Haiti Trip – Day One | Haiti Human Rights Conference

Haiti Trip (December); Day One:

Throughout my Haitian journey there has been countless moments filled with Fellini-like irony and satire.

Sometimes these moments bring a smile to my face and other times these moments make me cry. Today contained a moment that was so absurdly ironic that I was left with speechless and expressionless. (A rarity for those of you who know me well.)

Upon my arrival in Port au Prince I was immediately shuttled over to Haiti’s largest State run University to participate in a Human Rights Conference. Unfortunately, just as we arrived downtown I was greeted by hundreds of “rock carrying” students who had taken to the streets to protest a recent police-on-student killing and the subsequent arrest of multiple students.

With the mob’s ranks swelling by the minute, I determined that this years conference would need to go on without me.

…and my journey continue on.