The World and Democracy
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Published Friday, May 2, 2008
By Smith Georges
An Urgent Call to Alleviate Hunger in Haiti
Rev. Jesse Jackson and Haitian€"American Councilmember Dr. Mathieu Eugene Have Launched an Urgency-of-Now Food Drive
New York €" Haitian-American Councilmember Dr. Mathieu Eugene has used his polished leadership skill to mobilize some top guns in order to collect food to send to his native country Haiti.
During yesterday€s press conference in the Red Room at City Hall in Manhattan, New York City, elected officials, community leaders and other dignitaries gathered to show support for an urgent food drive to help alleviate the suffering of Haitians during the food shortage/crisis in the Caribbean nation.
Rev. Jesse Jackson took pain to explain US indifference toward Haiti despite Haiti historical alliance with the United States.
€"When Britain and France were our enemies, Haiti was our allied.
The reason why we are not all speaking French today is because of Haitian Toussaint Louverture who defeated Napoleon in Haiti and drove the French out of the hemisphere,€ said the Reverend/former US presidential candidate.
In 1779 Haiti saved the US Revolution.
Today Haiti needs your help, and the need is urgent.
While the food drive effort will be coordinated nationwide, in the meantime, people in the New York area can bring their food to the following drop-off sites: Middle School 246 Walt Whitman School, 72 Veronica Place, Brooklyn, NY 11226, phone (718) 282-5230; P.S. 92/ Middle School 136, 4004 4th Ave, Brooklyn 11232, phone (718) 965-3333; P.S. 397 Foster-Laurie School, 490 Fenimore St., Brooklyn, NY 11203, phone (718) 774-5200; St. Jerome School, 465 East 28th St. Brooklyn, NY 11226, phone (718) 462-0211; Mt. Zion Church of God 7th Day, 203 East 37th St., Brooklyn, NY 11203.
The office of Councilmember Dr. Mathieu Eugene can be reached at (718) 287-8762.
