22471: Benodin: The Toussaint Louverture Historical Society (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Robert Benodin <r.benodin@worldnet.att.net>

 The Toussaint Louverture Historical Society in cooperation with
The National Park Service, National Capital-East
Presents :
 an Education Symposium entitled

“Haiti, A Renaissance for Hope”

  Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of Haiti’s Independence and  its
Relationship with the United States of America


Tuesday, June 29, 2004
1:00 to 4:00pm
At
The Department of the Interior Yates Auditorium
1849 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20240
( C Street Entrance)

Our panelist of expert scholars include:
1.- Dr. John O’Connor, University of New Orleans
- Haitian Revolution and the Louisiana Purchase
2.-  Dr. Leon Pamphile, Author
-Haiti and the African-American Experience
3.-  Dr. Barbara Ballard, Marymount College, NYC
             Frederick Douglass and the Haiti Experience
4.-  Mason Weaver
            Haiti-Vision for the future

Please visit the U.S. Department of the Interior Museum exhibit At Home with
Frederick Douglass.  Original furnishings, art and personal effects from
Douglass’ Anacostia home Cedar Hill evoke his daily life in the Nation’s
capital during his last 17 years.  His appointment and service as Minister
to Haiti are interpreted in a supplementary photographic display.