Ezili Danto
- Birthday
- August 01
- Bio
- Ezili Dantò is an award winning playwright, a performance poet, author and human rights attorney. She was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and raised in the USA. She holds a BA from Boston College, a JD from the University of Connecticut School of law. She is a human rights lawyer, cultural and political activist and the founder and president of the Ezili’s Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network (HLLN). She runs the Haitian Perspectives on-line journal and the Ezili Dantò Newsletter. Ezili’s HLLN is the recognized leading and most trustworthy international voice in Haiti advocacy, human rights work, Haiti news and Haiti news analysis. HLLN’s work is central to those concerned with the welfare of the people of Haiti, Haiti capacity building, sovereignty, institutionalization of the rule of law, and justice and peace without occupation or militarization.
Ezili Dantò is also an educator who specializes in teaching about the light and beauty of Haitian culture; the Symbolic and Archetypal Nature of Haitian Vodun; the illegality and immorality of forcing neoliberal policies on Haiti and the developing world... Since the UN-imported cholera outbreak on October 2010, Ezili' HLLN has insisted that environmental clean-up, clean water and sanitation are the only permanent solution to stop the UN cholera spread. Zili Dlo is a humanitarian project that provides free clean water. For more go to the Ezili Danto/HLLN websites at http://www.ezilidanto.com/ and http://www.ezilidanto.com/zili
MY RECENT POSTS
- Haiti: The soul of Africa, not
for sale
May 18, 2012 03:06AM - Not voting for Obama: We’re
not even buying a voting
ticket
May 05, 2012 12:07PM - HLLN analysis of Times’
cholera article
April 02, 2012 07:17PM - Haiti: A time bomb which must
be defused immediately
March 28, 2012 07:55AM - Bill Clinton admits UN brought
cholera, Haiti raped again
March 18, 2012 12:17AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “@Herr Rudolphus der
Rude
Glad to know you're
out there. Most
appreciated.”
May 19, 2012 12:52AM - “Lol, Tx for
posting.
To give you
another laugh. At the Ohio
kick-off for his
reel…”
May 09, 2012 11:11PM - “Deborah Young, Boomer
Bob, rwnutjob. Thank you all
for
sharing your thoughts,
mu…”
May 08, 2012 06:38PM - “I so agree and support
you. Good work. Obamacare
doesn't go
far enough. It's
emba…”
March 30, 2012 09:47AM - “@Sean
Fenley
Thanks for the
comment. Martelly is lawless
and about self.
He
wasn't…”
March 29, 2012 05:31AM
Ezili Danto's Links
- Marguerite Laurent/Ezili Dantò's Links
- Ezili Dantò website blog
- Ezili Danto website blog
- Poets & Writers
- Living In Black
- Linkedin.com
The Kidnapping Coup
The Kidnapping Coup
A Giant Step for Mankind Made in Haiti
A Giant Step for Mankind Made in
Haïti
The Bwa Kay Iman uprising against slavery
by Jean Saint-Vil, HLLN's Haitian
Perspectives,
August 11, 2009
There was a time, not so long ago, when popes, kings and queens enriched themselves and built vast empires on… Read full post »
What UN Special Envoy Bill Clinton May Do to Help Haiti
Free
Haiti's Political Prisoners: What Special UN Envoy Bill Clinton may
do to help Haiti
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Before we start with the piece on
What Special UN Envoy Bill Clinton may do to help
Haiti, I re-member that August 14, 2009 is the 218th
anniversary of the
… Read full post »
Message to President Obama:End UN Occupation of Haiti
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HLLN ACTION ALERT
Message to President Barack Obama:
Demand an end to the UN Occupation of Haiti. Justice for UN Victims. Immediate return of President Aristide from exile. Immediate release of all the political prisoners from prison.
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Please Write to President Obama, Secretary Clinton… Read full post »
UN provoke mourners, gun down unarmed, blames it on victims
UN
provoke mourners, gun down the unarmed, blames the killing on the
crowd of mourners at Father Jean Juste's Haiti funeral
"They suffered and died
Every bloody month
Of the bloody year...
In a New World
Cursed by the West Storm
And raped by the powers
Of greed, wickedness, and death.
Alone, I fac… Read full post »
HLLN blasts Miami Herald's coverage of Jean Juste Memorial
Ezili's HLLN Pays Homage to Father Gerard Jean Juste
Ezili
Dantò’s Note:
HLLN Pays Homage to Father Gerard Jean Juste
The road is long and hard, his shadow gave us shelter, rest and
comfort. But now, he’s gone.
He did not deserve this end - li kite rès la pou nou
menm – he’s left the… Read full post »
Rush Limbaugh/Clear Channel racist sexual slur of Haitians
Ezili's HLLN Action Alert: File an FCC complaint against Rush Limbaugh's graphic race-baiting, hate-filled statement about Haitians, on the air on May 20, 2009, between 12-3pm for the Clear Channel Communications.
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- HLLN Action Alert
- A sample letter to Limba
… Read full post »
Haiti's Riches:Interview with Ezili Dantò on Mining in Haiti
Host: Christ Scott
Guest: Ezili Dantò
Recorded: April 29, 2009
Listen to the audio - Haiti Riches: CKUT Interview (34:03) with Ezili D
HLLN on the causes of Haiti deforestation and poverty
Haiti’s poverty is the result of the theft and exploitation of Haiti by the world’s wealthy countries and their corporations. Haiti’s poverty
Obama's offered HOPE is sweatshop slavery
Obama Should Stop Deportations to Haiti
Haiti Policy Statement for the Obama Team
Haiti Policy Statement for the Obama
Team
by Ezili Dantò for Ezili's Haitian Lawyers Leadership
Network ("HLLN")
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: A New US-Haiti Partnership is
essential./… Read full post »
The Counter-Colonial Narrative on Deforestation in Haiti
I Don't Know this America...But I'm Most Happy To Meet It
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Two American moments, which one will we extend and
sustain?
"I know the America on the left. I am so glad to meet the America on the… Read full post »
Ezili Danto's Favorites
Herr Rudolphus der Rude
Mr. Culture
Myriad
Cedar Burnett
Razzle Dazzle
Joel RaneyUpdates
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What's the Pente cost of Conscience?
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In defense of "nappy" hair
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What Memorial Day Reminds Us Of: Most Important Citizens
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I Didn’t Vote for Obama in 2008; but I’ll be First in 2012
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Memorial Day in Washington, D.C.
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Scanner is the real deal
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The War Whistler
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The cat came back: Felix's incredible Berlin odyssey
Salon.com