Brooklyn’s Caribbean -American Community Responds to the Disaster in Haiti

Brookly, New York - Aimed at coordinating a united community effort in response to the destruction in Haiti, the West Indian American Day Carnival Association has put out a call for an outpouring of love, prayers and solidarity to salute the resilience of the Haitian People. “Haiti We Love You” is the theme of a massive solidarity march and rally that will take place on Saturday, January 30, 2010.

....“In times of celebration and joy we come together as one people and salute our common heritage with revelry,” says Yolanda Lezama-Clark, President of WIADCA and VP of the Carlos Lezama Archives & Caribbean Cultural Center (CLACC-C). “It is befitting that in this time of deep sorrow that the West Indian American Day Carnival Association is used as a vehicle to stage a united response from our community.”

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