CAMPAIGN #VIVDESALINES: Activity Calendar (January 15-31, 2025)
By La Rédaction · Port-au-Prince
· 2 min read · Updated 24 April 2026
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From January 15 to 31, 2025, the #VIVDESALINES Campaign will organize a series of cultural and educational activities to celebrate and discuss Dessalines' legacy in Haiti. Here is a summary of the activities planned during this period:
- **January 20-27**: **Discourse Analysis** - A 7-day series of Dessalinian speeches, starting on January 20, where what marks the 20th century will be analyzed. Indépendamment and the Zafèm Fan Club will organize this event.
- **January 21** at 2:00 PM: **Conference** - A conference on “Four Whites for Lampe by Nody Guerrier and Yenny Ferdinand” which will take place at a location to be announced.
- **January 23** at 1:00 PM: **Conference** - “Four Whites for the Dessalinines Interview: Bayinsha Bello” with moderator: Gessica Génèus.
- **January 24** at 2:00 PM: **Conference** - “How the Colonial State and the Struggle for Freedom Define the Identity and Mental Health of Haitians Today” with Dr. Judite Blanc and moderated by Dr. Jeff M. Cadichon.
- **January 25** at 2:00 PM: **Conference** - “Understanding the Ideal of the Dessalinines in the Face of the Conquest of the Country Haiti” with Daniel Supplice and moderated by Josué Sénat.
- **January 26** at 4:00 PM: **Film Screening** - Jean Jacques Dessalines, the Man Who Defeated Napoleon. Royalty: Arnold Antoine Location: Ciné Movies Complex Cap-Haïtien.
- **January 27** at 6:00 PM: **Conference** - “Jehovah, King Dessalines” with Mary Théos and moderated by Andrep Peterson.
- **January 28** at 2:00 PM: **Conference** - “Dessalinian Love in the Face of Life's Difficulties in Ayiti?” with Dr. Louis Steeven, Ph.D.
- **January 29** at 4:00 PM: **Film Screening** - “Why a Project Under Dessalines?” Guest: Josué Sénat Presenter: Adassa Romulus Guerrier.
- **January 29** at 2:00 PM: **Conference** - “Remembering Dessalines and the proverbs that shaped his life” with Dr. J. Peterson.
- **January 30** at 4:00 PM: **Performance/Animation** - “Mési Papa Desalin” with Derlon Fils Derilus as director
