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First annual
fundraising
gala for
Haiti
‘DON’T CUT
Francine Buchner
TORONTO, CANADA:
DR. ELIZABETH Abbott, writer,
historian and Research Associate
at Trinity College, University of
Toronto, speaks of the 1984
Summer Olympics and her
friend, the talented Haitian
FRANCINE BUCHNER PHOTO
From left: Stella Petrone, co-founder
of Haitian Experience; Antoine
Derose, vice-president, Pierspective
HEALTH
SERVICES’
Entraide Humanitaire; Nathalie
marathon runner Dieudonne
LaMothe who, in his borrowed, Gissel-Menos, Charge D’Affaires,
two-sizes too big sneakers, fin- Haitian Embassy,Ottawa; and
ished the race dead last in two Suzanne Hope, co-founder of Haitian
hours, 52 minutes and 18 sec- Experience.
onds (in the Olympics you have a
maximum time of three hours to
finish a race). NYC:
This is an example of Haiti, a the first annual fundraising gala ISTRICT COUNCIL 37’s
player on the world stage but,
yet again, left behind the rest of
the international community.
“We have already identified
for Haiti, hosted by Pierspective
Entraide Humanitaire (PEH) at
the Radisson Hotel in North
York on Saturday.
D Health Services Employ-
ees Local 768 President,
Darryl Ramsey, denounced NY
Governor David Paterson’s pro-
the problem. Let us stop pointing Dr. Eric Pierre, president of posed cuts to public health care
fingers. Let us unite. Let us PEH, called the event “A gather- services during a City Hall rally
bring solutions and give back to ing of friends. We believe in the last Wednesday, November 12.
Haiti,” pleaded Natalie Gissel- power of persistence and hope. The rally was organized by a
Menos, Charge D’Affaires, Touching one life at a time can coalition of some 200 non-profit
Haitian Embassy in Ottawa, community organisations and serv-
who, along with Abbott, spoke at Please see GALA, E3 ice providers under the banner
‘One New York: Fighting for
PHOTO BY CLARENCE ELIE-RIVERA
Members of District Council 37’s Health Services Employees Local 768 protest
at a City Hall rally on Wednesday, November 12.
Fairness’ to protest Governor people and children serviced by my
Paterson’s plan to slash $2 billion members,” Ramsey said.
in education, health care and District Council 37 is the city’s
human services. largest public employee union with
Ramsey, who represents dental 125,000 members and 50,000
hygienists and dental assistants at retirees. New York State, like sev-
city dental clinics, said the eral other states across the coun-
Governor’s health care cuts could try, is facing a serious budget
lead to the closing of New York crunch, further depressed by a
City facilities. “That would be dev- tanking economy resulting in a
astating to the thousands of poor number of services facing cuts.
and
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EDDIE GRANT PHOTOS
Ontario must
Twenty recipients of the John
Brooks Foundation (Canada)
address racism
Excellence awards.
– report
Neil Armstrong
ONTARIO, Canada:
RACISM, POVERTY and social imbalances are
among the issues which foster hopelessness among
the youth and often lead to violence.
This was the finding of the team which presented
its report (the Review of the Roots of Youth) to
Premier Dalton McGuinty last Friday.
The team stressed that there could be no quick fix
solutions to the 30 recommendations presented, but
that timely interventions could be coordinated.
Co-Chair of the review and former Speaker of the
Legislature Alvin Curling said, “We put a time
frame on this. We put short term, things that can be
put in place without any great cost, and we are say-
ing that these are short term, these are medium
term and these are long term. The problem that we
identify here will not come about in as full solution
within one year, two years, three years, or five
years, maybe not in a decade. But the fact is, things
can start.”
R E V I E W R E PO RT
“This is a pretty comprehensive report and is only
being released today to the other cabinet ministers.
