
ALTERNATIVE CHANCE/CHANS ALTENATIV A self-help, advocacy program for criminal deportees in Haiti
March 28, 2008 Alternative Chance/Michelle Karshan response to 2007 US State Dept Report issued March 11, 2008 challenges assertions made regarding treatment of Criminal Deportees arriving in Haiti
Articles about Criminal Deportation to Haiti, Alternative Chance, and Criminal Deportation in general Articles on Alternative Chance, Criminal Deportees, Criminal Deportation and Haiti
CONTACT US Mailing, telephone, email, fax -- contact information
ATTENTION ATTORNEYS For attorneys fighting criminal deportation from the United States
HOW YOU CAN HELP! Donate money or materials, Volunteer in Haiti or the US.
Press Releases and Alerts Alternative Chance Press Releases and Alerts on Haiti and Criminal Deportees/Deportation
Very Brief Overview of Haitian Government Response to Criminal Deportation to Haiti Criminal Deportation to Haiti and Haitian government response
June 2006 Note on Our Work Overview of Chans Altenativ work and thinking
Preliminary Report by Michelle Karshan on Police Executions & Torture of Criminal Deportees in Haiti 2004-2006 Criminal Deportees are often targeted for execution solely because of tatoos, the way they wear their clothes, gold teeth, and different behavoir and walk
Brief Overview of Haiti's Recent History Haiti history for context
WHERE AM I? A Guide to Adjusting to Haiti Against Your Will (Excerpt) This manual provides new criminal deportees in Haiti with an orientation on numerous subjects
Criminal Deportees in Haiti Receive No Food or Water in Jail Criminal Deportees receive no food or water when imprisoned upon arriving in Haiti
Photos & Photo Credits Photos of Alternative Chance and life in Haiti for criminal deportees
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Our Outcast Youth Short documentary by David Belle about Alternative Chance as told by three young men
LINKS Resources: Our partners and other valuable resources
Links to Job Training, Job Readiness, and More Job training, Job readiness, Job resources
Alternative Chance Haitian Art Gallery Help support our work by visiting our Haitian Art Gallery
Are You a United States Citizen? Comprehensive breakdown by the Florence Project on what makes someone a US citizen
Women Criminal Deportees in Haiti International Women's Day and Women Criminal Deportees in Haiti
May 21, 2007 Advisory on the Continued Detention of Criminal Deportees Arriving in Haiti Michelle Karshan documents Haiti's continued detention of Haiti's Criminal Deportees
New life is no life for U.S. ex-cons in Haiti Chicago Tribune article about criminal deportees in Haiti
Haitian government announces it will imprison all Criminal Deportees arriving in Haiti Metropolehaiti, August 16, 2006, Haitian government announces it will put arriving Criminal Deportees in prison
Overview of Alternative Chance/Chans Altenativ Past and Future Activities for Criminal Deportees in Haiti & those Challenging Criminal Deportation to Haiti, October 15, 2007 Priority Issues, Upcoming Family Camp, Collaborations, Human Rights Awards, Annual Benefit
Alternative Chance/Chans Altenativ 2nd Annual Awards & Fundraising Dinner Alternative Chance/Chans Altenativ to hold annual dinner at Tap Tap Haitian Restaurant in South Beach November 8, 2007
Alternative Chance/Chans Altenativ Family Camp First camp uniting children with their deported parent in Haiti for structured retreat
Donation/Reservation form Fill in form to make donation, donate frequent flyer miles, or make reservations for annual dinner
Cases of Respondents Who Fear Imprisonment as Criminal Deportees to Haiti: Haitian CAT cases since J-E

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Our Outcast Youth

by David Belle, Produced by Crowing Rooster Arts, Inc.

“This short documentary is not just about Haitian youth – it’s about all non-citizen immigrant youth living in the United States. It not only educates the general public about the injustices of our current immigration policies, but also opens a dialogue amongst immigrant students and communities.” Michelle Karshan, Executive Director of Alternative Chance/Chans Altenativ

Produced by Crowing Rooster Arts, Inc.
1998
12 minutes

Deported for life! Recent immigration laws in the United States have caused tens of thousands of American youth to be deported to their home countries after finishing their sentences in U.S. prisons or probation. For the first time, hear three young men talk about their experiences of growing up Haitian in the United States and being deported to Haiti by the U.S. government, and in one case, by his parents.

Special guest Cheryl Little, Haitian refugee rights attorney, explains the changes in the laws that created this “virtual life sentence of banishment.”

These young men are participants of the Alternative Chance program in Haiti, a self-help, peer counseling program which advocates on behalf of criminal deportees and youth sent to live in Haiti against their will. Alternative Chance provides a wide range of services including an orientation to Haiti, emergency services, advocacy on behalf of criminal deportees detained in prison in Haiti upon their arrival, counseling, wrongful deportation screening, etc.

Renal D., who is featured in this film, spent three nightmarish years in Haiti as one of Haiti’s dreaded criminal deportees before his attorney proved that he was a U.S. citizen. Renal now lives and works in Florida with his family, finally reunited with his young daughter.

This excellent and provocative educational tool is available at $20 each plus $3 shipping/handling.

Please contact us at altchance@aol.com to inquire about how you can order a copy of this video.

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