Haiti NOW 2019

Thursday June 6, 2019 

7:00 am ⎯ Ongoing  Arrivals & Registration

7:00 am ⎯ 8:30 am  Networking Breakfast

9:00 am  ⎯ 10:00 am

Welcome: Kate Guedj, Sr. Vice President and Chief Philanthropy Officer, The Boston Foundation 

Herby Duverné, CEO Windwalker Group, Chair of the Board, Haiti Development Institute

Talk 1: Reaffirming Haiti’s Promise

Speaker: U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Michele J. Sison​

Talk 2: Philanthropy’s Challenge in Haiti - Systems Change

Moderator: Harry Dumay, President, Elms College, Haiti Development Institute Board member

Speakers: Paloma Adams-Allen, President and CEO, Inter-American Foundation and Michèle Pierre-Louis, President, FOKAL - Open Society Foundations Haiti

10:30 am  ⎯ 12:00 pm  CONCURRENT SESSIONS

SALONS
Spaces that afford participants the opportunity to engage in conversation about issues, concerns, and topics pertinent to them.

Salon A: Understanding the Nonprofit Sector in Haiti 
Guiding Question: A central tenet of sustainability is that philanthropy must support local leaders and their efforts. In light of current events, how can this best be done? What is needed to foster vibrant community based organizations and Haitian nonprofits?  Consider possibilities such as supporting communities of practice, improvement of the legal framework, and expanded availability of capacity building.

Leader: Pierre Imbert, Co-founder and CEO, Ayiti Community Trust

Salon B: Learning From Failure 
Guiding Questions: What have been our own and the sector’s greatest failures? What have we learned?

Leader: Alix Cantave, Program Officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation​

Salon C: Creating Collective Impact — Working Together to Achieve Positive Change
Guiding Questions: What does it take to create a collective impact initiative? What would open the door to more collective impact initiatives in Haiti?  What ingredients are needed?  How can we leverage community planning and design for greater impact? Learn about current efforts such as the Haiti Nursing Partnership and the Sustainable Village and Learning Community (SVLC), consider the salient issues in creating and implementing such initiatives, and envision new possibilities in Haiti.

Co-leaders: Harry Dumay, President, Elms College; Haiti Development Institute Board member; Bennett Rathbun, Co-founder and Executive Director, Hope on a String; Killion Mokwete, Project Manager, Build Health International

STUDIOS
Experiential spaces where participants learn by doing.

Studio 1: Reframing Philanthropy in Haiti
Participate in articulating principles that we should follow in our work.

Leader: Dana Francois, Program Officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

12:00 pm ⎯ 1:30 pm   Networking Lunch

1:30 pm ⎯ 2:00 pm  Break

2:00 pm ⎯ 3:30 pm  CONCURRENT SESSIONS

SALONS

Salon D: Empowering and Engaging Next Gen Leaders
Guiding Questions: Who are the next generation of civil society leaders and how can we support and integrate their change efforts? What type of civic engagement can help build a new generation of leaders?

Leader:  Johnny Celestin, Executive Director, Centre Haitien pour le Leadership et L’Excellence

​Salon E: Funding Advocacy and Social Movements: Case Studies from the Women’s Movement, Disability Rights Movement and the Right to Resources Movement 
Guiding Questions: How can philanthropy be most effective in supporting advocacy, social change, and development in Haiti?  How can philanthropists avoid doing harm in their funding?

Co-Leaders: Daniele Magloire, founding member, Kayfanm and feminist coalition CONAP; Michel Pean, PhD, President of SHAA (Haitian Society for the Visually Impaired); Amber Lynn Munger, Senior Program Officer, American Jewish World Service

Salon F: Issue-Based Philanthropy: Health Equity
Guiding Question: Health care organizations and key systems have tremendous potential to directly influence underlying societal inequities that contribute to health disparities and poor health.  How can funders best support work to strengthen these key systems and create access to health care for all in Haiti, especially the most vulnerable?

Leader:  Conor Shapiro, President and CEO, St. Boniface Haiti Foundation

STUDIO

Studio 2: Innovating Giving: Blockchain and Philanthropy
Explore examples of how blockchain is being leveraged in philanthropy and imagine more applications of this transformative new technology and its potential in Haiti.

