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| Name | Marleine Bastien |
| Address | 710 NE 152nd St
North Miami Beach, Florida , United States |
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| Contributor | Craverguy |
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| Info | Marleine Bastien is a graduate of Florida International University. She obtained a Master's Degree in Social Work in August 1987. She became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in 1999. A Trained Paralegal, she is founder, former president, and current Executive Director of Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami, Inc. (Haitian Women of Miami), an important group that has provided desperately needed services not only to Haitian women and their families, but to the community at large. She is the present Chair of the Florida Immigrant Coalition, and Vice-Chair of the Haitian-American Grassroots Coalition.
Founded in 1991, FANM helps immigrant women and their families by offering a wide variety of resources, helping women become financially independent by starting small business ventures, and adjust to the new social reality of the United States. Its vital programs include Family Intervention and Empowerment, Immigration Advocacy and Citizenship Services, and Community Economic Development. The Family Intervention and Empowerment offers an array of services including: health access, domestic violence intervention, breast health, computer and financial literacy, economic development, small business development, summer camps and after school programs.
Marleine Bastien is a true leader in South Florida.
A passionate and articulate spokesperson, she formed the "Justice Coalition for the Haitian Children of Guantanamo" and also appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show to lend her expertise to a discussion of the devastating impact that prolonged detention at Guantanamo had on Haitian children.
She is a founding member of the Haitian-American Grassroots Coalition, the Haitian Neighborhood Center (Sant La), the Center for Haitian Studies, The Florida Immigrant Coalition – A founding board member of the Human Services Coalition, Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, Kristi's House, The Haitian-American Historical Society among others. She has been recognized with more than a dozen honorable awards. She was named in the Miami Herald in 1999 as one of the "forty special people to watch in the next millennium." In 2000, she received the "Human Rights Award" from Amnesty International and the "MS. Women of the Year Award" in December of 2001—The Leadership For a Changing World Award from the Ford Foundation, in 2002. In 2005, she was named “One Of The 35 Most Remarkable Women In The World” by Essence Magazine.
Marleine has dedicated herself to the betterment and the benefit of others - in health, education, economic survival and social justice. She consistently stands tall in the face of challenges and is always seeking fairness for the common good of our community- especially the women among us - and truly has made a difference.
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