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Flava Girls has been asked
to display their costume Elation

as part of the presentation for
Emerging Artist Rihanna's performance of " Pon di replay"
at this Sundays MTV's Video Music Awards PRE SHOW!
at the American Airlines Arena here in Miami!
The show will be on live at 6PM on Sunday August 28th, 2005
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WRPN 94.7 SCA
East Flatbush Haitien, American, and
channsonett Francais "Radyo Pa Nou"0
WQXR 96.3 SCA East Flatbush Haitien
"Radio Lakay"0
94.7 SCA East Flatbush Haitien
anti-Aristide "Radio Tropicale"
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DISCOVER GOZO
The LAND of ENCHANTMENT
where the sea goddess Calypso entertained
Odysseus for seven years. |
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Inspired by a
recent trip to one of the founding nations 25 years ago
of the world's most important International Carnival
Organization, the FECC (Federation
of European Carnival Cities or carnivalcities.com )Carnaval.com
is pleased to present our newest cultural/adventure
travel guide to the crossroads of the millennia, the
former British colony of Malta, where the first human
structures are found, a full millennia older than the
pyramids or Stonehenge. Visit
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International Carnival Conference
17 - 19 OCT 2005
LONDON
onroutecarnival.com |
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No One Can Say they Didn't See it Coming
In 2001, FEMA warned that a hurricane striking
New Orleans was one of the three most likely
disasters in the U.S. But the Bush
administration cut New Orleans flood control
funding by 44 percent to pay for the Iraq war.
[more at
commondreams.org] |
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Caribbean Capital is
Brooklyn

By Tony Best
".... people of all shapes, colors and occupations,
spanning generations were united in a single mood:
having fun at the West Indian Carnival in Brooklyn on
Eastern Parkway at its adjoining streets and
neighborhoods on Labor Day. As they played mas, moved
their hips, waved their national flags, consumed the
West Indian dishes or lined the streets as the colorful
bands moved down the thoroughfare it was as if two
million souls wanted to bid farewell to the summer of
2005."[More
at Sep
7 2005 at Caribworldradio.com/] |
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MAYOR MARTY?
Marty Markowitz Borough President of Brooklyn, and
enthusiastic advocate promoting tourism
through events shown with WIADCA President
Yolanda Lezama-Clarke
on the Brooklyn Museum stage. Unopposed for his 2005
reelection, a flush Markowitz has people talking about a
2009 run for Mayor of New York. He hopes to work with
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New
Orleans' joie de vivre will lift
city up from Hurricane Katrina
"The palpable lust
for living that
hangs in the air
throughout much of
New Orleans (often
mistaken for
humidity) is a kind
of magic, not the
fabricated,
choreographed kind
from Disneyland, but
something ancient
and naturally
occurring. It's in
Mardi Gras. It's in
parades." |
by Spuds Hilton for
SFgate.com |
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House Approves Barbara
Lee’s Bill to Create Caribbean American Heritage Month
(Washington, DC)
– On
June 27,
2005 the House of
Representatives approved H.Con.Res 71, a bill introduced by
Congresswoman Barbara Lee
(D-Oakland) to designate a national Caribbean-American Heritage
month.
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Representative Barbara Lee Congresswoman from Oakland
California is a 2005
Grand Marshal in the Brooklyn Carnival |
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JUNE is
DC Carnival month & most likely month to be picked |
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“Establishing Caribbean American
Heritage month will celebrate the contributions of millions of
Caribbean-Americans to the United States since the inception of
the country,” said Lee.
In June 2005 Congresswoman Lee co-hosted
the annual U.S. Caribbean Legislative Forum where His
Excellency Fred Mitchell, Foreign Affairs Minister of the
Bahamas delivered the keynote address, with many other
representatives of the Caribbean diplomatic corps in attendence.
“The Caribbean-American community is a
true melting pot of languages, cultures, and people.
Alexander Hamilton, Hazel Scott, Sidney Poitier, Jean Michel
Basquiat, Eric Holder, Colin Powell, Susan Taylor, Edwidge
Danticat, Kelsey Grammer, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, Roberto
Clemente, Maryse Condé, Cicely Tyson, Harry Belafonte, Celia
Cruz, Mervyn Dymally and Shirley Chisholm are just a few of
the many Caribbean-Americans who have contributed to American
government, politics, business, arts, education, science, and
culture.Their story is inseparable from ours.” ” said Lee. a
member of Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the House
International Relations Committee and the bipartisan Caribbean
Caucus,
The Bill passed the Floor of the House and must pass to the
Senate and be signed by Executive Order of the President.
