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The Quixote Center and Franciscan Network on Migration Call on Congress to Vote Against Anti-Immigrant Proposals
The Quixote Center and Franciscan Network on Migration Call on Congress to Vote Against Anti-Immigrant Proposals
What’s the Quixote Center Doing in Haiti?
We have arrived at an important moment in Haiti’s history. 220 years ago, on January 1, 1804, the people of Haiti declared their independence from enslavement and colonial rule. Haiti’s path since then has been grueling. Global powers at the time, including and especially the United States and France, imposed multiple barriers in the path of freedom for the first Black republic.
What’s Quixote Center doing in Panama?
In 2023, migrant crossings through Panama reached a historic high, as half a million people traversed the deadly Darién gap, and one
Migrant Communities Are not Disposable
Our current refugee and asylum systems were created in response to the horrific failure of the U.S. to accept Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust, and instead turning them away.
All Families, from the U.S. border to Palestine, Deserve a Chance at Life
For Immediate Release: Dec. 8, 2023
Press Contact: alexandra@quixote.org
Quixote Center’s Theory of Change in Haiti: Part II
Extreme poverty is one root cause of the chaos, violence, hunger, and migration in Haiti. All of Quixote Center’s work prioritizes systemic change. Our theory of change in Haiti has three aspects:
Violence and Food Security in Gros Morne: Report from the Community
This week we held our regular meetings with our partners in Gros Morne. The news from Haiti is dire, and we are seeing reports that the gang activity has ramped up in Artibonite Department, where Gros Morne is located. We asked our partners, including the Montfortin priests and the RJM sisters, to tell us about the situation, and the following paragraphs summarize their words.
The road to peace cannot be paved with violence
"As you conduct your wars, think of others
(do not forget those who seek peace)As you pay your water bill, think of others
(those who are nursed by clouds).As you return home, to your home, think of others
(do not forget the people of the camps)."-Mahmoud Darwish
Earlier this week, a gunman shot three Palestinian college students as they were walking in a Vermont neighborhood.
Quixote Center’s Theory of Change in Haiti: Part I
Consistent with our mission statement, Quixote Center’s work in Haiti prioritizes systemic change. Our theory of change has three aspects:
Quixote Center in Gros Morne, Haiti
In Fiscal Year 2023 Quixote Center’s agro-forestry work in Haiti directly impacted over 800 families, over 1000 elementary school children, and hundreds more small-scale farmers and cooperative members. Indirectly our reforestation work impacts all 11,000 members of the population of Gros Morne and surrounding areas.
