Location: Room 115 (Sponsored by the Haitian Times)

Community news and ethnic media within immigrant communities play an important role in their identities. The ability of media outlets in the Diaspora to influence change has increased, creating new sources of information and a platform that highlights unpopular practices and policies. This panel will examine how news outlets in the Haitian Diaspora and the ease of information shared digitally can influence the culture and policies in the United States and Haiti.

Moderator:

Vania Andre is a digital media executive with a background in marketing, public relations, and journalism. As a contributing...

Vania Andre

Digital Media Executive

Speakers:

Carel Pedre is a Haitian radio and TV personality, journalist, social media specialist, director and producer. As the host...

Carel Pedre

Host, Radio One Chokarella

TV personality, Journalist, Director and Producer

Assistant to director of “Go for broke:, American feature film filmed entirely in Haiti -1974 Graduate of MDC 1977...

Claude L. C. Mancuso

President, Ayiti TV

Francesca Menes is the Florida State Coordinator for Local Progress at the Center for Popular Democracy, a network of...

Francesca Menes

Founder & Chief Community Engager, CommUnity Strategies, LLC

Florida State Coordinator, Local Progress, Center for Popular Democracy

Garry Pierre-Pierre, a Pulitzer Prize-winning, journalist, is the founder and publisher of The Haitian Times. He is also an...

Garry Pierre-Pierre

Founder, Haitian Times

Co-Founder, City University of New York's Center for Community and Ethnic Media

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