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  1. In a click you can send emails to Haitian authorities to protect homeless families in GraceVillage! chn.ge/JHWtQ1 #Haiti #noevictions 9:27 AM May 20th via web
  2. Please RT: Can you make a donation today to @SOILHaiti to help Bobo get home? He's stuck in Morocco's airport! #Haiti bit.ly/KmEJoE 11:27 AM May 19th via web
  3. @TransAfrica's Board Chair @MrDannyGlover interviewed in the @guardian gu.com/p/37ycn/tw #Haiti 6:58 AM May 19th via Tweet Button
  4. Really disappointed w/Nigel Fisher: "we had a 1.5 million people living in camps, so 2/3 have gone home" #Haiti shar.es/2NKrj 2:41 PM May 17th via Tweet Button
  5. Is Martelly making the grade? - Other Views - MiamiHerald.com miamiherald.com/2012/05/14/279… #Haiti 7:17 AM May 16th via Tweet Button
  6. Call on Haitian PM @LaurentLamothe to stop illegal forced evictions in Grace Village #Haiti Please RT! #noevictions bit.ly/JFx5bA 12:49 PM May 15th via web
  7. Join us @busboysandpoets: Fri: #KONY2012 Open Discussion with @CongoFriends! Deets: facebook.com/events/4285693… #DC" 3:29 PM Apr 9th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  8. RT: We're heading to @busboysandpoets to see @Gettie's film "Broken Stones" & talk about #Haiti w/ @gaetantguevara @MC_Intl @melindayiti 2:37 PM Apr 2nd via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  9. How will #Afro-Colombians be protected under the implementation of the FTA. Tell POTUS to bring attn at #SummitoftheAmericas @WOLA_Colombia 9:52 AM Mar 29th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  10. Thank you Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN) de #Colombia for the Ni Una Mas video on violence against women! Chk it out @WOLA_Colombia 9:29 AM Mar 29th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  11. The FTA will only increase informal work for women and will drastically impact #Afro-Colombians; Labor Action Plan is being ignored 9:20 AM Mar 29th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  12. The ongoing civil war in #Colombia is a reminder that the country is not ready to implement a FTA; violence continues @WOLA_Colombia 9:15 AM Mar 29th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  13. Malecon project in Buenaventura will displace at least 2,500 families who are almost entirely #Afro-Colombians @WOLA_Colombia 9:12 AM Mar 29th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  14. stigmatization of #Afro-Colombian grassroots groups and violent killings means less participation b/c fear of reprisal @WOLA_Colombia 9:08 AM Mar 29th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  15. Structural racism of the war and breaking down of families in #Colombia has increased #displacement and maintained myth of difference 9:04 AM Mar 29th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  16. Buenaventura most imp port in #Colombia; large # of #Afro-Descendants facing displacement due to FTA incentivized development 8:48 AM Mar 29th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  17. We're with @WOLA_Colombia learning about some of the most significant impacts of the FTA on #Afro-Colombians. Join us! 8:34 AM Mar 29th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  18. Will the Red Cross Put Shelter for Paying Tourists and Aid Workers Before IDPs? bit.ly/HmiXkc #Haiti @HaitiAidWatch 7:54 AM Mar 28th via Tweet Button
  19. #KONY2012: Powerful Propaganda for U.S. Military Intervention, analysis from Adisa A. Alkebulan, Ph.D. transafrica.org/africa-uganda/… @TransAfrica 7:59 AM Mar 22nd via Tweet Button
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