Discussion Guide POTO MITAN HAITIAN WOMEN PILLARS OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

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³(YHU\RQHHOVHKDVVSRNHQIRU+DLWLDQZRPHQ\HWZHKDYHDKLVWRU\RIVSHDNLQJIRURXUVHOYHV,VXSSRUWPoto Mitan EHFDXVHLWRIIHUVXVDUDUHJOLPSVHLQWRKRZ+DLWLDQZRPHQLQWKHVWUXJJOHXQGHUVWDQGWKHLUFRPSOH[FRQGLWLRQVDQG ZKDWWKH\DUHGRLQJIRUWKHPVHOYHV´- Gina Ulysse, Haitian American scholar/activist/performer Table of contents

Purpose of the Guide 2 Poto Mitan Program Description 3 Filmmaker Statements 4 Background: 6 Background: 7 Planning a Screening 8 Facilitator Guidelines 9 Fundraising Tips 9 Before Viewing the Film 10 A!er Viewing the Film 10 Concepts from the Film to Explore 11 Classroom or Community Activities 12 National Partners and Resources 14 Evaluation 16 Acknowledgments and Credits 17

PURPOSE OF THE GUIDE

This guide is designed to facilitate discussions about Poto Mitan: Haitian Women, Pil- lars of the Global Economy in both educational and community settings. It is a tool for community organizers, teachers, labor unions, women’s groups, and solidarity activists to dig deeper into Poto Mitan’s themes of globalization, gender, and labor organizing. Use it to build bridges between these groups and to understand how neoliberal global- ization impacts your own community.

2 POTO MITAN: PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

7ROGWKURXJKFRPSHOOLQJOLYHVRI¿YHFRXUDJHRXV+DLWLDQZRPHQZRUNHUVPoto Mitan gives the global economy a human face. Each ’s personal story H[SODLQVQHROLEHUDOJOREDOL]DWLRQKRZLWLVJHQGHUHGDQGKRZLWLPSDFWV+DLWLLQKXPDQHZRUNLQJOLYLQJFRQGLWLRQVYLROHQFHSRYHUW\ODFNRIHGXFDWLRQDQG poor health care. While Poto MitanRIIHUVLQGHSWKXQGHUVWDQGLQJRI+DLWLLWVIRFXVRQZRPHQ¶VVXEMXJDWLRQZRUNHUH[SORLWDWLRQSRYHUW\DQGUHVLVWDQFHVKRZV these are global struggles.

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The women’s own astute analyses are supported by interviews with Haitian NGO activists, government ministers, and scholars providing global, economic, and SROLWLFDOFRQWH[W7KHZRPHQ¶VVWUXJJOHVWRXQLRQL]HDQGLPDJHVRIWKHLUGHSORUDEOHZRUNLQJFRQGLWLRQVDUHMX[WDSRVHGZLWKFRQWUDGLFWRU\LQWHUYLHZVRIIDFWRU\ owners. Ultimately, these resilient women’s hardships are offset with positive images of them organizing and uniting their communities.

Throughout Poto Mitan, the women’s stories are woven together by close-up shots of a ’s hands braiding her daughter’s hair, while acclaimed novelist (GZLGJH'DQWLFDWQDUUDWHVD³NULNNUDN´WUDGLWLRQDOIRONORUH7KLVSRHWLFVWRU\GHPRQVWUDWHV+DLWLDQZRPHQ¶VKLVWRULFDOGHSWKRIVWUXJJOHDQGUHVLVWDQFHZKLOH JLYLQJKRPDJHWR+DLWL¶VRUDOVWRU\WHOOLQJFXOWXUH7KHNULNNUDNJURZVDQGZHDYHVZLWKWKH¿OPXQWLO¿QDOO\WKHWZRUHVROYHWRJHWKHUZLWKKRSHDQGUHVLOLHQFH

