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Jean-JusteJean-Juste Berkeley Memorial - June 27

The Haiti Action Committee will host a memorial service for Father Gerard Jean-Juste at St. Joseph the Worker Church in Berkeley on Saturday, June 27th at 7PM. Revolutionary Haitian priest Father Jean-Juste died on May 27th at the age of 62. In jail and out, he preached liberation of the poor, release of prisoners, human rights for all, and a fair distribution of wealth.

He constantly challenged both the powers of Haiti and the US to stop killing, starving and imprisoning the poor. He slept on the floor of his church, St. Claire, which provided meals to thousands of hungry children and adults every week. Father Gerry will be missed but not forgotten by the Haitian people, and by all who embrace true democracy and justice throughout the world.

The church is 1 block south of University Av. (nr McGee), 5 blocks from North Berkeley BART, and wheelchair accessible [including an accessible portable bathroom]. Bring your friends and loved ones, and your open heart.

Saturday, June 27, 7:00-9:30 pm

St.Joseph the Worker Church - get map
1640 Addison
Berkeley

For remembrances and euologies, see www.haitisolidarity.net - www.ijdh.org - www.haitiaction.net - 510 847 8657


 

 

 

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Haiti's Father Jean-Juste,
Dr. Paul Farmer and Brian Concannon to speak in Berkeley, September 9, 2006

Haiti's activist Lavalas priest Father Gerard Jean-Juste was kept as a political prisoner during most of the recent elections. The U.S. State Department knew that if the prophetic voice of Father Jean-Juste wasn't silenced the "selections" - as they were called at the time by most Haitians - wouldn't come off as planned by the "international community." While he was in prison, the renown Dr. Paul Farmer snuck a syringe into his prison room and smuggled a sample of the ailing priest's blood out of occupied Haiti. All during this time and during Fr. Jean-Juste's imprisonment the previous year, human rights attorney Brian Concannon led the public outcry to have him released.

All three of these champions for peace and justice in Haiti will make up a panel hosted by the Haiti Action Committee (HAC) in Berkeley on Saturday, September 9, 2006. Members of the HAC delegation to Haiti will also show footage of a "routine" raid by UN occupation forces in an impoverished neighborhood of Cite Soliel near the capital of Haiti. During that raid a 15 year old boy was killed and many were injured.

The event, "Haiti Today: Occupation & Resistance" wil be held at St. Joseph the Worker Church, 1640 Addison St. in Berkeley
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MAP: 1640 Addison Street, Berkeley