Many thanks to those of you who helped cel­e­brate our office open­ing on Sep­tem­ber 14!

The evening was a great suc­cess, with over 80 peo­ple in atten­dance, deli­cious Hait­ian rum punch, pik­liz and more, served and pre­pared by our amaz­ing team of IJDH interns and vol­un­teers. The cel­e­bra­tion fea­tured some inspir­ing speeches from:

• Mano­lia Char­lotin, Boston Hait­ian Reporter Editor;
• Marie St. Fleur, Esq., Boston Mayor Thomas Menino’s Chief of Advo­cacy and Strate­gic Investment;
• Wad­ner Oge,Esq., IJDH volunteer;
• Rob Broggi, IJDH board mem­ber; and our very own
• Brian Con­can­non, Esq., IJDH Director.

We were thrilled to share the evening with so many of our sup­port­ers, part­ners, and mem­bers of the Hait­ian com­mu­nity. The entire IJDH team is grate­ful for such a warm wel­com­ing to Boston!

For those of you who were not able to attend, we are sorry we missed you — but please look out for more ways to stay involved in the com­ing months and beyond! We would still love to see all of you at our new South Boston office, and share with you some of our work. So, fol­low us on Face­book, Twit­ter or our web­site to learn more.

Videos

Brian Con­can­non, IJDH Direc­tor Intro­duc­tory Speech and Welcome

See Video on Youtube: http://youtu.be/VYw1r52qXaE?t=23s

Marie St. Fleur, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino’s Chief of Advo­cacy and Strate­gic Investment

See Video on Youtube: http://youtu.be/Eet9DJ6Gh8c

Watch Full Video

See Video on Youtube: http://youtu.be/qS7X6IPJGIE

Pho­tos

Check out more photos:

Face­book: http://ow.ly/6wN5l

Flickr: http://ow.ly/6wN3n