'Vandredi Anba Tonnèl' Weekly Friday Haitian Community Meeting & Tech Class

[**In the occasional event when the Vandredi Anba Tonnèl family won't be meeting at our usual meeting space due to supporting another organization/event gathering at/around the same time instead, as this is the generic custom regular weekly event meeting flyer- please refer to/check the weekly specific Friday meeting events by clicking on our EB organizer page].

Vandredi Anba Tonnèl is a weekly Ayitian intergenerational social justice community gathering/meeting space in the heart of Ti Ayiti [Little Haiti] 2/5 train at Beverly Rd. Brooklyn, NY that brings together & reconnects Daughters and sons of Manman Ayiti (Haiti) & like-minded Ayitians every Friday night from 7-10p with from 7-7:30p Radical Tech Class by Zantray Ayiti 1804, to discuss, honor, & commemorate our culture, heritage, identity, language, history, significant events, leaders, spirituality, & various other topics, issues Ayitian people, our nation face- for over ten years!

Men adrès/enfòmasyon an:

Chak Vandredi A 7-10p è 7-7:30p Klas Teknoloji Radikal (Radical Tech Class By) pa @Zantray Ayiti 1804

Nan Espas @Flanbwayan Haitian Literacy Project 3116 Clarendon Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11226

@VatBklyn [email protected]

We are a social justice minded group, Kreyòl forum that discusses matters of concern to the Ayitian community and to the world at large and seek to form a better understanding of what is occurring in the community we live in as well as back home in Ayiti & around the world. The discussion group centers around issues that pertain to Ayitian history, politics, leaders, origin, identity, language, stigmas/-isms, spirituality, and culture. We tackle issues of systemic, governmental, cultural, national, immigration, patriarchal, war on Womxn sexual violence as weapons of war, human trafficking, & many other oppressions, taboos, stigmas, mysticisms, government corruption, gang violence, expatriatism/refugees, & other crises we as a community & our home face.

We educate, learn from each other, & build stronger, healthier, solid links & understanding of our culture while demystifying, debunking, & destigmatizing what colonial, imperial, capitalistic, & governmental corruption, destruction, torment, & turmoil has caused by uplifting each other & our family in Ayiti.

Our aim is to foster dialogue in an inclusive and respectful manner while acknowledging each other's differences & even more so our great similarities that bind us together as the Ayitian family in community we are. While also striving to break generational traumas & intergenerational differences & ignorance promoting healthy & proud cultural practice.

In addition we work towards having an intergenerational & global discussion & community from the diaspora directly back home in Ayiti where we can all benefit/learn from, improve, & uplift one another. We encourage all age groups to attend as this is already an elder & youth friendly intergenerational space.

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**Our forum is held in Kreyòl with the use of English as needed & the availability of translators.

We serve complimentary light Ayitian refreshments with occasional/spontaneous full authentic Ayitian dinner meals. Feel free to bring fruits, drinks, & light foods to add to the table (to sponsor/cater more intricate meals please contact us to respect everyone's & the space's dietary needs/comforts)!

Although this will always be a FREE open weekly event/meeting space, if you'd like to sponsor, cater, donate, speak/collaborate, professionally promote/advertise any events or offer your services to further support & enhance our work please Contact Us.

For all concerns, questions, support & support requests, referrals, collaborations, accommodation needs, or future event speaker requests please contact [email protected]

Follow us @VatBklyn. PLEASE share, repost, attach the link on your socials, invite/come with friends/family members & we welcome you ‘Lakay’ with embracing arms every Friday night at Vandredi Anba Tonnèl!

We honor our Ancestors & Liberator The Great Emperor Jan Jak Desalin & ALL the Heroines/(S)Heros of our great nation Ayiti for the reason we're all here today! To continue the great legacy left for us all to follow.

Men Anpil Chay Pa Lou ◆ Libète Ou Lanmò

*This event/meeting space does not tolerate any discrimination against, respects, supports, welcomes- is a safe space for & inclusive of all: personal self identifications, classes, varying backgrounds, people in support from other Black nationalities islands, nations, countries, heritages, beginner/difficulty with Kreyòl speakers, age groups, people/persons with disabilities, religious affiliations/spiritual identifications, LGBTQIA+– those who identify as Womxn, Femme, Non-Binary/GNC, gender expressions/sexual orientations, and your supporting friends/loved ones. Join us!

Host or Publisher Vandredi Anba Tonnèl