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Library of Congress Symposium

“Libraries and Human Development in Haiti: The Work of
Fondation Connaissance et Liberté (FOKAL)”

Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Thomas Jefferson Branch, Library of Congress
Washington, DC
9:30AM to 5:00PM
Invitation to be secured from the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress

Download and print invitation here(PDF 85K)

Visit the Library of Congress site at: http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/events.html

Distinguished Panelists include:

George Soros, Philanthropist, Chairman, Open Society Institute (invited)Aryeh Neier, President, Open Society Institute Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis, Executive Director, FOKAL Michèle Montas, Spokesperson for UN Secretary General Michel Péan, M.D.,Secretaryof State for the Integration of the Handicapped in Haiti Lorraine Mangones, Deputy Director, FOKALLeader, Asosyasyon Orijiné Granplèn/Oganizasy on Peyizan Pou Devlopman Granplèn Jeanguy Saintus, Founder and Artistic Director, Haitian Dance Company Ayikodans Pierre Paul Fouché, PhD. Student, Civil Engineering, Full bright scholarship, SUNY Buffalo.

For sponsorship opportunities

please email: info@fokal-usa.org Sponsorship does not constitute an affiliation with The Library of Congress, but supports FOKAL’s activities and its participation at the symposium www.fokal.org; www.fokal-usa.org.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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