And I think its important that they have an oppor-
tunity with their staff to carefully review the report
Dr John Brooks Foundation
and come up with what they think is the art of the
possible,” said former Ontario Chief Justice Roy
McMurtry.
The report calls for the creation of a new Cabinet
presents Excellence Awards
Committee on Social Inclusion and Anti-racism (or
an equivalent central body), the setting up of a
Cabinet Office secretariat and the establishment of
a Premier’s advisory council.
Hope, lauded the work of the To address the thorny issue of racism, the co-
Foundation. chairs say the province should immediately develop
Eddie Grant the methodology for the collection of race-based data
TORONTO, Canada: ST R I V E F O R in all key domains.
ORE THAN 20 E XC E LLE N C E
M youth and commu-
nity leaders were
honored at the 27th Annual
“The foundation that has
motivated our young people to
strive for excellence is indeed
This to especially address the black community’s
concern about transparency in light of recent allega-
tions of racial profiling.
The co-chairs also want the province to ensure
Awards of Excellence pres- something to be commended. that action is underway before the summer of 2009
entation held recently in For (it) to be carrying on this to address the pressing issues that arise in police-
Toronto. The awardees, great work in assisting our minority relations in a number of neighbourhoods.
including the Hon Gerry young people since 1981 is a “We believe the provincial funds that we propose for
Phillips paid tribute to the testament to the commitment youth-police liaison committees and for front-line
work of Dr. John Brooks, and dedication of all John officer training programmes should be put in place
and thanked the Brooks Foundation members, as quickly as possible,” says the report.
Foundation for keeping his and I want to congratulate “There is still people who believe that there is too
dreams alive. you again.” much racial profiling, and certainly the young men
Philips who has held sever- Jean Forde president of the of colour believe that they are stopped on a regular
al Ministerial posts in Liberal Jeanette Kadian Goode (l)
organization thanked the basis simply because of their colour, and I think that
Government of Ontario, was receivies her Atkinson
speakers for their participa- the police have to continue working on these police-
presented with the S c h o l a r s h i p Aw a r d f r o m
tion. Among the students community because there is obviously a distrust and
Community Service Award for Patricia Brooks. receiving awards was Jeanette a lack of cooperation — these codes of silence that
his outstanding contribution Kadiana Goode, a former kind of get established in some of these communi-
to the organization. Grade 12 student at Mayfield ties,” Justice Murtry told ExtraNA.
H E LP AN D G U I DAN C E Secondary School who is now The Review, established in June 2007, commis-
In his tribute Phillips said , attending the University of sioned academic research, consulted with provincial
“The young people here Guelph. She was presented and national organizations, and visited disadvan-
tonight are much better off with the Atkinson Award by taged communities across Ontario to hear first-hand
because of the support the they just need a bit of help ented young people...” Patricia Brooks, wife of the of the effects of violence and to understand why it
foundation has given them. and guidance and that is what Delivering the keynote late Dr. John Brooks. Goode occurs. Premier McGuinty called for this in the
Sometimes young persons the John Brooks Foundation address Deputy Minister of was also one of the featured aftermath of the shooting death of 15-year-old stu-
make wrong decisions but has been doing to a lot of tal- Correctional Services, Jay performers. dent, Jordan Manners at C.W. Jeffreys Collegiate in
Toronto last year.
Napoleon Bonaparte, Haiti freed itself from been living in the Dominican Republic? R E CO M M E N DAT I O N S
GALA slavery in 1804. It would, however, gain
heavy embargoes from those former slave-
According to the two, Creole-speaking
recruiters go into Haiti with promises of The report says Ontario can reduce violence involving
Continued from E1 owning countries. work and good pay. But upon arrival in the youth by adopting a more coordinated, more compre-
Since then, political corruption, environ- Dominican Republic, the hapless Haitians hensive and more community-focused approach.