[more at
www.house.gov/lee]
NEW CUBA REGULATIONS HURT USA
STUDENTS:
The July 2004 regulations limited licenses to study abroad in
Cuba to undergraduate and graduate students, shortened the
duration of the license from two years to one year, required
students who use an institution's travel license to be enrolled
in that institution, and required courses of study at Cuban
educational institutions to be at least 10 weeks in duration. As
a result of the new regulations, over ninety percent of
U.S.-Cuba exchange programs have now been cancelled and as a
result the Emergency Coalition to Defend Educational Travel (ECDET),
a group composed of nearly 400 professors from across the
country, has been established to fight for American students'
rights to travel.
TRUTH ABOUT HAITI
Rep. Barbara Lee, whose House Bill 3919, TRUTH or The
Responsibility to Uncover the Truth about Haiti, was introduced
last month, had a few minutes for a phone interview last week.
Since our conversation, the busy lady has introduced an
amendment to legislation which would have prevented the United
States allocating Department of Defense funds to overthrow
governments (Defense Authorization Act, H.R. 4200). It was
rejected by the Republicans in the House Rules Committee May 19,2005
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at Rep Barbara Lee's web site] |
T-Shirt Controversy Quiets Down as
Community Get Ready to shine
In efforts to quell the T-shirt
controversy surrounding this year’s
Labor Day Parade, the West Indian
American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA) convened a
meeting of various segments of the
community.
“...rule unfairly targets
Jamaicans, Bahamians and
Haitians - who are typically not
dressed in traditional
costumes.”
Bobby Clarke, Jamaican deejay
and head of Irie Jam Radio
more at
haitixchange.com |
"Costumed bands will have a
better opportunity of
reaching the reviewing stand at
the Brooklyn Museum before the
cut off hour of 6:00pm" |
Yolanda Lezama-Clarke, President of
WIADCA
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Present were local elected officials,
Council members Kendall Stewart,
Yvette
Clarke and LaTisha James and a number
of bands leaders from Jamaica, Haiti and
Trinidad & Tobago who have traditionally
produced non costumes bands.
Yolanda Lezama-Clarke, President of
WIADCA explained that there was
never an attempt on the part of the
organization to exclude any band or
segments of the community. “We have a
criteria that participants in the parade
are uniformed or in costumes and that
all bands are registered with the
Association,” she said. “In addition,
those participating bands must ensure
that all their members are registered
with the band. It is our position that
all bands – costumes and non costumes –
must be held to the same registration
process and by extension the same
accountability.”
[more
on this story in aforum.com]
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Cambridge's Kendall Square to host
Cambridge Carnival -
August 28,
2005, 12-7pm
Cambridge Carnival has found a new home in Kendall Square. The
13TH Annual Cambridge Carnival International
Carnival continues to grow
and now should be considered the the 5th largest in the USA
behind New York, Miami, Boston, and
Washington, DC while attracting more than 250,000 people.
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Free, DJS, Family Friendly,
Caribbean-Style Parade & Festival |
The annual Cambridge Carnival
International festival uses the Trinidad and Mardi Gras model to bring
together Cambridge's diverse community for a spectacular annual
celebration. After twelve years of growth, Cambridge Carnival, which
takes place in August every year, outgrew its Central Square location.
The event, which will take place on Sunday, August 28, 12-7pm is the 5
largest Carribean Carnival in United States
For more information about the 13th Annual Cambridge Carnival
International, call 617-492-2518 or
www.cambridgecarnival.com. |
No 2005 Long Island Carnival |
"We regretfully announce that we will
not be able to hold this year's Long Island
Carnival. A detailed statement will be made
public shortly. We want to thank everyone for their support and their
interest, and we assure you that we are working diligently and looking
forward to our next Carnival, to be held on
Saturday, September 9th, 2006, the
7th Long Island Carnival, when
we will once again be journeying through the communities of Hempstead
and Uniondale in Long Island. " |
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