Edward Rawson wants Haiti to be in the news for all the right reasons.
The executive director of Haiti Friends has partnered with the Latin American Cultural Center in Oakland to shine a light on the Caribbean nation with the art exhibit “Haiti: Culture, Religion and Revolution.”
Rawson said that the stereotypes and recent unsubstantiated and negative stories about Haitian immigrants in the United States have been disappointing but unsurprising “That’s nothing new. It’s always some kind of negative stereotype about Haiti that they’re always fighting to counter. This is our way of countering that. We wanted to give voice to Haitian people.”
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