Leader: Cleve Mesidor, Founder, LOGOS; Haiti Development Institute Board

3:30 ⎯ 4:00 pm Break/Snack. Pre-Conference Area

4:00 ⎯ 5:30 pm. Ballroom

Talk 3: Unpacking Haiti Now – Insights on Recent Events, the Current Context and How Funders Should Respond

Moderator: Regine Polynice, Regional Director, Latin America and the Caribbean, CBM International, Haiti Development Institute Board

Panelists: Patricia Camilien, Professor, Universite Quisqueya and President, Ayiti Nou Vle A (ANVA); Etzer S. Emile, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Universite Quisqueya

Talk 4: Role of Community Foundations in Influencing Global Giving

Moderator: Maggi Alexander, Partner and Director, Center for Global Philanthropy, The Philanthropic Initiative 

Speakers: Kate Guedj, Sr. Vice President and Chief Philanthropy Officer, The Boston Foundation and Javier Soto, President and CEO, The Miami Foundation

5:30 pm ⎯ 7:00 pm  Networking Reception. Level 25 Bar and Terrace 

Friday June 7, 2019 

7:00 am ⎯ 8:30 am   Networking Breakfast 

8:45 am  ⎯ 10:00 am   Plenary Session

Welcome: Karen Ansara, Ansara Family Fund, Haiti Development Institute Board member

Reflection: Rosemary Ortlieb-Padgett, Director, Learning Through Development, State University of New York ​

Talk 1: Spurring Innovations for Development in Haiti
How do we move from business as usual, spurring a wave of innovative endeavors to engage Haitians differently?  What role can philanthropy play in moving this work forward?

Moderator: Delle Joseph, Managing Director, TD Bank

Speakers: Michelle Jean, Co-Founder and CEO, Zesa Raw, and JP Michel, Chairman and CEO, Santé Nou Health, Inc.​

Talk 2: Aligning Funding with Values and Principles

Speaker: Joe Scantlebury, Vice President for Program Strategy, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

10:30 am  ⎯ 12:00 pm   CONCURRENT SESSIONS

SALONS

Salon G: Agriculture and Food Security
Guiding Questions: What are existing gaps in agriculture and possible strategies to avoid impending disasters? How are stakeholders engaged on the ground?  How might philanthropy serve to improve production and food security?

Co-leaders: Cantave Jean-Baptiste, Executive Director, FOHMAPS/PDL/Groundswell, and Reginald Cean, Program Director, Haiti Development Institute

​Salon H: Promoting Quality and Equity in Education in Haiti
Guiding Questions: What is the current state of education?  What are key challenges and existing gaps? Who are key stakeholders and what level of engagement is necessary? How can philanthropy do better from a systems thinking perspective?

Leader: Nedgine Paul Deroly, Co-Founder and CEO Anseye Pou Ayiti

Salon I: Promoting Small to Medium Enterprises
Guiding Question: How can funders better support the growth of social enterprises?  Consider effective strategies to enhance local production, improve environmental protection.  Explore how to help build supply chains and connections to local markets.

Leader: Patrick Dessources, Executive Director, CASELI

Salon J: Promoting Energy Access                                                                              Leader: Allison Archambault, President, Earthspark International

SIMULATION
Immersive experience that allows participants to learn about and gain perspective on issues in a dynamic, hands on, and empathic way. Simulation will provoke reflection on grant making practice and effectiveness and allow leaders to imagine what is possible in Haiti when new ideas are put in practice.

Simulation: The Haitian Nonprofit Experience 
What is it like to form and run a nonprofit organization in Haiti?  What are the challenges, and what can philanthropy do to support the development of the sector?  Role play interactions of community leaders with funders, government officials, etc.

Leader: Karen Proctor, Principal, Harbour Workshop, and Elie Lafortune, Associate Executive Director, Haiti Development Institute

12:00 pm  ⎯ 12:45 pm   Lunch

12:45 pm -1:30 pm Plenary Session 

Haiti Now: Reframing the Narrative about Haiti and Our Work
Reflections on our conversations the last two days and perspectives on development in Haiti. Reframing how we think, act and communicate about the role of philanthropy and Haiti.

Moderator: Harry Dumay, President, Elms College; Haiti Development Institute Board

Speakers: Jimmy Jean-Louis, Actor, Dana Francois, Program Officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation; Ramel Altidort, Executive Director, GASA

​1:30 pm -2:00 pm  Forward Together 
We review the convening's big ideas, key insights, and clear calls-to-action to advance our important work.