Event Information:
305-237-1316
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MIAMI DADE COLLEGE NORTH CAMPUS HONORS EXILED WOMEN
AND CHILDREN
DURING WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
Miami, February 24, 2005--- Women’s History Month
will be celebrated in a commemorative way at Miami
Dade College’s North Campus, when the campus focuses
on the plight of exiled women and children from
Haiti and Cuba. The events kick off March 7 at
Noon at MDC North campus, 11380 NW 27th
Ave, Miami, with the unveiling of a mural titled
“We’re In the Same Boat”, by artist
Xavier Cortada. The mural, commissioned by the Hands
on Miami organization, is a collage of drawings,
writings, photos and cultural symbols based upon
immigrant experiences, both in their homeland and in
Miami, and focuses on the similarities between each
immigrant community.
On
March 18 and 19 at 7:30 PM,
the drama-dance production titled In Exile:
Echoes from Haiti and Cuba, will premiere at
the North Campus’ Lehman Theater. In Exile
is a powerful work which tells the story of two
women who leave their respective countries and
details their experiences once they arrive in South
Florida.
This production culminates a week of activities at
the North campus highlighting the crucial subject of
exiled assimilation, especially of children and
women who come to South Florida from Haiti, Cuba and
from other nations and what can be done to
facilitate this transition.
“Thanks to the power and passion of art, In
Exile, Echoes from Haiti and Cuba and the
other coordinating activities call the attention to
a topic that is extremely important to South
Florida,” said Dr. Jose Vicente, president of the
North Campus. “It is a privilege for the college to
be able to present a work that touches on the lives
of so many people in our community.”
In
Exile
Events
at
Miami Dade College’s North Campus 11380 NW 27
Avenue, Miami.
March 7
at
12 PM; MDC North Campus Library – Unveiling of
mural “We’re In The Same Boat”, by artist
Xavier Cortada, commissioned by the Hands on Miami
organization. It has been donated to the college’s
permanent collection and will be permanently
installed at the North Campus Library.
March 11,
10:00 AM, MDC North Campus MJ Taylor room – Writer
and former MDC professor Ivonne Lamazares will
present her book Sugar Island, which explores
her own emigration from Cuba to South Florida as a
child.
March 16,
1:00 PM, MDC North Campus, Atrium of building 4 -
Haitian folkloric singer-songwriter Ingrid Llera and
her percussion and dance group will present songs
about the women of Haiti who fight to find a better
life in the United States.
March 18
and 19, 7:30 PM, MDC North Campus Lehman
Theater - Premier of the play In Exile: Echoes
from Haiti and Cuba.
For more information call: 305-237-1316.