Ted Henken: Organized Teach-In about Haiti at Baruch at the beginning of the semester (Notes to come)

• Henken has taken his students to NOLA in the wake of that disaster: http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/about/bythenumbers/tedhenken.html 
• Henken's blog: http://elyuma.blogspot.com/ 

Carolle Charles http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/wsas/academics/anthropology/ccharles.htm 

• Charles is a member of the Board of the Carribean Studies Association http://www.caribbeanstudiesassociation.org/en/index.html the Haitian Studies Association http://www.haitianstudies.umb.edu/ Bassin Zim Organization http://seedsforhaiti.org/ and Friends of Fokal http://www.fokal-usa.org/ 
• Founder and active chair of DWA FANM http://www.dwafanm.org/  and Haitian Dialogue, and works closely with CONAP
• Documentary--Al Jeezera and Haiti, production of rice  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/2823009.stm 
• http://www.potomitan.net/ 
• More resources: http://www.potomitan.net/resources.html 
• http://www.heritagekonpa.comMedgar%20Evers%20College%20Film%20Series%20screens%20film%20on%20women%20working%20in%20Haiti.html 

Francois Pierre-Louis http://qcpages.qc.edu/Political_Science/professors/pierrelouis.html 

• Naomi Klein, "Shock Doctrine"
• Bill Clinton as "Tsar" of Haiti: http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/19/bill_clinton_to_be_named_un
• http://rebelreports.com/post/109822009/bill-clinton-named-new-un-envoy-to-stabilize-haiti-a 

Q&A

• http://www.psc-cuny.org/international.htm State University of Haiti: organization that has asked PSC-CUNY (called assid? association) to work in solidarity with them.
• DuBois' "Talented Ten" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Talented_Tenth 
• Orgs where people can volunteer with hands on? 
• • Trying to go to Haiti now may cause a burden--listen to where you can help
  • Prof. Henken may organize trips in the future, anticipates others may be going in the coming months, or have more info in upcoming months
  • Habitat for Humanity (an org that you trust and that you know will do good work)
• Haiti, Earthquake and the Aftermath Conference--racism in media coverage (Amy Goodman speaking) at Long Island University http://tour.democracynow.org/2010/02/brooklyn_ny_3.html 
• Demonstration 4th of March, 4pm meeting at the Governor's Office and marching to the MTA (the march will be in protest of cuts to education and transportation for students)--should be seen as an attack on the working class
• Grassroots Organizations that the panel feels does good work
• • OxFam