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Sacred Heart University Presents Vision Project in "Haiti: A Long Suffering Road

Fairfield, Connecticut - Sacred Heart University's Human Journey Colloquia Series will present Vision Project in a free public forum entitled "Haiti: A Long Suffering Road." It will take place in the Schine Auditorium on Tuesday, February 9, beginning at 7 P.M. and will include the opportunity for discussion with the panelists. The event is free and open to the public.

The evening will be moderated by Richard Falco, the president of Vision Project, an organization dedicated to the development of documentary photography, investigative journalism, video, multimedia, and education. He will present images of Haiti taken over the past 20 years by photographer Les Stone. This will be followed by a personal reflection from Sacred Heart Professor of Criminal Justice Stephane Jasmin Kirven, a native of Haiti, who will explore the recent catastrophe and explain her connections to the regions directly impacted.

Joseph Alicastro will follow with a short documentary that was originally developed for NBC, where he was a producer. He is Vision Project's associate director. Completing the formal presentations will be SHU Professors Charlotte M. Gradie and June-Ann Greeley. Dr. Gradie is a Latin American historian and chair of the Department of History; she was a participant in a faculty program in Haiti in 2004. Dr. Greeley, the chair of the Department of Religious Studies, will speak of the religious and ethical dimensions of the present situation and discuss the University's planned response.

The public discussion will address issues of poverty, social justice, human rights and the country's evolving conditions following the earthquakes.

About Sacred Heart University
Sacred Heart University, the second-largest Catholic university in New England, offers more than 40 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs on its main campus in Fairfield, Connecticut, and satellites in Connecticut, Luxembourg and Ireland. Approximately 6,000 students attend the University's four colleges: Arts & Sciences; Education & Health Professions; University College; and the AACSB-accredited John F. (Jack) Welch College of Business. The Princeton Review includes SHU in its "Best 371 Colleges: 2010" and "Best 301 Business Schools: 2010" and U.S. News & World Report ranks SHU among the best master's universities in the North in its annual "America's Best Colleges" publication. As one of just 23 institutions nationally, SHU is a member of the Association of American Colleges & Universities' (AAC&U) Core Commitments Leadership Consortium, in recognition of its core, "The Human Journey." SHU fields 31 division I athletic teams, and has an award-winning program of community service. www.sacredheart.edu