Haiti Cultural Exchange is proud to announce our third biennial festival of Haitian art and culture, Selebrasyon! – New York City’s only festival dedicated to the promotion of the highest caliber film, dance, music, literature, and visual art of Haiti and its Diaspora. The festival will showcase the diversity, beauty and vitality of Haiti and its Diaspora through arts presentations of traditional Haiti to the modern day. We would like to invite you to work with us as a dedicated volunteer to make this year a success!
This year’s Selebrasyon! theme centers around Ayiti Angaje/Atis Angaje – an ode to artists, inspired by Haiti’s revolutionary spirit, who are building their artistic practice on social justice and socially engaged work. Through creativity, expression, and community, this two-month festival of Haitian Arts & Culture will bring together over thirty emerging, mid-career and established artists from Haiti and its vast Diaspora. Artists will present their work in community-based and main-stage venues throughout NYC.
Selebrasyon! will kick off with an opening night event on Thursday, May 17th and end with a wonderful closing night celebration Friday, June 29th. HCX depends on dedicated volunteers to support our events. We are writing to ask you to commit your time as a volunteer on one or more of the following teams:
Opening Night Support Team: includes completing task exclusively related to Selebrasyon’s opening night event featuring Boukman Eksperyans.
Flag Day Support Team: includes completing task exclusively related to Selebrasyon’s Flag Day event, hosted in collaboration with the office of Council member Jumaane Williams and Assembly member Rodneyse Bichotte.
Hudson Guild Team: includes providing support to events happening as part of Selebrasyon’s expansion through the Hudson Guild’s Cultural Kaleidoscope Festival.
Event Support Team: includes support at individual Selebrasyon! events such as sign in, event preparation, event-specific tasks, etc.
Street Team: includes community outreach, flier placement, community partner engagement, etc.
In-office Task Force: includes working in the HCX office to support activities related to the festival and online social media outreach.
If you are able to volunteer in any capacity, please fill out this sign-up sheet which includes a sample schedule of the time commitment. If you have questions or know someone who may be interested in donating their time, email us at Veroneque@hcx.qadracreatives.com.
We deeply value and appreciate the time and energy of HCX Volunteers like you!
Warmest Regards,
The HCX Team
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