NEW AMERICA MEDIA RELEASES NEW POLL OF HAITIAN AMERICAN VIEWS ON EARTHQUAKE AND RECOVERY
NAM Poll Discloses Haitian Americans’ Concerns About Haiti’s Capability to Lead Recovery; Many Are Willing to Return Home to Help Rebuild
WHO:
• Gary Pierre Pierre, Executive Editor, Haitian Times (New York)
• Gepsie M. Metellus, Executive Director, Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center (on the role of Haitian women in the recovery efforts and in the diaspora)
• Ricot Dupuy, Station Manager, Radio Soleil (New York)
• Sandy Close, Executive Director, New America Media
• Fernand Amandi, Vice President, Bendixen & Amandi polling firm
WHAT:
Join New York’s leading Haitian ethnic media and advocacy organizations for a discussion of a new poll by New America Media examining Haitian American views on the response to the earthquake. The poll looks at concern over how international aid funds will be managed; the future of Haiti as a self-governing state; and the extent of loss of life among friends and relatives. Among the poll’s findings: 78 percent of Haitian adults in the U.S. have contributed an average of $75 to help earthquake victims; 62 percent said they are willing to adopt or foster a Haitian child orphaned by the earthquake. Full poll results can be found at: www.newamericamedia.org
WHEN:
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 9, 2010
WHERE:
CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
219 West 40th Street
New York, NY 10018
MEDIA CONTACT:
To RSVP, schedule broadcast or print interviews, please contact Alexandra Moe at New America Media, at 202-615-6145. Or at amoe@newamericamedia.org
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