A 100 Días: Nuevas Tendencias Migratorias
May 9, 8pm
2025 Parish Twinning Program of the Americas Conference
August 15-17, 2025
Nashville, Tennessee
Kim Lamberty will be one of the keynote speakers at this year's conference.
More information HERE.
Past Events
Webinar: Stop Illegal Arms to Haiti
April 24, 1pm
View a recording of the webinar HERE.
Webinar: Stranded and Forgotten: The Human Cost of U.S. Deportation Policies
April 8th, 1pm EST
View a recording of the webinar HERE.
Town Hall with the Haitian Studies Association
November 12th at 7:00pm ET
Quixote Center is a co-sponsoring organization for the Town Hall: Organizing Against Anti-Haitianism After the US Election.
As anti-Haitianism surges in the lead-up to the U.S. presidential election, confronting the rise in xenophobia and hate requires the community to be prepared and organized.
Date & Time: Tuesday, November 12, 7-8:30 p.m. EST (ZOOM)
Co-sponsoring organizations: Haitian Studies Association, North American Congress on Latin America, Faith in Action, NYU School of Law's Global Justice Clinic, Haitian Bridge Alliance,Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, Quixote Center and Human Rights First.
"DANGER IN THE DARIÉN GAP: Human Rights Abuses and the Need for Humane Pathways to Safety."
November 14, 2024
On November 14, 2024, Quixote Center's Executive Director, Kim Lamberty will moderate a webinar on human rights abuses in the Darién Gap. Representatives from Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef), Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, Human Rights Watch, Witness at the Border, Red Franciscana Para Migrantes, and Quixote Center will discuss their report, "DANGER IN THE DARIÉN GAP: Human Rights Abuses and the Need for Humane Pathways to Safety." The panel discussion will highlight key findings on human rights violations from the report, share policy recommendations that support the need for humane pathways to safety, and a current overview of what Panamanian advocates are seeing on the ground following the new Panamanian government.
Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice 2024
October 26-28, 2024
Washington HiltonThe Quixote Center will be participating in this year's Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice.
For more information, click HERE.
Restorative Collaboration in Haiti
Date: Wednesday May 1, 2024
Time: 6pm ET
Join Mercy Focus on Haiti Executive Director, Betty Jean-Jeremie, for a conversation on advocacy work in Haiti with special guest speaker Dr. Kim Lamberty, Executive Director of the Quixote Center.
Kim has been developing and managing faith-based community service programs on topics of justice, peace for more than 24 years. She has accompanied vulnerable communities and human rights workers in Palestine, Colombia, and the US-Mexico border through her work with Christian Peacemaker Teams from 2004-2008. She managed church-based Haiti programming and directed work with US universities for Catholic Relief Services from 2010 to 2019. She is also founder and president of Just Haiti, a Fairtrade coffee company that focuses on economic justice for vulnerable small-scale farmers. Kim specializes in addressing root causes of poverty, violence, and environmental degradation, especially relating to economic justice and Haiti, and has published numerous articles on the topic.
Special Appearance: Angela McParland, Justice Resource Manager for the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas.
Stop Illegal Arms to Haiti Webinar
Click HERE to access a recording of the webinar.
July 30th, 2024, 5pm
ONLINE.
A coalition of dozens of NGOs and faith based communities are raising their voices to say "the illegal flow of weapons into the hands of Haitian gangs MUST STOP." Join us as we talk to UN and Congressional leadership about ending this travesty.
Featuring: US Congresswoman Sheila Chirfilus-McCormick and UN Expert on Human Rights in Haiti WIlliam O'Neill.
Panel Discussion with NHAEON
January 27, 2024 11am
Fairmont Hotel- 2401 M Street, NW
National Haitian American Elected Officials Network (NHAEON) 15th Annual Leadership Summit will take place Wednesday January 24- Sunday January 28, 2024. Quixote Center's Kim Lamberty will be a panelist on Saturday January 27, 2024, 11am. Panel Title: "Advocacy/Haitian Criminal Collusion Transparency Act: Lessons Learned & How to Move Forward with Advocacy Efforts."
Holiday Dinner Forum with Peaceworks
December 9th- 6 pm
Friends Meeting in Chatham or by Zoom
The PeaceWorks community will host a very special holiday dinner forum with global coffee expert and Director of the Quixote Center Kim Lamberty.
Kim will help us zoom out from the tiny community of 50 families that grow our holiday coffee on a mountaintop in Nicaragua to the realities of the global coffee trade, also discussing the challenges of small farmers like those PeaceWorks supports more broadly and the work of the Quixote Center.
Tuesday, November 7th, 2023
Haiti Dinner & Discussion of Quixote Center's Impact in Haiti
Time: 6-8:30PM
Where: Port-Au-Prince Haitian Cuisine : 7912 Georgia Ave Silver Spring, MD 20910
The Quixote Center invites you to attend an evening of Haitian food and drink at the Port-au-Prince Restaurant in Silver Spring, MD.
To reserve your spot, you can make a suggested donation of $50/person HERE, which includes a buffet-style Haitian dinner. For any questions, please contact info@quixote.org.
Our Executive Director Kim Lamberty will speak on the latest impact of our sustainable initiatives in Haiti. Find out more about our newest partnership in Haiti's South with DCCH to survey a community on what they believe they need to alleviate themselves from poverty, and to create a project to increase income generation based on their answers. We will present the survey results, and there will be time for questions and discussion.
ANC Commissioner Claudette David will present on the importance of Congressional advocacy and the Quixote Center's partnership with the National Haitian American Elected Officials Network (NHAEON), for which she serves as Co-Chair of the National Legislative Committee.