UN Special Envoy to Haiti Bill Clin­ton is organiz­ing a trade conference to bring investors to the island nation, and has obtained commitments worth millions of dollars from friends around the World – from India to Ireland. Now, he says, it is time for the Diaspora to pitch in. more>

Some of the 36,928 Haitians over age 62 who the Census Bureau estimates reside in the United States are at the beginners’ level of learning about finances. According to community organizers, typically, lower-income seniors don’t have access to information, especially if there’s a language barrier. more>

While the Department of Sanitation gloats over NYC’s record levels of cleanliness, some Haitian neighborhoods in Brooklyn – steeped in litter – haven’t seen much improvement. more>

As Brooklyn and the other boroughs are taken over by the wealthier Manhattanites looking for housing deals, financially challenged renters are being edged out. more>

Advocates say the city has yet to recognize that Haitian seniors make up a significant portion of the city’s “graying population” and that they need services that are culturally sensitive. more>

Of the $160 million aid package approved by the U.S. government to assist Haiti, $35 million is earmarked to reinforce partnerships with the Haitians who left the island. But the Haitian Diaspora wonders if their input will really be valued in the rebuilding of Haiti. more>

Photographs of charred bodies, news of looting and Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s interview on CNN. In homes and offices, telephones are ringing with notes of Haiti’s escalating turmoil, bared by the glare of international attention. The increased attention has brought concern and piqued the curiosity of non-Haitians, who ask “What’s going on with your country?” Haitians in New York are at a loss themselves to explain. more>

About five years ago, Patrice, 19, joined the Crips for the reason that most teenage gang members do: His best friend was in it. more>

The Haitian community is about 1 million strong nationwide, according to unofficial estimates. But it lacks community leadership, according to many Haitians, who say the Haitian community needs to organize itself and begin building stronger, longer-lasting establishments. more>

One year after police fatally shot Georgy Louisgene, his family and activists continue to demand justice. Still grieving and angry about their loss, police brutality, and the city’s ruling in the criminal portion of the case, Louisgene’s family urged others to protest because the next victims could be their loved ones. more>

Assistant Chief Joseph Fox is one of Brooklyn’s two police chiefs who report to New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. He’s focused on improving police-community relations, something he’s been interested in his entire career. more>

The barbershop is the place where men can bond without interference, where the discussion revolves around women and politics. Haitian barbershops are no different from the African-American one portrayed in “Barbershop,” a new film depicting the business as an African-American institution. more>

After fleeing Haiti, Daniel found life here as an undocumented immigrant difficult too. That’s why he’s part of a national campaign to have lawmakers grant permanent residency to anyone who has lived and worked here for more than three years. more>

It's been more than five months since immigration officials detained the latest wave of Haitians fleeing to the United States. Tired of the Immigration and Naturalization Service over its latest policy of detaining Haitians who come to Miami seeking asylum, their supporters are heading straight to senior government officials, including President Bush, to get the policy repealed. more>

As the FCC cracks down on pirate radio operators, it has shut down many of the 18 Haitian stations in Brooklyn. The community reaction seems largely supportive of the FCC. more>

Georgy Louisgene, 23, was killed by two NYPD officers in a housing development in Brooklyn on Jan. 16. Attending protests and his funeral were white, Asian and Latino men and women, young and old, representing various activist groups and organizations. MO more>