Poto Mitan¶VXQLTXHTXDOLW\UHVWVXSRQWKHZRPHQ¶VDFXWHXQGHUVWDQGLQJRIWKHSRZHURI¿OP&LWLQJWKH+DLWLDQSURYHUE³KHDULQJDQGVHHLQJDUHWZRGLIIHUHQW WKLQJV´WKHZRPHQLPSORUHG'U6FKXOOHUWRVKDUHWKHLUVWRULHVZLWKSHRSOHLQWKH86SHRSOHZKRKDYHWKHSRZHUWRPDNHFKDQJHPoto Mitan will be a tool IRUHGXFDWLRQDQGHPSRZHUPHQWWRLQVSLUHSHRSOHWRWKLQNFULWLFDOO\ORRNEHKLQGWKHODEHODQGJHWLQYROYHG:HDUHFRQQHFWHG86FRQVXPHUVEX\WKHIUXLWV RIWKHLUODERURXUJRYHUQPHQWVKDSHV+DLWLWKURXJKGHYHORSPHQWIRUHLJQSROLF\2XUVWUXJJOHVKDYHDFRPPRQWKUHDG)LJKWLQJIRUMXVWLFHZRPHQZRUNHUVRU Haiti can’t help but bring about our own liberation.

3 FILMMAKER STATEMENT ! MARK SCHULLER

From 2003 to 2005, as a graduate student at UC Santa Barbara, I was in Haiti HQFHLQDFKXUFKEDVHPHQWLQDXQLYHUVLW\DXGLWRULXPRUDWD¿OPIHVWLYDO during a protracted crisis doing research on globalization and its impacts on Poto Mitan inspires lively dialogue, bringing together people who ordinar- Haiti. As an anthropologist of this century, post-colonial and hopefully post- LO\GRQRWVSHDNWRRQHDQRWKHU,QYDULDEO\SHRSOHIHHODSHUVRQDOFRQQHFWLRQ LPSHULDO,WRRNLWDVDJLYHQWRJLYHEDFNWRWKHSHRSOHZKRJHQHURXVO\VKDUHG ZLWKWKHVH¿YHEUDYHZRPHQLQVSLUHGE\WKHPWRWKLQNDERXWRXUUHVSRQVLELO- their time, experience, stories, and expertise toward my research on women’s LW\,QYDULDEO\SHRSOHDVN³ZKDWLVWKHURRWFDXVHRIWKHVHLQMXVWLFHV"´DQG groups in Haiti. ³ZKDWFDQ,GR"´

