Philly and Port-au-Prince, my two homes, have seen the rise and fall of major political mobilization in the last few years. I often ask myself whether we’ve taken the time to learn all the lessons these moments and movements have to teach us. In May of 2025, I had a chat with James Beltis. He is an organizer who has been at the forefront of some of the social movements in Haiti over the last few years, including the Petro Caribe movement. He has a great way of breaking down what’s happening and helping us focus on what’s essential.  

As conditions deteriorate in Haiti, many are desperately trying – and failing – to qualify for a new program that gives them safe haven in the U.S.

The challenges of cholera surveillance in Haiti post epidemic. "The lesson is that a public health system is never independent of the general functioning of a country—especially a surveillance system."

Through a poetry workshop held for one month in the Women’s Prison in Cabaret during the 4 Chemins Association’s residency, we observed a great deal about the lives of these women in this prison.

For the time being, only solidarity can help alleviate the population’s burden. The day after the earthquake, various groups of people, coming from diverse social backgrounds, began cooperating to get help to the Southern peninsula of the island, where damages were substantial.

Any so-called “modicum of stability” foreign intervention brings is at the expense of Haiti’s most vulnerable people.