DIVIDE BY
BEVERLY BELL
PERFORMANCE BY HAITIAN MUSICAL GROUP AFOUTAYI
Monday, February 24Music, light food, and drinks: 6:00 – 7:00
Reading and conversation: 7:00 – 9:00
Home of Shilpa Jain and Austin Willacy3240 King St., Berkeley
Fault Lines, from Cornell University Press, examines Haitian social movements and their organizing strategies that have pursued a just and equitable society from the 1750s, when the slave resistance began, until today. A combination of stories, investigative journalism, and interviews, the book also looks at the strong communities and an age-old gift culture that have helped Haitians survive, especially in the wake of the 2010 earthquake.
Beverly Bell, coordinator of the economic and social justice group Other Worlds, is also associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and visiting scholar at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. A writer and political organizer, she has worked with grassroots movements in Haiti for more than three decades.
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