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<font size=3>Benefit for the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund<br>
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Anna’s Jazz Island<br>
Saturday, November 19<sup>th<br>
</sup>2-5 P.M.<br>
<br>
Haiti is in deep crisis. The U.S.-engineered coup that overthrew
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in February 2004 has exacerbated
already-existing poverty and unemployment and created a human rights
nightmare. Thousands have been killed, disappeared, incarcerated
and forced into exile. While the people of Haiti continue to organize and
mobilize for a return to democracy, they deserve our support and
assistance. <br>
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The Haiti Emergency Relief Fund offers humanitarian relief to Haitian
grassroots organizations and activists who have been directly impacted by
the violence of the coup. Our goal is to sustain these community
organizers and victims of repression as they attempt to rebuild their
lives and continue political organizing inside and outside the
country.<br>
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Join us at <i>Anna’s Jazz Island</i> for an afternoon of entertainment,
information and solidarity with the people of Haiti. Learn more
about the crisis in Haiti and the continuing resistance to the
coup. Take the opportunity to provide direct material assistance to
those who continue, despite all odds, to stand for a democratic
Haiti.<br>
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All proceeds benefit the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund. We hope you will
give generously.<br>
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Speaker:<br>
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Bolivar Ramilus – Mr. Ramilus is a Haitian peasant leader and former
member of Parliament from the Fanmi Lavalas Party. He served as president
of the Haitian Parliament’s Commission on Peasant Affairs. The target of
numerous death threats and several assassination plots in the months
after the coup, he has been living in exile in the United States since
April 2005.<br>
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<b>Pierre Labossiere – Pierre is a long-time Bay Area Haitian activist
and a leading voice in the movement to defend democracy in Haiti. He is a
founding member of the Haiti Action Committee. <br>
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Anna’s Jazz Island<br>
</b>2120 Allston Way, Berkeley. <br>
Just east of Shattuck Avenue<br>
Close to the downtown Berkeley BART station.<br>
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</font><h1><b>Yes! I Want to Support the People of
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</font><h1><b>Make checks payable to Haiti Emergency Relief
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<b>Send Checks to:<br>
Vanguard Public Foundation<br>
383 Rhode Island St. Suite 301<br>
San Francisco, CA 94103<br>
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Phone: 415-487-2111 Fax: 415-487-2124<br>
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Or – Log on to
<a href="http://www.haitiaction.net/">www.haitiaction.net</a> and click
on <b><i><u>Haiti Emergency Relief Fund</u></i></b> in top right-hand
corner of the page.<br><br>
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