Citing a Haitian proverb, tande ak we se de (hearing and seeing are different This guide — as well as our website (http://www.potomitan.net) — provides WKLQJV ZRPHQDWRQHRIWKHJURXSVZDQWHGPHWRPDNHD¿OPWRVKDUHWKHLU some answers. VWRULHVGLUHFWO\ZLWKSHRSOHLQWKH1RUWK7KHVHIDFWRU\ZRUNHUVDQGVWUHHW Please join us in our effort! PHUFKDQWVDUHVDYY\DERXWJHRSROLWLFVDQGZKDWVFKRODUVFDOO³JOREDOL]DWLRQ´ 7KH\NQRZWKHSRZHURIYLGHRWRPRYHSHRSOHDQGZDQWHGWRHQJDJHWKHSHR- ple who buy the fruits of their labor, people whose governments are shaping FILMMAKER STATEMENT ! RENEÉ BERGAN daily life in Haiti through aid and foreign policy. Since they can’t have U.S. visas to visit us in person, producing a documentary was the next best thing. 0DUN¿UVWFRQWDFWHGPHLQEHFDXVHKHZDVSDVVLRQDWHDQGGHGLFDWHGWR WKHYLGHRSURMHFWEXWZDVQRWD¿OPPDNHUKH¶GKHDUG,KDGGRQHDVLPLODU 1RWNQRZLQJWKH¿UVWWKLQJDERXW¿OP,DVNHGIRUKHOS8&6%¶V)LOP6WXGLHV project about Afghan women in 2002. His years of experience and under- put me in touch with alumna Renée Bergan, who — on her own — made an VWDQGLQJRIWKHVLWXDWLRQLQ+DLWLFRPELQHGZLWKP\¿OPH[SHULHQFH²VKRRW- DZDUGZLQQLQJ¿OPDERXWZRPHQLQ$IJKDQLVWDQMXVWIROORZLQJWKH86 ing social justice documentaries about women in remote countries with low invasion. With her artistic vision and technical expertise, and my scholarly EXGJHWV²VHHPHGOLNHDFRPSOHPHQWDU\FRPELQDWLRQ,NQHZYHU\OLWWOH DQGORFDONQRZOHGJHDQGFRQWDFWVZHEHJDQWRFRQFHSWXDOL]HLGHDVIRUPoto about Haiti, but was intrigued. Mitan. I was particularly impressed by the fact that this was not his idea, but the 8&6%¶V&HQWHUIRU%ODFN6WXGLHV5HVHDUFKKHOSHGWKLV¿OPEHFRPHUHDOLW\ Haitian women’s idea, reminding me of the incredible political astuteness of 7KH\JDYHXVRXU¿UVWIXQGVWRPDNHRXU¿UVWWULSWKH\ZHUHLQVWUXPHQWDOLQ WKHZRPHQRI$IJKDQLVWDQ,ZRUNHGZLWKRQP\¿UVWGRFXPHQWDU\SURMHFW, our fundraising, and they stayed with us to the end. Center director Claudine am always extremely impressed by the incredibly strong resilience of these Michel connected us to Haitian scholar and performance artist Gina Ulysse women that persevere despite environments of severe poverty, political who donated her talents in fundraisers and acclaimed Haitian American strife and daily, personal danger. They both inspire and humble me, leaving QRYHOLVW(GZLGJH'DQWLFDWZKRRIIHUVKHUPRYLQJZRUGVDVNULNNUDNWR me wondering if under similar circumstances, I could be as courageous and weave the women’s stories together in a beautiful homage to Haiti’s cultural strong as them. Unfortunately, there is a history of privileged, western femi- richness. nists imposing their ideas upon women of different countries; my goal is the opposite. I want to learn from these women; and share their courage, strength I have to say that the women were right. Film can truly be a powerful tool to DQGZLVGRPZLWKWKHUHVWRIWKHZRUOG,KDYHDVNLOODQGWKHHTXLSPHQWZLWK move people. 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DFWLYLVWLQWKH86DQGKDYLQJFRPSOHWHGD3K'DQGWZRHGLWHGERRNV,FDQ say that this was the most challenging project I’ve ever done. On the ground, Over the next two years, we returned three more times to interview the WKH¿OPLQJZDVDVGLI¿FXOWDVLWVVXEMHFW7KHSROLWLFVRIEHLQJIRUHLJQGXULQJ women, and travel across Haiti to acquire necessary images. Each time an occupation, telling a story from the point of view of Haiti’s excluded ma- we returned, the situation was always different. Sometimes the political jority — and poor women, especially — made for some serious challenges. DWPRVSKHUHZDVUHOD[HGVDIH0DUNDQG,DQGRXUVXEMHFWVZHUHDEOHWRPRYH %XWLQWKHHQG,GRIHHOWKDWLWLVZRUWKLW,IHHO²¿QDOO\²,KDYHVRPHWKLQJ DERXWIUHHO\¿OPLQJLQWKHVWUHHWV$WRWKHUWLPHVWKHZRPHQ¶V¶VHFXULW\ZDV FRQFUHWHWRJLYHEDFN endangered and they were fearful or reluctant to meet with us. 