1. WELCOMEThe Haitian media in Chicago meeting with the community for “une veillée patriotique”01/24/2010 New Hope Haitian Church 729 West Howard StreetEvanston, IL 60202(847) 475-4655

2. HAITI NEEDS YOUR PRAYERS

3. ON TUESDAY JANUARY 12, 2010 A 7.0 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT HAITI AT 4:53 PM

4. NO ONE EXPECTED IT

5. NOT EVEN PRESIDENT RENE PREVAL WHO’S HOME HAS ALSO BEEN DESTROYED

6. AND SO IS THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE

7. THAT TUESDAY AFTERNOON OUR BEAUTIFUL HAITI TURNED INTO THIS IN ABOUT 37 SECONDS

8. HAVING PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES

9. SOME OF THEM WERE NOT SURE OR CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON

10. AT THAT POINT THOSE WITH THE CHRISTIAN FAITH COULD ONLY PRAY

11. NO QUESTION A PRAYER WOULD BE THE ANSWER

12. WHY US WHY HAITI THIS MAN IS WONDERING

13. SOME OF THEM COULDN’T EVEN STAND UP ON THEIR OWN

14. OTHERS HAD TO BE PULLED OUT OF THE RUBBLE

15. A REALITY BUT NOT A PRETTY PICTURE

16. A POLICEMAN SCARED OR MAY BE FRUSTRATEDHIS FIRST TIME DEALING WITH A SITUATION AS SUCH

17. A YOUNG GIRL IN DESPERATE NEED OF MEDICAL HELP

18. A YOUNG BOY BADLY INJURED

19. SURVIVED THE CATASTROPHE BUT SCARED AND CRYING FOR HELP

20. ON THE STREETS WITHOUT A HOME TO GO TO

21. NOW WHAT? SHE’S WONDERING

22. THE HOUSE IS DOWN; CAN ONLY SIT ON THE DEBRIS

23. FIRE ADDED TO THE MISERY

24. LA CATHEDRALE DE PORT-AU-PRINCEONE THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS CHURCHES IN HAITI IS BURNED DOWN

25. AND THE DAMAGE GOES ON

26. AND ON

27. AND ON

28. AND ONAND ON

29. NOW A BIGGER PROBLEMDEAD BODIES ON THE STREETS

30. OF COURSE THE SMELL IS DISTURBING AND NOT HEALTHY EITHER

31. THOSE WHO ARE NOT DEAD ARE SUFFERING WITH NO HOPE WHEN THEY WILL GET MEDICAL ASSISTANCEHELP PLEASE

32. RESCUE TEAMS FROM THE U.S. AND ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE ANSWERED THE CALL

33. ANOTHER PROBLEM NO INFRASTRUCTURE A DEAD AIRPORT WITH NO ELECTRICITYNO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

34. AT THIS POINT THE RESCUE TEAMS AREN’T TOO SURE HOW TO GET TO THOSE WHO REALLY NEED HELP OR ARE STILL TRAPPED UNDER THE RUBBLES

35. AT LEAST WE ARE NOT ALONE

36. STILL, DEAD BODIES WITH NO IDENTITY ARE BEING DUMPED EVERYWHERE

37. A PICKUP TRUCK FULL OF PEOPLE SOME ARE INJURED

38. KUDOS… A YOUNG MAN HELPING OUTAS A NATION WE MUST LEARN TO HELP EACH OTHER IN ALL SITUATIONS

39. PORT-AU-PRINCE POLICE HEADQUARTERSSEEMS PRETTY QUIET THERE WHERE ARE THEY?

40. A WOMAN IN MIAMI FL ON THE PHONE WONDERING ABOUT HER LOVED ONESBACK HOME IN HAITI

41. THANK YOU TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE; WE ARE GRATEFUL

42. THANK YOU ANDERSON COOPER AND CNN

43. THANK YOU Dr. SANJAY GUPTA AND CNN

44. THANK YOU TO THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

45. THANK YOU WYCLEF JEAN YOU ARE A TRUE HAITIAN

46. TO ALL HAITIANS, REMEMBER THIS, EVEN AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE THE STATUE OF LIBERTY (NEG MARON) IS STILL STANDING – WE’RE NOT GIVING UP

47. THE FOLLOWING ARE IMAGES OF WHAT HAITI “LA PERLE DES ANTILLES” USED TO BE, SO AS PROUD HAITIANS LET’S WORK TOGETHER TO BRING IT BACK

70. LET’S PROOVE TO THE WORLD THAT WE ARE A PROUD NATION WE ARE NOT GONNA STAY DOWN. LET’S REBUILD OUR COUNTRY

71. THANK YOUTHANK YOURADIO MEN KONTRE - LA DIFFERENCE AND THE MEDIA ASSOCIATION IN CHICAGOAuthor: Jean-vil Joseph for media association Chicago