make a difference,” mental issues, like deforestation and poor are then handed over to the military and The report recommends that government focus its
He said it was an initiative to motivate sewage and sanitation systems, have rav- herded to the shanty town. resources on the province’s most disadvantaged commu-
Canadians and Haitian citizens to donate aged the country, the academics note. Stripped of their possessions and dignity, nities. It describes how poverty, racism, the lack of decent
their time, talent and resources to the needy AWA R D S they are put to work. They earn wages of housing, culturally insensitive education systems and lim-
people in Haiti. US$1.20 per tonne of sugar cane cut. ited job prospects combine to create hopelessness, alien-
“Haiti is at a crossroads,” said Natalie Stella Petrone and Suzanne Hope “They are prisoners of the Dominican ation and low self-esteem among youth that all too often
Gissel-Menos, Charge D’Affaires, Haitian received awards for their outstanding Republic government, forgotten and invisi- explodes into violence.
Embassy, Ottawa, “our dear country is fac- humanitarian service. ble to the rest of the world – the only way Among their recommendations, the authors say the
ing dramatic problems of all kinds,” and The two co-founded Haitian Experience in out is to escape,” said Abbott. province must articulate more effectively its commitment
pointed out that “83 per cent of Haiti’s brain March 1984 and, for the last 25 years,, have “There is an estimated one million to anti-racism and should address this urgent issue as a
power lives abroad.” been taking teens and adults from across Haitians now living in the bateyes, some major priority in its response to their report.
Haitians living abroad are the biggest Canada to spend a week with Haitians. have never seen Haiti.” It suggests that the province should require all min-
financial dollar in Haiti.” All proceeds from The two confess to using the ‘backdoor’ Since 2002 Petrone and Hope, through istries and public sector agencies to develop and publish
the event will go towards Asile des demunis, route via the Domincan Republic when they Haitian Experience organize group trips to a specific anti-racism plan with measurable objectives and
a seniors shelter in Grande Riviere du Nord could not enter Haiti due to political unrest. the Bateyes. They say when they asked timelines.
and towards shipping books and medical It was here that they learned of Haitian those living in the bateyes what they wanted In its recommendations for priority implementation,
supplies to Rivacom, a distributing partner men and women working on sugar planta- to say to Canadians and Haitians living in the report singles out children’s mental health, anti-
agency in Haiti. tions called Bateyes. Canada, they replied, “Please tell them that racism and steps towards community hubs.
The sole nation to defeat French general How long have these stateless Haitians we are here. Tell them we are here.”
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Celebrating Thanksgiving
A
MERICANS HAVING
gotten a well-needed
reprieve from high
The US tradition king Massasoit to celebrate the
year's harvest, as without the help
of the native Indians the first set-
gas prices, will no doubt be anticipated holiday in the United Thanksgiving, which is a religious tlers would not have survived.
traveling in droves over the States. The Thanksgiving Day feast Thanksgiving, and the traditional The Indians then went out and
Thanksgiving Holidays to is a time honored tradition - and harvest celebrations of England killed five deer that they gave to
reconnect with loved ones where there is food, there is often and New England, and maybe the governor, the captain and
and friends, many of whom shared laughter and good spirits. other ideas like commemorating others.
they have not seen since they The Holiday is celebrated in the the pilgrims. All of these have been E N T E RTAI N M E N T
met around the dinner table United States on the last Thursday gathered together and transformed
last Thanksgiving. in November. into something different from the In the late 1770s during the
The annual trek by cars, original parts." American Revolution, when the
O R I G I N S O F T H E H O LI DAY The first "Thanksgiving" was cel- thirteen colonies united against the
buses, airplanes and trains often
takes weeks of planning and There are, it seems, many myths ebrated in the United States in British Empire and fought in the
hours of traveling, and can be associated with the holiday. James 1621. Edward Winslow writing in American War of Independence, the
exhausting, But still, millions W. Baker, senior historian at "A Journal of the Pilgrims at Continental Congress (the first
would not miss it for the world, Plimoth Plantation, speaking with Plymouth" wrote that year that National government of the United
even if they have to endure bad the History Channel, says the rea- after a hard and devastating first States) suggested a day of National
weather, crowded roads, busy son "we have so many myths associ- year in the New World, their Thanksgiving.
