The event, “The Road to Recovery,” will take place Wednesday, March 24th at 3:00pm in the Congressional Auditorium of the Capitol VisitorsCenter.

The event discusses and reiterates the following:

• Why Haiti matters to the United States

• Role of the U.S. and international community, both governmental and nongovernmental organizations, in Haiti’s history

• Relief, recovery, and reconstruction efforts 

• Past rebuilding efforts – positives, negatives, and lessons moving forward

The agenda is as follows:

3:00-3:30pm Welcome & Opening Remarks

• CBC Members

• Congressional Leadership

• H.E. Raymond Joseph, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Haiti 

3:30-4:00pm   Panel I: Paths Traveled - The History of U.S.-Haiti Relations

• Dr. Greg Carr, Chair, Afro-American Studies Department, Howard University

• Joseph E. Baptiste, National Organization for the Advancement of Haitians

• Brian Concannon, Jr., Esq., Director of Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti(IJDH)

4:00-5:30pm   Panel II: Pathway Forward - Assessment and Policy Considerations for Rebuilding Haiti

• H.E. Raymond Joseph, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Haiti to the United States

• Dr. Rajiv Shah, USAID Administrator

• Mr. Bruno Le Marquis, Chief of Central Strategy and Policy, UNDP

• Ms. Nicole Lee, TransAfrica Forum

• Ms. Donna Barry, Partners in Health

• Mr. Mario Joseph, Av., Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI)

• Richard Gonzalez, Urban Design Lab

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