Thursday, December 29, 2011

Lucie Tondreau, Untiring Fighter for Haitian Immigrant Rights

We need more people like this woman. - - Donna Poisl

from defend.ht

MIAMI, USA (defend.ht) – Living in Miami for 26 years, Lucie Tondreau is one of the most active community leaders in the Haitian Diaspora. Having left Haiti with her family under the totalitarian regime of Francois Duvalier in 1967, she has long fought for the rights of compatriots. "The battles were tough, but worth it, however they are not finished," says activist in an interview with Defend Haiti.

Born in Haiti and raised in Canada, Lucie Tondreau had “discovered” Miami in 1984 “by accident”. After leaving the Canadian cold, she was first in 1982 in New York where she was already involved in the fight for the Haitian immigrants’ rights.
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