African American Baptist Mission Collaboration (AABMC)

Laborers together for Christ

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Our Mission:

The African American Baptist Mission Collaboration seeks to help rebuild, revitalize and advocate for Haiti in wake of the January 2010 earthquake.

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About the Collaboration:

The AABMC was formed in February 2010 and is a partnership of five Baptist communities representing more than 40,000 churches and more than 10 million Christians nationwide, most of whom are of African American heritage.

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Better Days Ahead for Haiti as Investment Grows

Jan 30, 2012
  • Haiti’s economy grew by 8.6% last year and forecasts to grow by 8.8% this year
  • Foreign investments increase as market reforms gain traction
  • Business leaders are optimistic about the country’s future
  • The theme of the 42nd World Economic Forum Annual Meeting is The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models. For more information, visit http://wef.ch/Davos

A Day of Remembrance: 2nd Anniversary of Haiti Earthquake

Jan 12, 2012
  •  The quake struck on January 12, 2010 at 4:53 p.m.
  •  The 7.0 magnitude quake's epicenter hit just 10 miles west of Porte-au-Prince and its 2 million inhabitants 
  •  3 million people in need of emergency aid after major earthquake
  •  316,000 lost their lives 

City of North Miami Resolution Urges President/DHS to Create a Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program (FRPP)

Oct 27, 2011

Attached is a strong October 11, 2011 City of North Miami Resolution urging the White House and DHS to promptly create a Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program to "mirror" the ongoing Cuban FRPP, save lives, and help Haiti recover by generating remittances.  It notes broad national support and that over 30,000 beneficiaries have been paroled since 2009 under the Cuban program.

Mass­a­chu­setts’ Con­gres­sional Lead­ers Urge DHS Sec­re­tary Napoli­tano to Save Lives and Help Haiti by Reuni­fy­ing Hait­ian Families

Oct 26, 2011
Yes­ter­day U.S. Depart­ment of Home­land Secu­rity Sec­re­tary Janet Napoli­tano was again urged to promptly parole into the United States Hait­ian ben­e­fi­cia­ries of approved family-based visa peti­tions, to “mir­ror” the Cuban Fam­ily Reuni­fi­ca­tion Parole Pro­gram which promptly paroles such ben­e­fi­cia­ries and help Haiti recover from last year’s dev­as­tat­ing earth­quake by gen­er­at­ing sig­nif­i­cant remittances.