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Eunide Alexandre
Eunide Alexandre has been active with concerns regarding the Haitian community for most of her life.  She was born in Haiti and raised in Brooklyn within this community. She has seen firsthand the experience of newly arrived immigrants and has mobilized people for change. She founded the Voice of Haiti series of Public Access Cable to bring these issues to the table so that society at large would have a better understanding. She has tirelessly advocated on people's behalf in the areas of housing, proper medical treatment and issues affecting the poor. She has a full and rich understanding of how the different cultures interact and has made great efforts to bring about greater cultural sensitivity and empowerment.
Dr. Jim Morgan, M.D.
Dr. Morgan graduated from Creighton University School of Medicine in 1991 and completed a Residency in Internal Medicine (Chief Resident 1994-1995) at Loyola University in 1995. Dr. Morgan first visited Haiti in 2002. He has returned many times since then providing medical services to residents of Cite Soleil, Pele, San Fil, and Jeremy.  He has worked with Medecines Sans Frontiers at St. Catherine’s Hospital in Port-Au-Prince and with Father Richard Frechette, M.D., C.P., at St. Damian’s Hospital in Petionville.
Thomas M. Griffin, Esq.
Mr. Griffin is a principal in the law firm of Morley Surin & Griffin, P.C., in Philadelphia. He received his law degree magna cum laude from Suffolk University Law School. Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Griffin was a federal law enforcement officer for 10 years, conducting investigations in inner-city Brooklyn and Boston. He received the U.S. Department of Justice Public Service Award for his investigation of a multi-million dollar drug and murder ring Brooklyn, and received an Outstanding Service Award from the U.S. District Court in Boston.  Mr. Griffin has supported human rights and justice projects in Haiti for many years. He is the author of the University of Miami Center for the Study of Human Rights Haiti Human Rights Investigation: November 11-21, 2004 and has conducted numerous other investigations into the human rights conditions in Haiti. With a commitment to inform Americans of the desperate poverty in Haiti, Tom has also led groups on education and service missions there.
Desirée Wellborn Wayne, Esq.
Desirée Wellborn Wayne is an attorney with many years of experience as a criminal prosecutor. Most recently she was the chief prosecutor for the International Tribunal on Haiti. She has spent the past 10 years in dedicated volunteer service focusing on issues effecting immigrants, the poor and children.