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4 his empty factory, all other requests were ignored. Knowing from the onset A decision typically late in the post-production process, yet of vital import that this would be a , we bought disposable and digital still cameras is that of music. Without question, we were going to include scenes where WRJLYHWRWKHZRUNHUV$QGODWHUZKHQLWZDVFOHDUWKDWZHZHUHQRWJRLQJ the women are singing at meetings because song IS a political tool, but the to get our video camera into any factories in Port-au-Prince, we also bought VRXQGWUDFNKDGLW¶VRZQVHWRIFRPSOLFDWLRQV$JDLQZHZDQWHGWRKRQRU DYLGHRVS\FDPHUD8QGHUVWDQGLQJWKLVZDVDULVN±EXWDOVRXQGHUVWDQGLQJ Haiti’s rich culture by including particularly Haitian music — while at the WKHLPSRUWDQFHRIGRFXPHQWLQJWKHLUZRUNLQJFRQGLWLRQV²VHYHUDOZRUNHUV same time avoiding the music of Vodou (a religion whose practices have DJUHHGWREULQJWKHVHFDPHUDVLQWRWKHLUZRUNSODFH:HDUHLQGHEWHGWRWKHP unfortunately become a negative stereotype of Haitian culture), a decision the for without their valiant efforts, there would be very little footage that demon- ZRPHQRIWKH¿OPDOVRDJUHHGZLWK0RVWFRQWHPSRUDU\+DLWLDQPXVLFGLGQ¶W strates the conditions inside the factories. ZRUNVW\OLVWLFDOO\ZLWKRXUFRQWHQWHLWKHU$IWHUPXFKUHVHDUFKDQGDGYLFH IURPFROOHDJXHVZHZHUHDEOHWRFRDOHVFHDZRQGHUIXOVRXQGWUDFNRIVRQJV Additional factory footage was later acquired through a combination of our that either pay homage to Haiti or add socio-political commentary to scenes WHQDFLW\DQGIRUWXQH7KLQNLQJWKDWDIDFWRU\LQWKH)UHH7UDGH=RQH RQWKH LQWKH¿OP border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic) would be more open to RXUFDPHUDVZHVWUXJJOHGWRPDNHDFRQQHFWLRQDQGHYHQWXDOO\FRQWDFWHGD 5HÀHFWLRQV PDQDJHUDQGVXFFHVVIXOO\VHWXSDQDSSRLQWPHQWWR¿OP:HGURYHDQHQWLUH $OWKRXJKGLI¿FXOWDQGDWWLPHVGDQJHURXVIRU0DUNWKHZRPHQDQGP\VHOI day over bumpy Haitian roads only to be refused at the door. Totally dis- P\H[SHULHQFHLQPDNLQJWKLV¿OPKDVEHHQYHU\SRVLWLYHRYHUDOO:KHQ PD\HGFUXVKHGDQGIXULRXVZHOXFNLO\PHWZRUNHUVZKRKDGEHHQDOORZHGLQ DVNHGZKDW+DLWLLVOLNH,VD\LWLVDKDUGFRXQWU\SDUWLFXODUO\LQWKHFDSLWDO the past to shoot footage in that very same factory. They graciously allowed Yet despite the hardships, there is as much beauty, both overtly in the XVWRXVHWKLVIRRWDJHLQWKH¿OP countryside and discreetly in the city, as there is an intangible spirit: an air of SULGHGXHLQODUJHSDUWWR+DLWL¶VRULJLQDVWKH¿UVWIUHHEODFNFRXQWU\VWHP- 3RVW3URGXFWLRQ ming from a 200 year old victory in a battle between renegade slaves and their ,WZDVLPSRUWDQWIRUXVWRVWDUWWKH¿OPZLWKEHDXWLIXOLPDJHU\RI+DLWL¶V FRORQLVWV6DGO\WKH\DUHVWLOO¿JKWLQJWKDWEDWWOHRQO\QRZRQDJOREDOOHYHO pastoral beaches and countryside. So much of what mainstream media shows %XWWKH\ZLOOFRQWLQXHWR¿JKWIRUWKH+DLWLDQV,KDYHPHWDUHDPD]LQJ is the poverty and devastation; we felt it necessary to show the parts of the strong, inspiring leaders in their own right, whether they run a union, a farm- country so often forgotten. These images blend into the cityscape as the entry ing co-op, women’s support group or their own home. LQWRWKH¿OPEXWDOVRUHSUHVHQWWKHSHDVDQW¶VPLJUDWLRQWRWKHFLW\ DQLPSRU- WDQWLVVXHWRXFKHGXSRQODWHULQWKH¿OP  /LWWOHGLG,NQRZZLWKWKHRQVHWRIWKLVSURMHFWWKHWUXHXQLTXHQHVVRIWKLV¿OP DQGHYHQPRUHVRWKHQHHGWKHEDUUDJHRIHPDLOVGXULQJSURGXFWLRQDVNLQJ %XWWKHTXHVWLRQUHPDLQHG+2:WRWHOOWKHZRPHQ¶VVWRULHV"+RZGRZH ZKHQWKH¿OPZRXOGEHDYDLODEOHZDVVKRFNLQJ7KLVLVWKH¿UVW¿OPWROG simultaneously share the women’s story, and Haiti’s story without a lot of from the people on the ground, the people laying the foundation for Haiti’s UHSHWLWLRQDQG\HWPDLQWDLQFRKHVLRQ")URPWKHVWDUWZHVDZWZRVW\OLVWLF ZRUNIRUFH)RUWKH¿UVWWLPHWKHVHZRUNHUVZRPHQFDQVKDUHWKHLUFRQFHUQV FKRLFHVEDVHWKH¿OPDURXQGFHUWDLQUHFXUULQJWKHPHVDQGKDYHWKHZRPHQ WKHLUOLYHVDQGWKHLUZRUGVZLWKWKHUHVWRIWKHZRUOG7KLVLQLWVHOIPDNHVWKH lend their thoughts and experiences collectively in each section; or have the ¿OPWUXO\RQHRIDNLQG7KHJUHDWHVWKRQRUDQGFRPSOLPHQWIRU0DUNDQG,LV ¿OPUHYROYHDURXQGHDFKZRPHQ¶VGLVWLQFWO\XQLTXH\HWDWWLPHVVLPLODU ZKHQ+DLWLDQVDQGWKH'LDVSRUDVHHWKH¿OPFU\DQGVPLOHDQGVD\³7KDQN lives which would represent different aspects of Haiti. With the former, it \RXIRU¿QDOO\PDNLQJDUHVSHFWIXO¿OPDERXW+DLWL,W¶VWLPH´,DPHWHUQDOO\ would be less repetitive, but we felt, less personal. So we chose the latter, as we grateful and honored to have been a part of this timely project. really wanted the audience to connect with the women, and see Haiti through their eyes thereby understanding their circumstance more experientially.

