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“We believe the success of Afro-Americans is bound up with the emancipation of all African peoples and also other dependent peoples and laboring classes everywhere.”
From the declaration of the 5th Pan-African Congress (1945)
Spotlight
- TransAfrica Forum Commends World Bank Decision to Provide Debt Cancellation to Haiti
WASHINGTON – TransAfrica Forum commends the recent decision by the World Bank to grant US$1.2 billion of debt relief to Haiti under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative approved by the Boards of the International Development Association (IDA) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Current Issues
- Congress Acts to Tame Prowling Vulture Funds
Thursday, June 18, 2009 (Washington, DC) – Today advocacy organizations and debt relief campaigners welcome the reintroduction of the Stop Very Unscrupulous Loan Transfers from Underprivileged Countries to Rich, Exploitive Funds or “Stop VULTURE Funds” Act (H.R. 2932). This bill, introduced in the House of Representatives, is designed to protect developing nations from lawsuits by so-called Vulture Funds.
- TransAfrica Forum Mourns the Passing of Father Gérard Jean-Juste
"Death in the risen Christ is not the end of life. It is a passage, a necessary one from earth to heaven. I am looking forward to discover, thanks to Jesus, the glorious heavenly life. So many ancestors, friends, relatives, parents, martyrs, militants, justice and freedom lovers to greet." – Father Gérard Jean-Juste
In an excerpt from a letter smuggled out of the Haitian National Penitentiary in 2005, Father Gérard Jean-Juste shared these moving words about life and death and encouraged others to let love triumph and recognize the work we all have to do to build a better world.
On May 27th, Father Gérard Jean-Juste died in Miami after suffering a stroke. He was 62 years old. - Temporary Protected Status for Haitians Now!
[Recent deportation orders of over 30,000 Undocumented Haitians Underscores Discriminatory U.S. Policy towards Haiti]
Haiti is experiencing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Last year, during a one month period, four hurricanes devastated the country. According to conservative estimates, over 800 people were killed and the total damage was equivalent to 15 percent of Haiti’s gross domestic product (GDP). Countless others were reported missing and injured. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have now issued deportation orders to over 30,000 undocumented Haitians and are returning them to a country still struggling to rebuild and not able to provide the critical social safety nets needed for people to survive. Urgent action is needed to halt the arrests of these deportees. Call the Department of Homeland Security Comment Line today at 202-282-8495 and urge them to immediately halt deportations, grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitians in the United States and conduct a full review of its policy towards Haiti.