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E. W. Védrine - A healing paradigm for a new Haiti A HEALING PARADIGM FOR A NEW HAITI (essays) © 2007 By Emmanuel W. VEDRINE ISBN # (in data processing) [draft 7-01-2007] By the same author 1992. Dictionary of Haitian Creole Verbs with phrases and idioms http://potomitan.info/vedrine/index.php#10 1993. Un stylo international (poetry) 1994. Di yon vèb tire yon kont (riddles) http://www.potomitan.info/vedrine/index.php#veb 1994. Ide pou kreye yon high school ayisyen prive nan Boston (debate) http://www.potomitan.info/vedrine/idepou.pdf 1994. Materyèl edikatif pou Bileng Ayisyen (essays, short stories, poetry) 1994. Poetry in Haitian Creole http://potomitan.info/vedrine/index.php#20 1994. Ti istwa kreyòl: Short stories in Haitian Creole 1994. Sezon sechrès Ayiti (novel) http://www.potomitan.info/vedrine/sezon.pdf 1994. Yon koudèy sou pwoblèm lekòl Ayiti (essays) http://potomitan.info/vedrine/koudey.php 1995. Koze lanmou (poetry) 1995. Petit lexique du créole haïtien (dictionary) http://www.potomitan.info/vedrine/lexique.php 1995. 23 Poèmes en français et en haïtien (poetry) 1996. Dis powèm sou lanati (poetry) 1996. Gramè Kreyòl Védrine (Grammar) http://www.potomitan.info/vedrine/grame.html 1996. Kreyòl lesson for beginners: an introduction to Haitian Creole http://www.potomitan.info/vedrine/kreyol.pdf 1997. Men l anlè a l ap vini (short story) 1998. 100 Kesyon ak repons pou Ekzamen Sitwayènte Amerikèn (Civics) http://www.potomitan.info/vedrine/sitwayente.pdf 2003. An annotated Bibliography On Haitian Creole: a review of publications from colonial times to 2000 http://www.potomitan.info/vedrine/vedrine1.php 2005. A bibliography of theses and dissertations related to the Dominican Republic (co-editor) http://www.potomitan.info/bibliographie/dominicana/dominicana_biblio.php 2006. Premye etap avèk yon òdinatè (co-editor /computer manual) Coming soon A look at the problems of schools in Haiti (essays) Dictionary of Haitian Creole Verbs (second ed.) Season of drought in Haiti (novel) 1 E. W. Védrine - A healing paradigm for a new Haiti ABOUT THE AUTHOR http://potomitan.info/vedrine/vedrine1.php#a = = = = = = = = = = INTRODUCTION. p. = = = = = = = = = = ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. p. = = = = = = = = = = INDEX. A native son’s message for Haiti’s president elect. p.172 A panorama of Haitian natives civilization. p. 114 Agriculture : the first target for Haiti's development. p.180 A reflection on the international symposium for linguistic policy in Haiti. p.159 Are you a proud Haitian?. p.67 Aristide in past tense : homework to be corrected by Préval, Haiti's new elected president. p.11 Bataille de Vertière’s speech. p.68 Brain drain and its impact on Haiti’s underdevelopment. p.127 Chávez historical visit to Haiti, one of hope. p.135 Collective work for electronic publications to help in the diffusion of the Creole language in Haiti. p.173 Correspondences with teachers in Haiti. p.83 Creole Month Celebration : Jean-Jacques Dessalines’ Month. p.177 D.P.M-Kanntè by Jan Mapou : a bridge between fiction and reality. p.20 Diplomas and the Haitian graduates’ mission. p.17 Doing research : problem and solution for Haitian students (both in Haiti and in the United States). p.34 Dying for Haiti’s liberation. p.126 Electronic publications and its importance in the diffusion of the Creole language. p.55 Every single Haitian is important in Haiti 's development. p.81 For a national and permanent identity card in Haiti. p.6 For another level of conversation in the advantage of Haiti. p.56 Good luck to Haiti’s next president. p.84 Haiti and self destruction. p.71 Haiti and the destruction of nature. p.202 Haiti : goodbye to a repressive army. p.86 Haitian youth and leadership. p.72 Haitians and the myth about ‘blacks don’t read’. p.106 How much will Haiti benefit from a coalition of presidential candidates the eve of its presidential elections?. p.40 Investing in Haiti’s development. p.42 Is it Creole that is mistreating some Haitian women?. p.21 It’s one to bring the snake to school and the other to make it sitting down. p.52 Labor day in Haiti. p.94 Last quarter grade report. p.44 2 E. W. Védrine - A healing paradigm for a new Haiti Long live or down with the Haitian army : uttered nonsense by some Haitians. p.169 My country is Haiti. p.117 Note for distributors and publishers of Creole books. p.97 On the native language of Haiti and francophonie. p.95 Path to the most ever published bibliography research on Haiti’s language : An annotated bibliography on Haitian Creole, a review of publications from colonial times to 2000. p.193 Reflection on the