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Spokane mayor proclaims January 2025 Haitian Independence Month; city to host Haitian Community Day Jan. 6
Summary
Mayor Lisa Brown proclaimed January 2025 as Haitian Independence Month in Spokane and invited residents to Haitian Community Day at City Hall on Jan. 6, 2025, honoring Haiti's 1804 independence and recognizing the local Haitian community's contributions.
Mayor Lisa Brown proclaimed January 2025 as Haitian Independence Month in Spokane and encouraged residents to attend Haitian Community Day at Spokane City Hall on Jan. 6, 2025.
The proclamation, read during a city meeting, commemorates Haiti's independence and recognizes the contributions of Haitian residents who have settled in Spokane. In the proclamation, Mayor Lisa Brown said, "Whereas January 1, 1804 marks the first day Haitian people began to live in a country that was free of enslavement and colonial rule by the French government, which had colonized the land of Haiti, and as a result, decided to enslave and torture its people. Former Haitian slave, Jean Jacques Dessalines, was the man of the hour as he declared Haiti's independence, marking the country's…
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