Another challenge was to avoid overwhelming the audience; how do we PDNHD¿OPGHQVHZLWKLQIRUPDWLRQPRUHGLJHVWLEOH":HQHHGHGWRFUH- DWHEUHDNVEHWZHHQHDFKZRPDQ¶VVHFWLRQWRJLYHWKHDXGLHQFHDPRPHQW RIUHSULHYHWRSRQGHUWKHVWRULHVDQGLQIRUPDWLRQ5HÀHFWLQJRQWKDWDQG simultaneously wanting to pay homage to Haiti’s rich culture, we conceived ZKDWZHFDOOWKH³NULNNUDN´QDUUDWLYHEULGJHV²DGHSDUWXUHIURPWKHUHVW RIWKH¿OPVWUDGLWLRQDOGRFXPHQWDU\VW\OH:RPHQEUDLGLQJHDFKRWKHU¶V KDLULVDFRPPRQVLJKWRQ+DLWLDQVWUHHWVVRPHWKLQJ,SHUVRQDOO\¿QGWREHD EHDXWLIXOO\ERQGLQJSUDFWLFH6RZK\QRWWDNHWKLVFXOWXUDOSUDFWLFHDQGPDNH LWDOLWHUDODQGPHWDSKRULFDOZHDYLQJRIWKHZRPHQ¶VVWRULHV"7KDWLVKRZZH came up with the idea of a mother braiding her daughter’s hair.