airports, and long delays to get ated with Thanksgiving is that it is fall harvest was successful and In 1817 New York State adopted
to their home destination. an invented tradition." plentiful. Thanksgiving Day as an annual
"It doesn't originate in any one For three days the Plymouth custom. By the middle of the 19th
AN T I C I PAT E D event," he says. "It is based on colonists entertained and feasted century many other states also
Thanksgiving is by far the most the New England puritan the Wampanoag Indians and their celebrated a Thanksgiving Day.
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That Thanksgiving Turkey
- Sharp Ideas In Turkey Saute the onion and shallot in 1 elegantly carved turkey:
Preparation: Savory Rub (And A tablespoon butter for 5 minutes Step 1: Be sure to use a good,
Well-Honed Carving Knife) until soft and slightly colored. Add sharp knife. Sharp knives are not
the green onion, and grate garlic only safer, they help to smoothly cut
(NAPSA): into the pan, then cook for 30 sec- thin, even slices without shredding
REPARING THE deli- onds until you smell the fragrance the meat.
P cious, juicy centerpiece of
a Thanksgiving feast can
be one of the most challenging
of garlic. Cool to room temperature.
Mix in a bowl with 1 cup soft butter,
plus the parsley and celery. Season
Fortunately, you don't have to be
an expert to put a razor-sharp edge
on a knife. A sharpener such as a
tasks that chefs face. with salt and pepper. Chef's Choice “EdgeSelect” Model
With some creative seasoning Lift up the skin of the turkey and 120 can make sharpening easy. It
and proper cooking/carving tech- spread vegetable paste under the uses 100 percent diamond-coated
niques, you can be sure that family skin. disks and a revolutionary polishing
and friends will be gobbling down OV E N stage to create a professional knife
the vittles. edge in seconds. The precision
Renowned Chef Michel Richard, Set oven temperature at 275 ° F. guides eliminate guesswork for pre-
cookbook author, owner and execu- Generously soak 4 slices of bread in dictable, razor-sharp edges every
tive chef of Washington D.C.'s high- melted butter until butter is com- time it's used.
ly acclaimed Citronelle, suggests pletely absorbed into bread. Season "To slice clean and easily, it is
the following recipe for a simple but the turkey with salt and pepper. important to have a sharp knife
exquisitely tasting turkey: Place the bread slices over the when you carve a turkey or any
breasts. In the oven, the bread will other meat. I use the Chef's Choice
RECIPE dry and shrink, self-basting the but- Model 120 and there is nothing bet-
Double Baked Turkey Vegetable ter into the turkey. Cook for 3 hours ter to get a sharp edge," says
herb under-skin Rub until the inside temperature is Richard. To find a sharpener that's
“When I cook a turkey, I don't 130° F. right for you, call (800) 342-3255.
want the rub to burn on top of the Take the turkey from oven. Step 2: After turkey is cooked
bird. Mine is almost a combination Remove the bread and set aside. (meat thermometer should read
of a rub and stuffing, because I put Cool turkey slightly by leaving out 170°F when inserted in the thickest
it under the skin," says Richard. of the oven for 1 hour. Reset the part of the breast), cool for 15 to 20
oven to 375°F. After cooling bird, minutes. Cooling makes meat
INGREDIENTS return the turkey to the oven and firmer and easier to slice. Remove
12 to 14 pound turkey roast for another hour until golden and set aside turkey legs and last
1 tablespoon butter brown and crispy. joint of each wing. Make a long,
1 small yellow onion, Carving Steps: Two common mis- deep (to the bone), horizontal "base
peeled, diced takes that people make after cook- cut" into the breast just above wing.
