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Haitian Heritage Month/Racheal Rollins resigns

2023/5/19
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Basic Black: Rachael Rollins and Haitian Heritage Month

At the top of the show, we will discuss the resignation of Mass. US Attorney Rachael Rollins.  Then, a conversation about Haitian Heritage month – the significance of the celebration, what it means for the third largest Haitian population in the U.S. living here in Massachusetts, as well as issues that plague the country---from weather disasters, the President Moïse’s assassination in his home to the number of Haitian immigrants finding their way to Boston.

Rahsaan Hall, Principal, Rahsaan Hall Consulting AND former Director, Racial Justice Program, ACLU of Massachusetts.

Rev. Dieufort J. Fleurissaint, President & Executive Director, True Alliance Center, Inc.; AND Chair, Haitian Americans United, Inc.

Marie St. Fleur, Principal, St. Fleur Communications AND former State Representative, 5th Suffolk District, she was the first Haitian immigrant to hold public office in Massachusetts.

Alix Cantave, PhD., Senior Program Officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation. He is a former Associate Director, William Trotter Institute at UMass Boston

Callie Crossley Hosts.