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• Love Me as I Am

  Beauvais, Garcelle, 1966-

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  Beauvais tells about her youth in Haiti, adolescence in Boston, and career as a model then reality star. She shares how connecting with herself eventually led to personal as well as professional success.

• You Are Enough

  the Journey to Accepting Your Authentic Self

  Fleury, Jacques Stanley,

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  A collection of stories, poems, interviews, and more. Fleury takes a multilingual approach to guiding readers through self-acknowledgement. This is a great book if you're struggling to find your calling or balance in your life.

• Qualified

  Finding Your Voice, Leading With Character, and Empowering Others

  Love, Mia, 1975-

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  As the first Black Republican Congresswoman in the U.S. and a 2nd-generation Haitian-American, Love writes for Black women, encouraging them to find their voice and view themselves as capable and qualified.

• Always Wear Joy

  My Mother Bold and Beautiful

  Fales-Hill, Susan, 1962-

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  Third-generation Haitian-American, Fales-Hill writes about her experience watching her mother as a Broadway star, then her own experience as a woman of color trying to make a career in Hollywood.

• Life at the Center

  Haitians and Corporate Catholicism in Boston

  James, Erica Caple, 1966-

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  James looks at the influence of the Catholic Church and charities on both the success and exploitation of Haitian immigrants. This book reveals a new layer to Boston's Catholic immigrant history.

• Searching for Whitopia

  An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America

  Benjamin, Rich (Richard M.)

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  Benjamin, a 2nd-generation Haitian-American, infiltrates White enclaves in the U.S. The experience reveals the cultures that Haitians and other Americans and immigrants of color encounter in their time at home and at work.

• Create Dangerously

  the Immigrant Artist at Work

  Danticat, Edwidge, 1969-

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  For aspiring artists, this book is a valuable glimpse in the 'why' for one of the most famous writers who emigrated from Haiti, Edwidge Danticat. Danticat writes about the need to make art, especially as an immigrant.

• Fear of a Black Republic

  Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States

  Alexander, Leslie M.,

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  This book describes how Haitian independence heavily informed 18th century Black American though and how that influence is still visible to this day.

• The Black Republic

  African Americans and the Fate of Haiti

  Byrd, Brandon R.,

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  Byrd constructs historic relations between Haitians and Black Americans through U.S. history, illuminating how Haitians were received as they immigrated here, especially in 1950s Jim Crow era when immigration increased.

• Free Employment Assistance Service | AACA Boston

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  AACA Employment Center recently started offering resume and job search help in Haitian Creole every Tuesday. You can contact them to access that resource at Employment@aaca-boston.org or (617)426-9492 ext. 247