Boston Haitian Reporter
The daughter of immigrants from Haiti, Louijeune was born and raised in Mattapan and Hyde Park and attended Boston Public Schools. An attorney, she graduated from Columbia University, Harvard Law School, and Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and is trilingual with French and Haitian Creole. email. facebook.
First-ever Haitian heritage center set for Boston's West End
The center is named for one of the heroes of the Haitian Revolution, the first successful slave-led rebellion, which resulted in the creation of the Republic of Haiti in 1804. Wilner Auguste, who leads Mattapan-based Haitian Americans United, Inc. – which helped to create the center – says that the agreement comes with a one-time, $50,000 ...
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Caregiver charged with draining elderly client's bank account and forcing her home into foreclosure. Feb 6, 2024. A personal care assistant for a 95-year-old woman in Dorchester faces charges that she withdrew $120,000 from her client's bank account, stole $30,000 in rent payments from a tenant in the woman's house and then forced the house ...
Commentary—Finally, it’s time for the US to stop pulling strings in ...
Commentary—Finally, it’s time for the US to stop pulling strings in Haiti. Haiti’s deepening crises have so far been resistant to the Biden Administration’s proposed solutions, but that is because the United States resolutely blocks the easiest solution of all – ceasing the interference that generated the crises in the first place.
Louijeune assumes Council presidency stressing ‘equity’ … ‘shared ...
At-Large City Councillor Ruthzee Louijeune was elected president of the Boston City Council Monday, succeeding Councillor Ed Flynn in that post and pledging to make equity a guiding principle while aspiring to "bring everyone along" in the city. The daughter of immigrants from Haiti, Louijeune was born and raised in Mattapan and …
Shelter and Solidarity: Boston fact-finding delegation reports on trip
Why We Went. In less than a minute, on a late Tuesday afternoon in mid-January, Haiti experienced one of the worst natural disasters in modern times. Struck by a very powerful earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.0, nearly a quarter of a million people died (numbers vary), and homes, schools and churches instantly vanished.
The Haitian Artists’ Assembly of Massachusetts presents "When …
Monday, January 10th. Located at Boston City Hall. The Haitian Artists’ Assembly of Massachusetts, in collaboration with a number of Massachusetts-based art lovers and organizations, is launching a multi-site art exhibition and sale in memory of those who lost their lives in the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, with proceeds to benefit visual artists in Jacmel, a city known for its vibrant visual ...
Louijeune tops at-large council ticket in Boston election
Councillor Ruthzee Louijeune celebrated her re-election with her parents at dBar on Dorchester Avenue. Louijeune was the top vote-getter in Boston on Tuesday— winning 43,127 votes. Seth Daniel photo Less than one-fifth of Boston’s electorate trickled to the polls on Tuesday to pick a new crop of city councillors in an election that will bring a marked shift in the personnel
Rally to support Haitians planned in Boston for Sept. 24
Rally to support Haitians planned in Boston for Sept. 24 . email; facebook; twitter; print; Copyright 2024, Boston Neighborhood News, Inc. About/Contact us | Terms of ...
Boston foreign-born population grows; Haitians third on list
The Boston Redevelopment Authority’s 2015 report on Boston by the Numbers paints a picture of a rapidly growing city, diverse in age, race, and origin. Boston’s foreign-born population grew 19.2 percent from 2010 to 2014, according to the report. The 2014 population of 177,461 foreign-born comprises 27.1 percent of the city’s population, which gives Boston the seventh highest