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Haitian People United for Progress (HAUP) celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with a Legacy50 Luncheon at Terrace on the Park in Queens. The occasion honored HAUP’s half-century of advocacy for immigrant households and launched a $5 million endowment marketing campaign to proceed its mission of group empowerment.
At its fiftieth anniversary luncheon earlier this month, Haitian People United for Progress (HAUP) launched a $5 million fundraising marketing campaign to assist the group proceed to serve the Haitian group.
The occasion occurred in Queens at Terrace on the Park in early October, bringing collectively group members, public officers and monetary supporters to honor the 5 many years of advocacy and repair that the group’s oldest direct providers group has supplied.
In his opening remarks, Georges H. Leconte, CEO of Harlem Hospital Center and emcee for the occasion, set the tone for the afternoon, one in all gratitude, urgency and collective accountability.
“It lifted households. It protected ladies. It educated kids. It defended immigrants. It saved lives,” Leconte stated, reflecting on HAUP’s many years of service. “We’re not simply right here to honor the previous. We’re right here as a result of hope is as soon as once more on the entrance traces, and it wants us now greater than ever.”
He urged company to affix the Legacy50 campaign, a $5 million endowment drive that goals to safe HAUP’s monetary basis for the subsequent technology, as coaches or ambassadors to assist elevate the objective. He famous that whereas authorities contracts usually lag behind pressing wants, HAUP’s work has all the time met crises head-on by way of group motion.
The afternoon of reflection and celebration featured tributes to HAUP’s founders, workers and companions who’ve formed the group since its founding in 1975. Through programs in education, youth development and social services, HAUP has long stood as a lifeline for Haitian and immigrant communities across New York.
For HAUP Chief Executive Officer Elsie Saint Louis, the anniversary was both a moment of pride and a call to action for the future.
“We celebrate 50 years with gratitude and resolve,” Saint Louis told The Haitian Times. “Gratitude for those who built HAUP brick by brick; resolve to meet today’s challenges with the same courage, so that our children inherit more than survival—they inherit possibility.”
Funds raised will help expand programs that promote economic mobility, cultural preservation and civic engagement. HAUP is also aiming to reach beyond New York by supporting newer service organizations forming in states with Haitian communities, such as Indiana.
Council Member Mercedes Narcisse, who attended the event, shared her congratulations in a social media post, saying HAUP’s “commitment continues to uplift so many and strengthen the Haitian-American community across New York.”
To support HAUP’s work, visit their website to make a donation. To contribute to the Legacy50 campaign, go to Legacy 50-HAUP.