Margaret Mitchell Armand Joins the Ancestors -Our thoughts are with the family of Dr. Margaret Mitchell Armand, May She Rest in Power

[zili danto]

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Dr. Margaret Mitchell Armand Joins the Ancestors - Our thoughts are with the family of Dr. Margaret Mitchell Armand, May She Rest in Power 

Woukoukou!


Jete dlo, jete dlo,
jete dlo beni pou zanmi nou, fanm zantray nou, fanm vanyan ki ale jwenn Zansèt yo.
Nou nomen non w, Margaret Mitchell Armand, nou pa detounen w.

Woukoukou! Jodia N’ap Chante Gwo Lapriyè Ginen Yo Pou Manbo Margaret Mitchell Armand. 

Margaret Mitchell Armand was a dear friend and active supporter of Èzili 's HLLN works. It's with great sadness that we report our Manbo, Dr. Margaret Mitchell Armand passed away yesterday, March 17, 2016. It was a very sudden and unexpected death. Maggie Armand had the flu and it caused an infection. Just Tuesday, Maggie Armand went to vote in the US presidential elections in Florida and was running errands. Dr. Margaret Mitchell Armand was a well respected justice and political activist, a scholar, author, psychotherapist, conflict mediator and a Vodun priestess initiated by the late Ati Nasyonal Pou Voudou, Max Beauvoir, at the Temple Mariani. Dr. Armand earned her Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution.

On behalf Èzili's HLLN and for myself, I send our deepest sympathies and condolences to her husband Dr. Lucien Armand, son Alain Armand, daughter Bernadette Armand, son-in-law Max Rameau and the entire family. All her children, grandchildren and friends. We're so very sorry for your lost. We reMEMBER Margaret Mitchell Armand, when after the earthquake, Manbo Armand, participated in our relief mission to Chicago where we visited Minister Farrakhan to ask for help for Zili Dlo to give more clean water to the quake and cholera victims. That day, just one month after the earthquake, Maggie danced with me, on-stage in a rememberance ritual for the earthquake victims. (See photos at our website, here - http://www.margueritelaurent.com/photogallery/JeteDlo/1.html )

Later, in that devastating 2010 quake year, Maggie sponsored an HLLN To-Tell-The-Truth-About-Haiti-Forum in Fort Lauderdale to help raise monies for our relief work in Haiti with human rights, dignity and cultural respect. (Watch Maggie introducing us at this Florida event she hosted to support Èzili HLLN's work-  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcivKuYmrY0)

Dr. Margaret Mitchell Armand was an artist, poet and scholar. She is published in academic books and is the author of two books - Healing in the Homeland: Haitian Vodun Tradition and Finding Erzili.  Changing lives through her career as an educator, licensed Mental Health Counselor, Supreme Court Family Mediator, lecturer, she worked at the Broward County School System from 1980-1991. Issuing from her unique Vodouist/Haitianist source and tradition, Dr. Armand shared her expertise in African culture and education as a visiting professor at national and international universities.

In Haiti, Dr. Armand collaborated with many scholars and organizations, including the Daniel Mathurin Foundation and the Casale Haiti Peace Center.

In the US, Dr. Armand was a member of several civic boards and cultural organizations including the Museum of Art and Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. In 1980, Dr. Margaret Mitchell Armand  was the first Haitian-American certified teacher to be hired by Broward County School System in Florida. She ran for political electoral office in 1998 and, at the time of her death, Dr. Armand was a member of the Broward Cultural Council.

Rest in power my friend Margaret Mitchell Armand. You will be missed. We're singing for you today, fanm zantray - listen: Yon Mapou Tonbe http://www.margueritelaurent.com/pressclips/MapouTonbe.mp3

HLLN has a Facebook thread if any of you knew Margaret Armand personally or wish to add your own condolences to the family - https://www.facebook.com/ezili.danto/posts/10153877481746343

For more on Margaret Armand's biography, click here http://www.margaretmitchellarmand.com/ and here http://www.broward.org/Arts/AboutUs/Council/Members/Pages/MMArmand.aspx.

Margaret Mitchell Armand was born and raised in Haïti. A graduate of the University of Texas in Psychology, she also earned a Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution at Nova Southeastern University, an MA and was license in mental health counseling and Certified Family Mediator. Her scholarship addresses transformative conflict resolution, historical and cultural studies. She has taught as a visiting professor at national and international universities and published in scholarly books and journal. She traveled extensively to indigenous communities in many parts of the world, including Africa, India, and the Caribbean. Margaret Mitchell Armand was an artist and poet whose activism promotes dignity, self-respect, and social equity for all.

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Yvrose Gilles writes at Fanm Politik:
Maggy te nan tout sòs, nan tout zen, nan tout sa kap pase nan kominote a. She was a pioneer, a teacher, an activist, an artist, a writer, a healer, a politician, a manbo, a friend, a daughter, a mother, a grandmother, a powerhouse Haitian woman multitasker. I still cannot believe the news that she has departed. Dr. Margaret Mitchell Armand provided great leadership to our community and she will continue to do so as she transitions to spirit to join the great pantheon of Ancestors. Sometimes, the great leaders that we seek are right within our circle of friends. Her website celebrates Dr. Armand's life and her many achievements: http://www.margaretmitchellarmand.com/

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[Serge Pierre-Pierre]

Our sincere condolences to the family, relatives and friends of Dr. Margaret Mitchell Armand.

