Demands in the Haitian community in the wake of George Floyd’s death are diverse. By Sam Bojarski This article originally…
Elections, Florida, Immigrant Voices
Biden-Harris teams target Florida Haitians, urge voting-by-mail as election nears
Haitians For Biden (Ayisyen Pou Biden), a newly-created group to bolster Haitian-American support for Democrats Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, kicked off voter outreach activities in Florida. The virtual town hall is a sign that on-the-ground campaigning is intensifying.
Immigrant Voices, Immigration & Migration, Latest News, Politics
Top Trump tactics to keep immigrants from census intensifies advocacy
To understand how Trump’s Census undercounting strategy played out, here are the most disruptive tactics his administration attempted.
Immigrant Voices, News
Haitian Leaders, City Officials Scramble To Meet New Census Deadline
The U.S. Census Bureau’s plan to end door-to-door survey collection and self-responses on Sept. 30 blindsided them, government officials and Haitian community leaders said. Now, they are scrambling to have more people complete the survey by the new deadline.
Immigrant Voices
Haitian Leaders Slam Trump Census Threat To Exclude Non-Citizens From Congressional Count
By Jonathan Greig President Donald Trump put the 2020 Census into further disarray this week when he released a memorandum…
Immigrant Voices
Census Response Numbers Lag Behind In Large Swath Of Haitian Community
By Jonathan Greig The Census 2020 response rates in Brooklyn neighborhoods with large Haitian populations are lagging far behind average…
Immigrant Voices, New York
Coronavirus Pandemic Hampers Census Count of New York Haitians
By Jonathan Greig The 2020 Census is well underway, with more than half the country already filling it out online…
Immigrant Voices
Struggle in 17 Syllables: Essential Workers Write COVID Haiku
This story was originally published on [May 26] by THE CITY. Subway booth clerk Kelebohile Nkhereanye jotted down a few…
Immigrant Voices, Immigration & Migration
How Some New Yorkers With Mental Illness are Coping During the Pandemic
This story was originally published on May 18 2020 by THE CITY.” When Gov. Andrew Cuomo put the state on…
Immigrant Voices, Immigration & Migration, Uncategorized
DACA Recipients Brace for a World Without Legal Status
Josefa Velasquez8:25 PM This story was originally published on April 23 by THE CITY.” Even before coronavirus made its way to…