Border of Lights October 4-6, 2013 At border between Haiti & Dominican Republic But we will also be holding a virtual vigil Please join us As many of you know, last year for the 75th Anniversary of the Haitian Massacre, a group of us organized ourselves under the name, Border of Lights, and we assembled at the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. We lit up the border with light and song and poetry and a service. Additionally, we spent three days in the border towns of Dajabón (DR) and Ouanaminthe (Haiti) doing service projects with Haitians and Dominicans, collaborating together. We were able to clean up the park in Ouanaminthe, leave implements for the locals to continue the maintenance (a lawn mower, pruning shears, shovels, hoes), feed upwards of a hundred volunteers who came to help, deliver 1500 small trees to be planted on the desolate, eroded hills above Massacre River, as well as conduct workshops with students in the park and in a Sunday gathering in Dajabón. The gathering was an immensely powerful and moving testament to the goodwill which exists between the people in both countries. But it is only the beginning of a shift in a history of violence and conflict between these two traditional “enemies.” Border of Lights is committed to continuing our work as a community of concerned artists, activists, Dominicans, Haitians, with supporters of many nationalities. So, again, on this 76th anniversary of the massacre, we are gathering at the border in Dajabón and Ouanaminthe, continuing our project work, with a special emphasis this year on outreach to young people. We are hoping to hold workshops and interactive sessions with school children of both nationalities. This year, because of increased tensions between the two countries, we have not been able to procure the permits to gather at the border and have been discouraged from any large group gathering. We will still be holding a service and a small group of us stand at the border in solidarity. Instead we are asking supporters to join us for an online vigil, October 5, Saturday, from 8-10 pm (EST). This is a way that those who cannot be physically on the ground with us can “join” us online. We hope the vigil goes viral and global, as this will send a powerful message to both countries that there is a community out there supporting change, peace, harmony between both countries. Further instructions will be posted on our webpage under Saturday October 2013 activities: borderoflights.org/#!2013-activities/csy5 Please be sure to follow us on Facebook https://facebook/BorderofLights Twitter handle for BOL is @border_oflights.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:52:09 +0000
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