4 shallots, diced ing their turkey are not waiting Step 3: Slice down vertically
4 green onions long enough for the bird to rest through the breast until you meet This golden brown
4 garlic cloves after it comes out of the oven (If you original base cut. turkey with trimmings
1 bunch parsley leaves, slice too soon, most of the juices will This will release perfect, even and stuffing makes the
washed, chopped very thin run out and your meat will be dry) slices. Now you're ready to serve perfect main course on
1 stalk celery, sliced thick and improperly carving by using a your delicious and properly carved your Thanksgiving
4 slices country bread dull knife or the wrong technique. turkey. Happy holidays and dinner table.
1 stick butter, melted Try these steps to serve a tasty and feasting!
Macy’s The early feast
What did the pilgrims
Thanksgiving eat in the beginning?
Day Parade
WHAT WOULD they have eaten
at that first celebration way back
in 1621? They would have had “People gather
corn, fruits, vegetables, salted around the
fish and meat that was smoke-
cured over fire. Thanksgiving table
A Holiday Delight These days, most people gather
around the Thanksgiving table
with their families and enjoy a
with their families
and enjoy a meal
NYC: with floats, professional bands and acts a kick-off to the Christmas meal that includes cranberry that includes
NOTHING SAYS Thanksgiving like 25 live animals borrowed from the Season with Santa's arrival at sauce, sweet potatoes, mashed
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, a Central Park Zoo. With an audience Macy's closing the show). potatoes, corn, pumpkin and cranberry sauce,
one-of-a-kind New York experience of over a quarter of a million people, With nationwide television, the apple pies, stuffing and turkey. sweet potatoes,
that is a delight for both adults and the parade became a hit. Parade assumed its hold on the VAR IAT I O N S
children. PREMIER entire nation in the 1950s and
(Caribbean nationals living in
mashed potatoes,
This year's parade takes place on celebrities were added to the show. corn, pumpkin and
Thursday November 27 and will Large balloons, a fixture of Through the 1960s, '70s and '80s, the US are known to add their
wind its way down its usual route - today's parade, first appeared in
1927 with Felix the Cat. The
some of the favorite balloons own Caribbean spices and staples
to the Thanksgiving pot, so don't
apple pies, stuffing
from 77th Street and Central Park appeared including Snoopy, Kermit and turkey”
West in Manhattan on to Broadway Parade grew over the years with the Frog, and Superman. be surpised if you turn up and
where it will end at Macy's Herald crowds exceeding one million dur- see oxtail and curried goat, right
ing the 1930s Depression era. The BALLO O N S next to the turkey.)
Square Store at 34th Street and 6th
Avenue. 1940s saw an end to the festivities Three new balloons have been However, these
Now in its 82nd year, the Parade since there wasn't much to cele- added to the show this year - traditions are
actually began as a transplanted brate during World War II. Also, Smurf, Horton, the elephant from relatively
European tradition, thanks to the rubber and helium could not be the Dr. Seuss classic Horton new -
Macy's department store employees wasted. However, the parade Hears a Who and Buzz Lightyear, quite dif- Cranb
in the 1920s, most of whom were resumed in 1945, and was televised a cartoon spaceman who starred in ferent to
first-generation immigrants looking in New York. the movie Toy Story and its sequel the sim-
to bring the festivities of home to The Parade also began the route Toy Story 2. So expect the screams ple meal
their new life in America. that it still runs today. New bal- from the young fans as they watch that was
PHOTO BY BARBARA ELLINGTON
On the American Thanksgiving loons were added with Walt Disney their favorite characters march served in Cranberry sauce a staple on the
holiday the employees dressed characters among the favorites and down Broadway. Remember, if you 1621. dinner table for Thanksgiving.
themselves up as clowns, cowboys, radio audiences were able to hear can't make it to Broadway, you can
knights and sheiks and marched the ceremonies and Santa's arrival also watch the entire parade live on
from 145th Street to 34th Street at 34th Street. (The Parade also NBC from 9am-12pm.
