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Join LACC for the Haitian Summer Institute Lecture Series presentation “Cultural Journey: Duclair – Port-au-Prince – Montreal,” featuring Professor Pierre-Roland Bain, founder of KEPKAA, a Montreal-based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting Creole language and culture through arts, education, and community engagement.

Through a personal and cultural journey spanning Haiti and Canada, Professor Bain will reflect on the experiences that shaped his commitment to preserving and promoting Creole language, identity, and heritage. The lecture will also highlight the importance of cultural transmission, literacy, and the arts in strengthening communities and celebrating the richness of Creole cultures across the global diaspora.

This presentation will be in Haitian Creole. Part of LACC’s Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum (FLAC) Lecture Series and LACC’s Haitian Studies Program of Excellence.

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