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Art Creation Foundation for Children (ACFFC) is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to the education and personal growth of youth in need in Jacmel, Haiti. ACFFC youth began working on mosaic installations after the 2010 Haiti Earthquake, to memorialize lives lost and to celebrate hope for the future. Their first installation was called Tree of Life. Since then, through our “Mosaïque Jacmel” project, mosaic mural installations and benches have been created throughout Jacmel, aesthetically enhancing the face of the city. Recently, ten ACFFC youth have been invited to visit South Florida by Major Joseph Bernadel, ACFFC Board Member and Chief Operating Officer of Toussaint L’Ouverture High School for Arts and Social Justice (TLHS), a charter school located in Delray Beach Florida. They will be arriving on November 2, 2013. TLHS has a student body of predominantly Haitian-American new immigrant high school students. Together with TLHS students, ACFFC Team Mosaïque Jacmel youth will be creating a public art mosaic installation in Boynton Beach, Florida to honor the people of Florida who have generously come to the aid of the people of Haiti, after numerous natural disasters. The ACFFC youth, special Emissaries of the Haitian People, are here to say thank you. The events will take place November 2 – 19 2013, the month typically associated with Thanksgiving in the U.S. This public art project is to be registered with the State of Florida as part of Viva Florida 500, a statewide initiative led by the Florida Department of State, to highlight the 500 years of Florida history, people, places and events in present-day Florida and to celebrate diversity of culture. The ACFFC youth will also be bringing with them a mosaic mural memorializing the many Haitian lives lost at sea, and the perils of these journeys. This mural will be presented to Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami, Inc. (FANM) / Haitian Women of Miami. FANM will share the exhibition with the Haitian community. It is an organization founded in 1991 to work for the "social and political empowerment" of Haitian women and their families. In addition, the ACFFC team will be auditing academic classes at TLHS, visiting the Palm Beach Photographic Centre in West Palm Beach, the Palm Beach County Cultural Council, Clay-Glass-Stone Cooperative Gallery in Lake Worth and other social activities are being planned. Selected ACFFC team members will travel to Washington DC to visit the Haitian Embassy and Capitol Hill. PUBLIC EVENTS: Meet and Greet at TapTap Restaurant Date: Sunday November 3 Time: 4 pm - 7 pm 819 5th St, Miami Beach, FL 33139 (305) 672-2898 Reception at Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery Date: Friday November 8 Time: 6 pm - 9 pm 15 South J Street, Lake Worth, FL 561-588-8344 Reception sponsored by Fanm Ayitian de Miyami Location in Miami, TBD Date: Saturday November 9 Time: Evening, TBD (305) 756-8050 Reception at the home of ACFFC Board Member Dr. Connie Duke Location: Jupiter, FL Date: Saturday November 16 Time: 7 pm - 9 pm To RSVP and for directions: Dr. Connie Duke, Academic Dean, ITT Technical Institute 561-233-4932-office 561-628-5705-cell cduke@itt-tech.edu Reception at Institute of Mosaic Art in Berkeley, Ca. thanks to IMA and ACFFC Board Members Erin Rogers and Laurel True, Director of ACFFC Mosaique Jacmel program Date: Friday November 22 Time: Evening, TBD 805 Allston WayBerkeley, CA 510-898-1174 This is an extraordinary opportunity for ACFFC as an organization, for our youth, and for the community. The project is sponsored by Toussaint L’Ouverture High School for Arts and Social Justice, and the Office of Public Diplomacy, Embassy of the United States, Port au Prince Haiti. The Office of Congresswoman Lois Frankel has been instrumental in achieving this goal. The Offices of the Ministries of Culture and Tourism in Jacmel, Haiti and the Mayor of Jacmel, Haiti have lent their support as have the Palm Beach County Cultural Council and the Palm Beach Photographic Centre. For additional information: Contact for Art Creation Foundation For Children www.acffc.org Judy Hoffman jh.acffc@gmail.com 561-247-3870 Contact for Toussaint L’Ouverture High School www.toussaintlouverture.org Major Joseph Bernadel jbernadeltlhs@aol.com 561-414-5465 
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