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Poto Mitan Haitian Women Pillars of the Global Economy Discussion Guide POTO MITAN HAITIAN WOMEN PILLARS OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY ³$PRYLQJDQGVWLUULQJILOP VKRZLQJZRPHQVSHDNLQJ IRUWKHPVHOYHV$PXVWVHH´ - Edwidge Danticat Award-winning author of Brother, I’m Dying 7KURXJK¿YH+DLWLDQZRPHQ¶VFRPSHOOLQJOLYHVPoto MitanJLYHVDQLQVLGHU SHUVSHFWLYHRQJOREDOL]DWLRQ+DLWL¶VFRQWHPSRUDU\SROLWLFDOHFRQRPLFFULVLV DQGWKHUHVLOLHQWZRPHQFKDOOHQJLQJWKLVV\VWHP 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: Haiti 6 Background: Globalization 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 woman’s personal story H[SODLQVQHROLEHUDOJOREDOL]DWLRQKRZLWLVJHQGHUHGDQGKRZLWLPSDFWV+DLWLLQKXPDQHZRUNLQJOLYLQJFRQGLWLRQVYLROHQFHSRYHUW\ODFNRIHGXFDWLRQDQG poor health care. While Poto MitanRIIHUVLQGHSWKXQGHUVWDQGLQJRI+DLWLLWVIRFXVRQZRPHQ¶VVXEMXJDWLRQZRUNHUH[SORLWDWLRQSRYHUW\DQGUHVLVWDQFHVKRZV these are global struggles. 0DULH-HDQQHGHWDLOVGXDOVWUXJJOHVDVDZRPDQDQGZRUNHUVKHWRLOVXQGHUPLVHUDEOHFRQGLWLRQVWRJLYHKHUFKLOGUHQWKHHGXFDWLRQVKHZDVGHQLHGEHFDXVHRI gender discrimination and the high cost of school. Living and braving death in Cité Soleil, 6RODQJH details how Haiti’s current violence stems from a long-brew- ing economic crisis and how the global apparel industry’s inherent instability impacts Haiti. Frustrated with male-dominated unions, )ULVOLQH offers a class and JHQGHUDQDO\VLVRI+DLWL¶VFRQWHPSRUDU\VLWXDWLRQLQFOXGLQJ+DLWL¶VIRRGFULVLV:RUNLQJIRUWKLUW\\HDUV7KpUqVH brings wisdom, a historical perspective, and a comparative analysis. Pushed off her land by foreign agricultural policies, activist +pOqQH leads a new grassroots campaign against violence, encourag- LQJZRPHQWRGHIHQGWKHPVHOYHV7KURXJKWKHLUFROOHFWLYHDFWLYLVPWKHVH¿YHEUDYHZRPHQGHPRQVWUDWHWKDWGHVSLWHPRQXPHQWDOREVWDFOHVFROOHFWLYHDFWLRQ PDNHVFKDQJHSRVVLEOH 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 mother’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. 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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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