Showing posts with label Little Haiti. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Little Haiti. Show all posts
Friday, February 28, 2014
Dotie Joseph sworn in as interim city attorney in North Miami Beach
The City Attorney is an appointed position responsible for providing effective legal counsel and representation in all matters affecting the City of North Miami Beach to accomplish the city's goals and objectives.
Thursday, February 6, 2014
After 35 years, Notre Dame d'Haiti Church holds it's first mass
The new Notre Dame d'Haiti church in Little Haiti opened this past weekend. But fundraising for it began eight years ago.
For the church’s pastor, Father Reginald Jean-Mary, the process has been much longer than that.
"It began 35 years ago when Archbishop [Thomas] Wenski, [back then] Father Wenski, established this mission," Jean-Mary says. "Because at that time what you could say was that this was the 'church of the living stone' because of the people. Who built that church? The people."
The church cost $5 million to build, with $3.2 million donated by Haitian parishioners and community members. The Archdiocese of Miami helped out with a loan of $1.5 million, which will be paid back through donations from parishioners and other donors.
For the church’s pastor, Father Reginald Jean-Mary, the process has been much longer than that.
"It began 35 years ago when Archbishop [Thomas] Wenski, [back then] Father Wenski, established this mission," Jean-Mary says. "Because at that time what you could say was that this was the 'church of the living stone' because of the people. Who built that church? The people."
The church cost $5 million to build, with $3.2 million donated by Haitian parishioners and community members. The Archdiocese of Miami helped out with a loan of $1.5 million, which will be paid back through donations from parishioners and other donors.
Monday, January 20, 2014
The First 48 makes millions off imprisoning innocents
No one thought twice about the gunshots. It was just before midnight on NW 77th Street in Little Haiti. At that time of night, neighbors would later tell police, they often hear gunfire. Usually, it's some jacked addict playing around like a fool. Other times, it's significantly worse. But in this Miami neighborhood, where nearly one in 60 is a victim of violent crime, you don't mess with someone else's business.
So when a curvaceous 18-year-old woman named Ciara Armbrister ducked out of her one-bedroom apartment just minutes after hearing multiple gunshots, she wasn't worried. Wearing Spider-Man socks, she padded down the weedy alley behind her building toward the apartment of the teenager she'd recently started sleeping with. She knew 18-year-old Jonathan Volcy, confident and smooth, was a drug dealer. But so were a lot of people in this neighborhood.
Her mood darkened, however, when she saw Volcy's back door wide open. Strange, she thought. The back door's never open. She crept into the 500-square-foot apartment, cluttered with Moon Pie wrappers and baggies of coke. Peeking her head around the corner, she saw them: two bodies, face-down, drenched in blood.
So when a curvaceous 18-year-old woman named Ciara Armbrister ducked out of her one-bedroom apartment just minutes after hearing multiple gunshots, she wasn't worried. Wearing Spider-Man socks, she padded down the weedy alley behind her building toward the apartment of the teenager she'd recently started sleeping with. She knew 18-year-old Jonathan Volcy, confident and smooth, was a drug dealer. But so were a lot of people in this neighborhood.
Her mood darkened, however, when she saw Volcy's back door wide open. Strange, she thought. The back door's never open. She crept into the 500-square-foot apartment, cluttered with Moon Pie wrappers and baggies of coke. Peeking her head around the corner, she saw them: two bodies, face-down, drenched in blood.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
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Saturday, April 27, 2013
VIDEO: Viter Juste // The Father of Little Haiti
As part of a series of vignettes taken from the outtakes of the featured documentary, La Belle Vie: The Good Life filmmaker Rachelle Salnave talks to Miami Herald Journalist, Carl Juste about the legacy of his Father, Viter "Pere" Juste, the Father of Little Haiti.
Known as Pere Juste (Father Juste), Viter Juste was a pillar in the Haitian community in South Florida. Father Juste named Little Haiti, a well known neighborhood in Miami, Florida recognized for its enclave of Haitian culture and people. He was instrumental in fighting for the civil rights of Haitian immigrants and contributed to a cultural safe haven for many Haitians who risked their lives to come to America to find freedom.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
VIDEO: Fresh Off the Boat with Eddie Huang: Little Haiti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzzC4i7OWmI
Eddie follows Chef Creole to the heart of Little Haiti where food is paramount to the neighborhood's steadfast Creole roots. The two stop at Creole's kitchen and trade techniques before grilling up a 100 lb pig and serving it up at the Dolphins tailgate. Bookending Fresh off the Boat's season finale, Creole's clan brings Eddie out on Biscayne Bay to barbecue steak and vibe out, Haitian style. Then it's back on the boat, ready to gun it toward season two.
Eddie follows Chef Creole to the heart of Little Haiti where food is paramount to the neighborhood's steadfast Creole roots. The two stop at Creole's kitchen and trade techniques before grilling up a 100 lb pig and serving it up at the Dolphins tailgate. Bookending Fresh off the Boat's season finale, Creole's clan brings Eddie out on Biscayne Bay to barbecue steak and vibe out, Haitian style. Then it's back on the boat, ready to gun it toward season two.