Support House Concurrent Resolution 382
We are urging Congressional Representatives to support House Concurrent Resolution 382 (H.C.R. 382), introduced by Congresswoman Barbara Lee and the Congressional Black Caucus.  The resolution entitled "New Partnership for Haiti" calls for and end to the aid moratorium and the initiation of a program to bolster the economic base of Haiti.

We are urging Congressional Representatives to support House Concurrent Resolution 382 (H.C.R. 382), introduced by Congresswoman Barbara Lee and the Congressional Black Caucus.  The resolution entitled "New Partnership for Haiti" calls for and end to the aid moratorium and the initiation of a program to bolster the economic base of Haiti.

For the past two years, the United States has led an international financial aid moratorium against the government of Haiti, blocking over $500 million in grants and loans that were intended for health care, education and public works - such as providing potable drinking water.  Because of the moratorium and the terms of these loans, the Haitian government and its people are paying interest on loans they are blocked from receiving.  Secretary of State Colin Powell stated that this policy was in place in order to "leverage a political outcome in Haiti".

The aid moratorium is unconscionable in any country, but particularly in a country as poor as Haiti where there is on 1 physician for every 10,000 people, where only 40 percent of all Haitians have access to potable water, a rising infant mortality rate, an HIV / AIDS rate of epidemic proportions and crises levels of poverty and environmental destruction.  This moratorium is but a recent example in a long history of US, World Bank and IMF policies designed to severely curtail economic development for the impoverished masses of Haiti.

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Sponsored by:  Haitian Action Committee, East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, Global Exchange and the Marin Interfaith Task Force

Supporters of the Let Haiti Live Campaign:  San Francisco Labor Council, A. Philip Randolph Institute, Coalition for African Immigrants & Refugees, Davis Religious Community for Sanctuary, East Timor Religious Outreach, Ecumenical Peace Institute, Friends of Peoples' Weekly World, John George Democratic Club, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, Parish Twinning Program of the Americas, Pax Christi, Quixote Center, Richmond Diocese Haiti Outreach and Witness for Peace.

For a complete list of supporters and to contact the Haitian Action Committee:  510.483.7481 hatianaction@yahoo.com