Creole Day 2000. p.57 Religion and exploitation of the underdogs. p.74 Review of Senou's article, ‘a call for a coalition and a unity gove’. p.99 Revolution in Haiti : benefit for whom?. p.60 Some important comments on the use of Haitian Creole in Haiti, an excerpt from an interview with André Vilaire Chéry. p.88 Strategies to solve some problems in the advantage of Haiti's development. p.31 Védrine’s speech at the Haitian Multi-Service Center 19th graduation. p.3 The key needed to open Haiti 's secret door of development. p.49 Thirst for a Haitian society that is forming its citizen. p.76 Re-structuring schools in Haiti. p.108 What are the presidential candidates’ credentials in Haitian society?. p.102 What can I do to help Haiti?. p.124 What can be done to better education in Haiti?. p.167 What can we do to help the Minister of education in Haiti?. p.97 What to do with the Haitian army?. p.62 What type of army does Haiti need? .p.46 What’s really needed to be done to reforest Haiti?. p.8 What's the future of Haitian youth in Haiti?. p.44 Which language will win the battle in Haiti : Creole, French or English?. p.131 Who is leading Haiti : the Haitian people or leaders?. p.65 Whose fault if the occupation wind blows hard on Haiti today?. p.137 Will a multilingual program solve Haiti’s schools real problem?. p.103 Working harder to bridge the generation gap. p.38 Wyclef Jean in search of a peaceful solution for Haiti through dialogue. p.79 = = = = = = = = = = NOTES. p.205 = = = = = = = = = = Védrine’s speech at the Haitian Multi-Service Center 19th graduation Speech by guest speaker, E. W. VEDRINE* (Boston, Massachusetts- June 9, 2007) Distinguished guests, administrators, teachers, staff of Haitian Multi-Service Center, parents, friends of the graduates, and graduates. It is quite an honor for me today for having chosen me as the guess speaker of the 19th graduation of Haitian Multi-Service Center. Immediately after Mr. Dulson 3 E. W. Védrine - A healing paradigm for a new Haiti Brunace contacted me to see if could volunteer to be your guest speaker of today’s commencement, my answer to him was, “yes” without scratching my head. To the graduates, I want to say congratulations for having crossed one of the bridges in your life, and one that deals with education. I want to congratulate you for your perseverance and hard work enabling you to reach one of the most important goals on your list. Here, in the United States, often times at graduation we hear the word “commencement” or kòmansman in our Creole language. So, we don’t have problem understand these cognates or related words. In this sense, the certificate that you are going to receive today should not mean the “end” of education to you, but rather the beginning. So, you still have more miles to go since knowledge is infinite; there is no end to it. Every day, we learn something new at the University of life where all of us are both students and teachers. I take this great opportunity to congratulate the graduates and everyone who was supporting them in reaching today’s goal; first I would like to mention the teachers of the center. When saying “graduation is commencement”, we can also see it as a form of renaissance (something new, a rebirth) or a new step that one has climbed in life. So, we already imagine the joy in your heart today for such an accomplishment, a whole reward for your hard work at this center and that you are now ready to move on, ready to climb a higher step. In moving on to this higher step, some of us may see it as a key to open works’ doors; some may see it as an opportunity to move forward intellectually. But regardless of the interpretation of your certificate today, I want to congratulate you again for this great achievement in life. I am also taking this opportunity to remind you not to forget about your duty vis-à-vis your community here in the Greater Boston and Haiti. Yes, it is important to remind you of your community in terms of your responsibility to try to bring your own contribution because the certificate you will soon receive is like a torch (or what we call in Creole, flanbo) in your hand. When having a torch, it’s purpose is to light. So, each graduate is going to have a torch in their hand. 4 E. W. Védrine - A healing paradigm for a new Haiti People use a torch when it is dark; they use it for lighting. And first of all, we see Haitian Multi-Service Center as the main center that distributes these lighting tools because its role is to prepare people of the community and today, you are among those people who have benefited from the work it has been doing over twenty years in our community of the Greater Boston.