The voice-over idea came from consideration of Haiti’s rich oral storytelling FXOWXUHUHIHUUHGWRDV³NULNNUDN´:HDVNHGUHQRZQHG+DLWLDQ$PHULFDQ QRYHOLVW(GZLGJH'DQWLFDWWRUHDGH[FHUSWVIURPKHUZRUNZKLFKZHVOLJKWO\ HGLWHGWRPDNHPRUHSHUVRQDODQGSRLJQDQWIRUWKHZRPHQ¶VLQGLYLGXDO stories. This voice over weaves the symbolism of the women’s narratives even tighter.

The third element (or braid!) of these interludes is our stylistic choice to VKRRWWKHVHVFHQHVLQDGUHDPOLNHPDQQHU7KHDQRQ\PLW\FUHDWHGE\WKHVRIW focused images and close ups of hands, hair, braids, eyes, or parts of faces, DOORZVWKHYLHZHUWRVHHWKHVH³FKDUDFWHUV´QRWDVLQGLYLGXDOVEXWUDWKHUDV representations of everyday Haitian women. As such, these narrative bridges EHFRPHPHWDSKRULFDOEULGJHVIURPWKHVWRULHVRI¿YH+DLWLDQZRPHQWRWKH common plight of all Haitian women.

5 BACKGROUND: HAITI

7KH¿UVWDQGRQO\VXFFHVVIXOVODYHUHYROWOHDGLQJWRIUHHQDWLRQKRRG+DLWLKDV a tradition of collectivism and activism. Despite this strength of the culture that includes a vibrant tradition of music, art, literature, dance, and spiritual- ity, Haiti has become the economically poorest country in the hemisphere. Haiti’s descent is a result of collusion between elites and the state as well as the inequality of the world system.

When Haiti won its independence in 1804, permanently ending slavery, they were isolated by the slaveholding world around them. Several U.S. presidents, IRUH[DPSOHRZQHGVODYHV)UDQFHZKRORVWWKHLUPRVWSUR¿WDEOHFRORQ\LQ 1804, demanded Haiti pay 150 million francs in 1825 as a condition of their recognition of Haiti’s independence - to pay former slave owners for their loss RI³SURSHUW\´/LJKWVNLQQHGSUHVLGHQW%R\HUDFFHSWHGEXWFRXOGQ¶WSD\VR +DLWLWRRNRXWDORDQIURPDSULYDWH)UHQFKEDQN:KLOHWKLVVXPZDVUHGXFHG WKLVLQGHSHQGHQFHGHEWWKHRQO\RQHLQZRUOGSRVWFRORQLDOKLVWRU\WRRNDV much as 80% of the government revenue for almost a century to pay off. While Europe and North America were developing infrastructure, Haiti’s resources were being drained to pay this debt.

In 1915, U.S. Marines landed on Haiti’s shores and occupied the country for \HDUV7KH86LQVWDOOHGDFRQVWLWXWLRQWKDW3UHVLGHQW)UDQNOLQ5RRVHYHOW claims to have written personally that opened up Haiti for foreign ownership RIODQGIRUWKH¿UVWWLPH7KH86DOVRLQVWDOOHGDPRGHUQDUP\WKDWSURSSHGXS the 29-year Duvalier dictatorship. The international community fed the Duva- lier dictatorship with millions of dollars in aid, with much from the U.S. who needed an ally in the Cold War following the Cuban Revolution. When “Baby 'RF´'XYDOLHUZDVÀRZQRXWRI+DLWLDERDUGD86SODQHRQ)HEUXDU\ +DLWL¶VFUHGLWRUVWKH:RUOG%DQN,0)DQG,QWHU$PHULFDQ'HYHORSPHQW %DQNDQGRWKHUVGHFLGHGWRIRUFH+DLWL¶VSHRSOHWRSD\IRUWKH'XYDOLHUGHEW

In 2008-9, Haiti’s debt was estimated at 1.7 billion dollars, most of it ac- FXPXODWHGE\GLFWDWRUVEHIRUHWKH¿UVWGHPRFUDWLFHOHFWLRQLQ+DLWL SD\VPLOOLRQSHUZHHNLQGHEWVHUYLFHPRUHWKDQLWVEXGJHWIRUKHDOWK care, education, infrastructure, or agriculture. Since February 29, 2004, when President Aristide was forced out, Haiti has been under foreign occupation. It LVHVWLPDWHGWKDWWKH81PLVVLRQ0,1867$+VSHQWPLOOLRQLQ GZDU¿QJ+DLWL¶VGHYHORSPHQWEXGJHW

As seen, Haiti’s contemporary political and economic crisis has multiple roots. Haiti’s people, the poor majority, have been excluded from power. Given Haiti’s H[WUHPHSRYHUW\DQGWKHZRUOGODERUPDUNHW+DLWLDQZRUNHUV¶ZDJHVDUHDPRQJWKHORZHVWDQ\ZKHUH$WLWVSHDNWKHH[SRUWSURFHVVLQJLQGXVWU\HPSOR\HG SHRSOHEXWHVWLPDWHVZHUHDWEHVW:LWKIHZRWKHUFKRLFHVDMREPDNLQJSHUGD\SURGXFLQJFORWKHVIRUWKH86KDVYHU\PDQ\DSSOL- FDQWV$WDQ\JLYHQPRPHQW³SHRSOHDUHEHKLQG\RX´FRPSHWLQJIRU\RXUMRE,QWKLVFRQWH[WZRUNHUVDUHLQWLPLGDWHGDJDLQVWMRLQLQJXQLRQVRUVSHDNLQJ out to demand that their rights are respected.