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Dub poetry festival hits Toronto
Neil Armstrong poetry and spoken word this Explosion! : Dub Solution, says this
week , November 20 to 23, there is due mainly to the effort of co-coor-
TORONTO, Canada: will be a special focus on youth. dinator of the festival, poet, Peculiar
HEN THE Dub Poets Poet, Sankofa Juba, co-coordina- I, who took special care in recruiting
W Collective presents its
four-day festival of dub
tor of the International Dub Poetry
Festival 2008: Words! Music! Youth
a mix of budding and experienced
poets for the event.
The line-up includes: The Mad
Poet, Radikal, SheNeat, Essence
and Queen Tiyessential. “There is
no organisation that can thrive
without the young people. Many
know the dub but they don’t know
the intricacies,” says Sankofa Juba.
The fifth anniversary of the dub
poetry festival will also focus a lot
on home-grown artists from across
Canada.
The only outsider is special guest,
international dub poet,
Mutabaruka, from Jamaica, who
has not performed at the festival Peculiar I Afua Cooper
since 1993. Sanko Juba says the Dub Poet Lillian Allen
focus is to reflect inwards and nur-
ture Canadian artists. FEATURES live-to-stage impromptu readings.
The festival features perform- There will be an opening night
ances, panel discussions, bookstore reception on Thursday, November
signings and the travelling 20 at Ellington’s Music & Café in
dubMobile in Toronto, Ontario, Toronto. On Friday, there’ll be a
with dub poets such as Lillian youth night at that venue, as well as
HOLIDAY BAGGAGE Allen, Klyde Broox, Afua Cooper,
Clifton Joseph, J Nichole Noel,
Peculiar I, Sankofa and Chet
at the Dub Poets Collective’s office,
Hub of the Dub.
Dub will meet spoken word and
GUIDELINES Singh. Additional guests include Hip Hop on Saturday at the El
Butta Babees, Kaie Kellough, Mocambo. On that same day there
Motion, nth digri, Patrick Roots, will be two panel discussions, one
and music by Da/DUB House Band entitled: Dub Inter-Sections:
and Waleed Abdulhamid. Common Groundz in Dub Poetry,
Checked Bags Kellough, who was artist-in-resi-
dence with the collective, will fly in
Hip Hop & Spoken/Word; the other
entitled: 21st Dub Dynamic: What
to look for now & into the future, at
Lovebird Executive Class from Vancouver. Former Montreal
Ellington’s Music & Café.
resident, poet, Manchild, will fly in
3 Checked bags up to 50lbs each from Philadelphia where he is pur- On Sunday, the dub poetry gala
with maximum dimensions of 62” suing graduate studies in music performance will take place at The
ethnology. Mod Club, featuring Mutabaruka
and a Canada-wide list of renowned
Lovebird Economy Class Cooper will fly in from from
dub poets led by Lillian Allen and
Simon Fraser University in
2 Checked bags up to 50lbs each Vancouver where she is the Ruth Afua Cooper.
with maximum dimensions of 62” Wynn Woodward Chair in Women’s On Saturday, Mutabaruka will be
Studies. Sankofa says the at Knowledge Bookstore in
dubMobile is a concept that dub will Brampton, for a book and CD signing.
Carry-On Bag go to the people at various venues in
the city, such as the Amlakawi
The international dub poetry fes-
tival is supported by the Canada
1 piece not exceeding dimensions of 45” School and Villawayz Community Council for the Arts and the Ontario
Maximum weight: 30 lbs, (ArtStarts), for performances and Arts Council.
except Canada 22 lbs
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bring the news of two companies’ partner- with its affiliates, Orlandi Valuta and Vigo, Western aboard the Showboat at the Harbourfront.
ship and to help and give something back Union provides consumers with fast, reliable and
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