The Land of High Mountains - Ayiti!

Unity: The state of being One, or united. The land commonly called Haiti, is sometimes seen as far from this definition, because it is a land where we see division and hate between light-skinned and dark-skinned, poor and rich, Christian and Vaudoo, people and land. Even the name of the land itself has been divided from its true name Ayiti, which is the Carib "Indian" word meaning High Mountains. Sometimes it's hard to see behind these seemingly high mountains of division that has been built up, but we must never stop climbing to overcome these divisions and hardships that face us all.

It begins by seeing the unity behind what seems to be opposition. Instead of seeing all of the division in the land of Ayiti, one can choose to see the unique blends that created Creole language & food, Kompa & "Rapsin" (much Love to Zing and DiaspoRap!), critically-acclaimed artwork of all kinds, and roads, architecture and energy in harmony with Nature.

This vision of unity is why I'm going to Ayiti. I want to share the Light of people, places, and projects, capable of healing and unifying Haiti. It may also be necessary to reveal those keeping her sick. This is a long-term endeavor, and I am walking by Faith to discover that.

I am grateful to all who united with me and gave me resources to help Ayiti recover from disaster:
* My sponsor, Philippy, who bought me a ticket to Haiti 3 months before the disaster, to document the tree planting movement around Port-au-Prince
* My Housemates, the Pastor and Mrs. Acosta-Ramsay, who went to door to door with me asking our neighbors to donate extra belongings, and Pray, for Haiti
* My Neighbors on Fillmore Street
* The Chinese & Dominican Cornerstores of the neighborhood
* Darrah Ul-Ihsaan in Philadelphia & the Mourid Cheikh Bethio in Touba, Senegal
* Darrah Touba Indianapolis & the Gregory Family
* Old friends King Waleed in Bloomington, IN & Yaya in Long Island, NY
* New friends Walter & Jean-Marc for hooking me up with the Haitian Evangelical Baptist Church who are sorting, packing and shipping the clothes donated to Haiti for Us!
* Event Planner Sasa & Activist Mustafa
* My Mentor Florcy, of Vivant Art Gallery, Vivant Haitian Relief, & Haitian Professionals of Philadelphia
* Latrice & Levi of Urban Shamans, who trained me to do water filtration, osmosis, environmental education, and
* My Parents in Baltimore, for Pearl and all all my vaccinations and emergency medicines!
* My Aunt's best friend in Ayiti, who's accommodating me in her home

"L'Union Fait La Force"
"Unity is Power"