In Haiti, as elsewhere, poverty and income inequality intersect with . Women bear the brunt of this neoliberal globalization. But Haitian women are organized in their effort to change things, and women have respect in the country, referred to as pillars of the family, the community and society. Women are “Poto Mitan´

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7 PLANNING A SCREENING TIPS TO MAKE YOUR SCREENING SUCCESSFUL

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8 FACILITATOR GUIDELINES

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13 FOR FURTHER READING…

The following is a list of printed resources - mostly /DERU,VVXHV 8&6%&HQWHUIRU%ODFN6WXGLHV5HVHDUFh - http:// ERRNVEXWVRPHDUWLFOHVWKDWJLYHIXUWKHUFRQWH[W Richard Appelbaum (2005). Fighting Sweat- research.ucsb.edu/cbs/ DQGDQDO\VLVDERXWLVVXHVUDLVHGLQWKH¿OP shops: Problems of Enforcing Global Labor Stan- dards. Critical Globalization Studies. Richard. Following are a list of groups who have supported +DLWL $SSHOEDXPDQG:,5RELQVRQ1HZ

Paul Farmer (2003). The Uses of Haiti. Monroe, Nancy Churchill (2004). “Maquiladoras, migra- FANM - Fanm Ayisyen nan Miyami:RUNLQJ Me., Common Courage Press. tion, and daily life´LQWomen and Globalization. for the “social, political and economic empower- D. D. Aguilar and A. E. Lascamana. Amherst, NY, PHQW´RI+DLWLDQZRPHQDQGWKHLUIDPLOLHVKWWS 0&DWKHULQH0DWHUQRZVND  Reproducing +XPDQLW\%RRNV www.fanm.org Inequities: Poverty and the Politics of Population in Haiti1HZ%UXQVZLFN5XWJHUV8QLYHUVLW\ -DQH/&ROOLQV  Threads: Gender, Labor )RQNR]e+DLWL¶V$OWHUQDWLYH%DQNIRUWKH2UJD- Press. and Power in the Global Apparel Industry. Chi- QL]HG3RRUKWWSZZZIRQNR]HRUJ cago, University of Chicago Press. Marie Racine (1999). Like the Dew that Waters Haiti Reborn - a Program of the Quixote Center. the Grass: Words from Haitian Women. Washing- Mary Beth Mills. (2003). “Gender and Inequality http://haiti.quixote.org ton, EPICA. in the Global Labor Force´$QQXDO5HYLHZRI $QWKURSRORJ\ Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees - Since 0DUN6FKXOOHU  ³Haiti’s 200-Year Mé- 1992, meeting the needs of Haitian refugees ar- nage-à-Trois: Globalization, the State, and Civil *OREDO-XVWLFH ULYLQJLQ1HZ

14 Haitian Studies Program - U-Mass Boston - now.org ,QVWLWXWHIRU-XVWLFHDQG'HPRFUDF\LQ+DLWi - Research, dissemination on Haiti and Haitians, http://www.ijdh.org conferences, discussions on Haitian policy, WEDO - http://www.wedo.org newsletter, Haitian Language Institute. Let Haiti Live - http://www.lethaitilive.org/ -XVWLFHIRU:RPHQ,QWKH+DLWLDQ SPZLNLSKS KOFAVIV - Women Victim’s Collective - An 'LDVSRUD organization established by survivors, for survi- AFABKWWSZZZDIDENDIDQPRUJ RFK Memorial Center for Human Rights - http:// vors. http://www.vidwa.org www.pih.org Dwa Fanm - http://www.dwafanm.org KOSANBA - a Scholarly Association for the =DQPL/DVDQWH3DUWQHUVLQ+HDOWh - http://www. Study of . FANM - http://www.fanm.org pih.org/home.html