Serge Pierre-Pierre

 

HAITIAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP
"UNE PUISSANCE ÉCONOMIQUE POUR UNE HAITI MODERNE, LIBRE ET PROSPÈRE"
(www.haitianinternationalgroup.com), au service des citoyennes et des citoyens Haïtiens concernés du globe.

On Friday, March 18, 2016 9:58 PM, "erzil...@sbcglobal.net" <erzil...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

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Dr. Margaret Mitchell Armand Joins the Ancestors - Our thoughts are with the family of Dr. Margaret Mitchell Armand, May She Rest in Power 

Woukoukou!


Jete dlo, jete dlo,
jete dlo beni pou zanmi nou, fanm zantray nou, fanm vanyan ki ale jwenn Zansèt yo.
Nou nomen non w, Margaret Mitchell Armand, nou pa detounen w.

Woukoukou! Jodia N’ap Chante Gwo Lapriyè Ginen Yo Pou Manbo Margaret Mitchell Armand. 

Margaret Mitchell Armand was a dear friend and active supporter of Èzili 's HLLN works. It's with great sadness that we report our Manbo, Dr. Margaret Mitchell Armand passed away yesterday, March 17, 2016. It was a very sudden and unexpected death. Maggie Armand had the flu and it caused an infection. Just Tuesday, Maggie Armand went to vote in the US presidential elections in Florida and was running errands. Dr. Margaret Mitchell Armand was a well respected justice and political activist, a scholar, author, psychotherapist, conflict mediator and a Vodun priestess initiated by the late Ati Nasyonal Pou Voudou, Max Beauvoir, at the Temple Mariani. Dr. Armand earned her Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution.

On behalf Èzili's HLLN and for myself, I send our deepest sympathies and condolences to her husband Dr. Lucien Armand, son Alain Armand, daughter Bernadette Armand, son-in-law Max Rameau and the entire family. All her children, grandchildren and friends. We're so very sorry for your lost. We reMEMBER Margaret Mitchell Armand, when after the earthquake, Manbo Armand, participated in our relief mission to Chicago where we visited Minister Farrakhan to ask for help for Zili Dlo to give more clean water to the quake and cholera victims. That day, just one month after the earthquake, Maggie danced with me, on-stage in a rememberance ritual for the earthquake victims. (See photos at our website, here - http://www.margueritelaurent.com/photogallery/JeteDlo/1.html )

Later, in that devastating 2010 quake year, Maggie sponsored an HLLN To-Tell-The-Truth-About-Haiti-Forum in Fort Lauderdale to help raise monies for our relief work in Haiti with human rights, dignity and cultural respect. (Watch Maggie introducing us at this Florida event she hosted to support Èzili HLLN's work-  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcivKuYmrY0) . This is just one of the many examples of Margaret Armand cultural and justice advocacy work for a sovereign and liberated Haiti.

Dr. Margaret Mitchell Armand was an artist, poet and scholar. She is published in academic books and is the author of two books - Healing in the Homeland: Haitian Vodun Tradition and Finding Erzili.  Changing lives through her career as an educator, licensed Mental Health Counselor, Supreme Court Family Mediator, lecturer, she worked at the Broward County School System from 1980-1991. Issuing from her unique Vodouist/Haitianist source and tradition, Dr. Armand shared her expertise in African culture and education as a visiting professor at national and international universities.

In Haiti, Dr. Armand collaborated with many scholars and organizations, including the Daniel Mathurin Foundation and the Casale Haiti Peace Center.

In the US, Dr. Armand was a member of several civic boards and cultural organizations including the Museum of Art and Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. In 1980, Dr. Margaret Mitchell Armand  was the first Haitian-American certified teacher to be hired by Broward County School System in Florida. She ran for political electoral office in 1998 and, at the time of her death, Dr. Armand was a member of the Broward Cultural Council.

Rest in power my friend Margaret Mitchell Armand. You will be missed. We're singing for you today, fanm zantray - listen: Yon Mapou Tonbe http://www.margueritelaurent.com/pressclips/MapouTonbe.mp3

HLLN has a Facebook thread with more photos and commonts if any of you knew Margaret Armand personally or wish to add your own condolences to the family - https://www.facebook.com/ezili.danto/posts/10153877481746343

For more on Margaret Armand's biography, click here http://www.margaretmitchellarmand.com/ and here http://www.broward.org/Arts/AboutUs/Council/Members/Pages/MMArmand.aspx.

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Margaret Mitchell Armand was born and raised in Haïti. A graduate of the University of Texas in Psychology, she also earned a Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution at Nova Southeastern University, an MA and was license in mental health counseling and Certified Family Mediator. Her scholarship addresses transformative conflict resolution, historical and cultural studies. She has taught as a visiting professor at national and international universities and published in scholarly books and journal. She traveled extensively to indigenous communities in many parts of the world, including Africa, India, and the Caribbean. Margaret Mitchell Armand was an artist and poet whose activism promotes dignity, self-respect, and social equity for all.

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Yvrose Gilles writes at Fanm Politik:
Maggy te nan tout sòs, nan tout zen, nan tout sa kap pase nan kominote a. She was a pioneer, a teacher, an activist, an artist, a writer, a healer, a politician, a manbo, a friend, a daughter, a mother, a grandmother, a powerhouse Haitian woman multitasker. I still cannot believe the news that she has departed. Dr. Margaret Mitchell Armand provided great leadership to our community and she will continue to do so as she transitions to spirit to join the great pantheon of Ancestors. Sometimes, the great leaders that we seek are right within our circle of friends. Her website celebrates Dr. Armand's life and her many achievements: http://www.margaretmitchellarmand.com