FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n
October 25, 2022<\/p>\n
Haitian American Business Expo, Inc \/ <\/em><\/div>\n BOSTON, MA –\u00a0October 25, 2022<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Haitian American Business Expo, Inc.\/ U.S. Haitian Chamber of Commerce, Inc. is holding its third annual Haitian American Young Professional Awards on October 30 at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Dedham, Mass.The\u00a0Haitian American Young Professional Awards\u00a0honor and recognize young professionals under 45 who continually demonstrate outstanding leadership, exemplary professional accomplishments, and commitment to their communities.<\/p>\n The chamber\u2019s awards committee received over one hundred nominations from across the country this year. After careful consideration, the chamber is pleased to announce the 20 finalists for the 2022 Haitian American Young Professional Awards. Finalists range from CEOs to lawyers to commercial airline pilots to dentists and more and all have one thing in common: exceptional leadership and accomplishment.<\/p>\n Five finalists for each Haitian American Young Professional awards category were determined by a selected Committee. Winners of each of the four categories will be announced at the Awards Gala.<\/p>\n Along with the awards, the event will feature live entertainment and keynote speaker Dr. Gabrielle P. Abelard, CEO of Abelard Psychotherapy. And, Haitian Comedian SeJoe\u00a0will bring his special brand of humor and perform live at the event.<\/p>\n A special tribute is planned to honor the gala’s\u00a0guest artist Mikaben<\/a>, who was scheduled to perform live at the event but sadly passed away on October 15. Mikaben was an extremely talented, multilingual artist who sang in English, Creole, French, and sometimes Spanish. In addition, Mikaben was also a talented actor who aspired to make a career in the movie industry. As part of our tribute, The chamber will play live at the event “never before seen footage” of Mikaben’s acting performance in the new upcoming movie Beach Chain (still in post-production) directed by MPAH Award-Winning Director Ralph Celestin.<\/p>\n Chamber president Hans Patrick Domercant says this is one of his favorite events of the year. \u201cEvery year, I\u2019m truly in awe of the incredible talent and contributions we see from the nominees,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m so proud to be part of this community and hope to continue celebrating these leaders for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n Award Categories Include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n In recognition of their outstanding service and contribution to the Haitian community in Massachusetts, two individuals will be honored with special awards:U.S. Haitian Chamber Toussaint Louverture Award Recipient<\/strong>: Pastor “Keke” Dieufort Fleurissaint<\/p>\n U.S. Haitian Chamber Patriotic Award Recipient:<\/strong>\u00a0Boston City Councilor At-Large, Ruthzee Louijeune<\/p>\n \u201cWith so many nominations it was difficult to narrow it down to just 5 finalists for each category,\u201d Domercant adds. \u201cOur committee did an excellent job and I\u2019m looking forward to revealing the winners. The evening is truly going to be memorable for everyone who attends.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe look forward to celebrating these outstanding young professionals in the Haitian community,\u201d said Emmanuela Romain-Amedee, Board Secretary of the U.S. Haitian Chamber of Commerce, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 25, 2022 Haitian American Business Expo, Inc \/ U.S. Haitian Chamber of Commerce, Inc. https:\/\/www.ushaitianchamber.org contact@ushaitianchamber.org \u00a0Third Annual Haitian American Young Professional Awards to Take Place on October 30 Event honors 20 Haitian American finalists across four categories who demonstrate extraordinary leadership and accomplishment and names winners BOSTON, MA –\u00a0October 25,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ushaitianchamber.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3896"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ushaitianchamber.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ushaitianchamber.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ushaitianchamber.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ushaitianchamber.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3896"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ushaitianchamber.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3900,"href":"https:\/\/www.ushaitianchamber.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3896\/revisions\/3900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ushaitianchamber.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ushaitianchamber.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ushaitianchamber.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ushaitianchamber.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nU.S. Haitian Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
\nhttps:\/\/www.ushaitianchamber.
\ncontact@ushaitianchamber.org<\/a><\/p>\n
\nTake Place on October 30
\n<\/strong>
\nEvent honors 20 Haitian American finalists across four categories who demonstrate<\/em>
\nextraordinary leadership and accomplishment and names winners<\/p>\n\n
\n– Jessicah Pierre
\n– Aliesha J Porcena
\n– Ashley Louis
\n– Tarah Ernest
\n– Nora A. Gay<\/li>\n
\n– Ashley Lubin
\n– Dr. Sheina Jean-Marie
\n– Vanessa Jean-Baptiste
\n– Widline Pyrame
\n– Erica Carries<\/li>\n
\n– Johane Alexis-Phanor
\n– Shaina Gilbert
\n– Reginald Leger
\n– Krystina Francois
\n– Harry Jean-Jacques<\/li>\n
\n– Malaika Lucien
\n– Sofia Rinvil
\n– Maritza T. Adonis
\n– Rebecca Zama
\n– Erick Mathelier<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nOur mission is to promote and empower Haitian American businesses by creating a platform where they can showcase their services to the communities in Massachusetts and beyond.
\nAlso known as the Haitian American Business Expo, Inc. (HABEXPO), the U.S. Haitian Chamber of Commerce, Inc. is recognized as the leading Haitian business association in Massachusetts for advocacy, networking, and economic growth. To learn more about the organization, please visit:\u00a0www.ushaitianchamber.org<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"