Cruelty at the Border is not Success
The media predicted a massive surge at the U.S. border after the Biden Administration finally put an end to Title 42, and now outlets are scrambling to understand why this failed to materialize.
The reality is that migrants, advocates and even border officials, are unsure of what happens next. This drop at the border is no measure of success, but is rather evidence of a deep failure on the part of the United States to honor its commitment to provide safe refuge to people fleeing danger.
The Asylum Process Has Been Decimated
Quixote Center Cooking Series: Banan Peze
Banan Peze Recipe
Plantains are a staple throughout Haiti, often served with the traditional griot (fried pork) or pikliz, a spicy slaw, which you can learn to make HERE.
Plantain Project Report
We have experienced some unexpected weather patterns in Gros Morne during the past few months, which matches issues we have faced in the past few years. Due to high winds and a lack of rain, farmers in many different areas of the Gros Morne region were not able to take advantage of the start of the regular spring planting season again this year. Small farmers are more vulnerable to these climatic changes because it is more difficult for them to shift to a different garden crop with a different growing season.
Quixote Cooking Series: Haitian Pikliz
Haitian Pikliz Recipe
1 cup of Shredded Green Cabbage
1 Scotch Bonnet Pepper thinly sliced
1 shredded Carrot
1 thinly sliced onion
1 tsp of sea Salt
1/4 cups apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
Combine in a bowl the cabbage, carrots, yellow onion, pepper, salt and mix all of the ingredients together. Add the vinegar and extra virgin olive oil and let stand for ½ hour and serve, or store in a large air-tight jar and refrigerate.
Faith-Based Advocates Across the Americas Denounce the Asylum Ban
Faith-Based Advocates Across the Americas Denounce the Asylum Ban
(see release in Spanish below)
Haiti: What’s Next?
By Kim Lamberty
This month we honor Haitian culture and history through observing Haitian Heritage Month. May 18 is Haitian Flag Day, the day that Black and mixed-race Haitians united their forces against the French colonial army, paving the way to its defeat. It is also the day, in 1803, that formerly enslaved Haitians ripped the white out of the red, white and blue flag, to create the first red and blue Haitian flag.
Quixote Cooking Series: Haitian Black Rice (Diri ak Djon Djon)
This recipe was submitted by an anonymous supporter.
Quixote Cooking Series: Gallo Pinto Recipe
Nothing brings me back to my tía’s kitchen like the smell of rice and beans stir-fried together with a slice of white cheese on the side. Roughly translated to “speckled rooster,” gallo pinto is one of the most quintessential Nicaraguan dishes.
Celebrating Earth Day With Plantains
This Earth Day, we’re celebrating our partners at the Grepen Center in Gros Morne, Haiti, who
Quixote Center Initiates Programming in Panama
By Kim Lamberty