The Leocardie and Alexandre Kenscoff Cultural Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees - hwhr@ *OREDO-XVWLFH Center (Mirebalais) - Promoting education, hotmail.com 50 Years Is Enough! - http://www.50years.org education, education. http://www.gawouginou- foundation.org/index.htm MUDHAKWWSZZZNLVNH\DDOWHUQDWLYHRUJ Bretton Woods Project - http://www.bretton- mudha woodsproject.org Multicultural Women’s Presence, Inc. (Miami) -XVWLFHIRU:RPHQ,Q+DLWL Council on Hemispheric Affairs - http://www. Madre - Demanding Rights, Resources and CPFO±FSIR#KDLQHWQHW coha.org Results for Women Worldwide. http://www. madre.org KOFAVIV±KWWSZZZYLGZDRUJ Focus on the Global South - http://focusweb.org

8&6%%ODFN6WXGLHV'HSDUWPHQt - bringing WILPF directory of women’s groups - http:// Foreign Policy In Focus - http://www.fpif.org together scholars from an array of disciplines www.peacewomen.org/contacts/americas/haiti/ that are concerned with the Diaspora and Africa. hai_index.html Global Exchange - http://www.globalexchange. KWWSZZZEODFNVWXGLHVXFVEHGX org -XVWLFHIRU:RUNHUV:RUOGZLGH UCSB Feminist Studies Dept. http://www. Clean Clothes Campaign - http://www.clean- -XEOLHH6RXWh - http://www.jubileesouth.org womst.ucsb.edu clothes.org -XELOHH8.. - http://www.jubileedebtcampaign. UCSB Film and Media Studies http://www. ICFTU - http://www.icftu.org RUJXN ¿OPDQGPHGLDXFVEHGX -REVZLWK-XVWLFe - http://www.jwj.org -XELOHH86A - http://www.jubileeusa.org UCSB Women’s Center - The Women’s Center uses a feminist approach to provide support, No Sweat - http://www.nosweatapparel.com (FRQRPLF-XVWLFHDQG(FRQRPLF'HYHO- advocacy, resources and education to the RSPHQW UCSB community. http://www.sa.ucsb.edu/ United Students against Sweatshops - http://www. %URHGHUOLMN'HOHnKWWSZZZEURHGHUOLMNGHOHQ women’scenter studentsagainstsweatshops.org be

UNITE-HERE - http://www.unitehere.org EPICA - http://www.epica.org

RESOURCES Eurodad - http://www.eurodad.org -XVWLFHIRU:RUNHUV,Q+DLWL $IWHUVHHLQJWKH¿OP\RXPD\ZDQWWRJHWLQ- Batay Ouvriye - http://www.batayouvriye.org KONPAYKWWSZZZNRQSD\RUJ YROYHGLQRQHRIPDQ\JURXSVGRLQJJUHDWZRUNWR PDNHDGLIIHUHQFHRQZRPHQ¶VLVVXHV+DLWLODERU Confederation de Travailleurs Haitiens (CTH) - Lambi Fund - http://www.lambifund.org issues, or global justice. Here is a list of a couple, http://haiticth.org WRJHW\RXRQ\RXUZD\:HDOVRKDYHDÀ\HU±XS- Oxfam - Canada - http://www.oxfam.ca GDWHGUHJXODUO\±RQRXUZHEVLWHDERXWFRQFUHWH +DLWL6ROLGDULW\ DFWLRQV\RXFDQWDNHhttp://www.potomitan.net/ Coordination Europe-Haiti±DOHVVDQGUDVSDO- Oxfam - Great BritainKWWSZZZR[IDPRUJXN WDNHDFWLRQKWPl. OHWWD#EURHGHUOLMNGHOHQEH Oxfam - Quebec - http://oxfam.qc.ca -XVWLFH)RU:RPHQ:RUOGZLGH Haiti Action Committee - http://www.haitiaction. AWID - http://www.awid.org net Oxfam - U.S. - http://www.oxfamamerica.org

CEDAW - http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/ Haiti Analysis - http://www.haitianalysis.com PAPDA - http://www.papda.org cedaw Haiti Reborn/Quixote Center - http://haiti. SODA - http://www.sodahaiti.org Global Fund for Women - http://www.global- quixote.org fundforwomen.org Haiti Support Group - http://haitisupport.gn.apc. MADRE - http://www.madre.org org National Organization for Women - http://www.

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