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Jean Rubens
Joined: 16 Mar 2006
Posts: 334
Location: Boston, Mass
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 Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:22 pm Post subject: Wyclef to be honored by Harvard Foundation this weekend |
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Haitian-American musician and record producer Wyclef Jean has been named 2010 Artist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation of Harvard University. The Grammy Award-winning musician will receive the group’s most prestigious medal at the annual Cultural Rhythms award ceremony on Feb. 27.
The Harvard Cultural Rhythms festival will begin that day at 3 p.m. in Sanders Theatre. The award will be presented around 4 p.m. There also will be an 8 p.m. performance.
“His contributions to music and distinguished history of creativity have been appreciated by people throughout the world,” said S. Allen Counter, director of the Harvard Foundation, “and he is admired worldwide for his humanitarian efforts on behalf of the people of Haiti.”
He is widely known for his humanitarian work through the Yéle Haiti Foundation, which promotes sports and the arts in Haiti. This support includes thousands of annual scholarships, soccer programs for at-risk youth, and free outdoor films in neighborhoods without electricity. The organization distributes food to communities in need throughout Haiti and mobilizes emergency disaster relief, including its current efforts in response to the devastating earthquake in the Port-au-Prince area.
The Harvard Foundation, the University’s center for intercultural arts and sciences initiatives, honors the nation’s most acclaimed artists and scientists each year. Previous awards have been presented to such artists as Sharon Stone, Andy Garcia, Will Smith, Matt Damon, Halle Berry, Jackie Chan, Denzel Washington, Salma Hayek, and Herbie Hancock.
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D K Bess
Joined: 30 Nov 2006
Posts: 5105
Location: Montreal, CANADA
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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Congratulations CLEF... 
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TOUT SAK TÉ KANPÉ SOU WOUT YO... YO PAT POU NOU...
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RICKY
Joined: 14 Mar 2006
Posts: 18944
Location: NY
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Well deserved. continue the hard work |
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speedy/kreyol la
Joined: 28 Jan 2009
Posts: 1555
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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| CONGRATS CLEF... |
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vava
Joined: 29 Oct 2008
Posts: 5394
Location: Boston, MA
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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Congrats Cleff... well deserved!
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~ ou pa ka gason, pou groupie yon lot gason konsa... ou ka apresye yon artist, men le'w komanse ap joure fanm, derespekte moun... ah monche sa se yon problem 
nou we kote'w kanpe deja, no more to prove~
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Gentleman1
Joined: 05 Mar 2007
Posts: 6020
Location: Fontamara, Haiti
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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Bravo et chapo ba pou w Cleff
sak pi bel la..gen Haitien tankou'l ki pral di li pa merite'l 
pa lache Cleff...kontinye flote drapo sa pou mwen ak lot ki vle yo
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belfam
Joined: 11 Mar 2006
Posts: 8728
Location: stamford, ct
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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congrats well deserved
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owen1055
Joined: 05 Aug 2006
Posts: 3038
Location: Chicago, IL
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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Congrats Clef and continue to do what you've been doing.
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