Ezili Dantò

Current

• Artistic Director and Publisher at Ezili Danto Spoken Word Dance Theater
• Founder and President at Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network
• Partner at Law Firm of Laurent & Associates, LLC

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Education

• Boston College
• The University of Connecticut School of Law

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Connections

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Industry

Entertainment

Ezili Dantò’s Summary

Dedicated to correcting the media lies about Haiti, Ezili Dantò is a writer, performance poet and lawyer. She runs the Ezili Dantò website, listserve, eyewitness project, FreeHaitiMovement and the on-line journal, Haitian Perspectives.

Ezili Dantò’s Specialties:

International law, Human rights, Entertainment law, Author, Essayist, Multicultural Expert, Political and Social Commentator; Award-winning Playwright and Performance Poet. Recognized as the most prolific international advocate for Haiti and foremost commentator/writer of the untold counter-colonial-narrative.

Ezili Dantò’s Experience

• Artistic Director and Publisher

  Ezili Danto Spoken Word Dance Theater

  (Performing Arts industry)

  January 2000 — Present (9 years 11 months)

  Creative Performance and Educational Solutions through Dance, Performance-Poetry, Theatre, and Writing Workshops.
  
  Ezilidanto's Spoken Word Dance Theater represents artists whose art is a way for them to empower, honor, respect and refer to their own culture for strength, abundance, self-reliance and expanded awareness and to publicize and promote their own ancestor's great contributions toward world harmony and liberty. The company entertains as well as brings to application, the commitment, community and compassion that was first displayed by the indomitable spirit of the African ancestors - the amalgamated African tribes who became African-Haitians in the land of the Taino Haitians.

• Founder and President

  Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network

  (International Affairs industry)

  January 1994 — Present (15 years 11 months)

  Protecting the civil, human and cultural rights of Haitians living at home and abroad
  
  
  Ezili Dantò’s HLLN gives voice to the voiceless of Haiti and is the recognized leading and most trustworthy international voice in Haiti advocacy, human rights work, Haiti news and Haiti news analysis. HLLN’s work is central to those concerned with the welfare of the people of Haiti, Haiti capacity building, sovereignty, institutionalization of the rule of law, and justice and peace without occupation or militarization.

• Partner

  Law Firm of Laurent & Associates, LLC

  (Entertainment industry)

  September 1992 — Present (17 years 3 months)

  Specializing in Entertainment, Corporate, Commercial and Real Estate law.

Ezili Dantò’s Education

• Boston College

  BA , History, Political Science, Economics

• The University of Connecticut School of Law

  Juris Doctorate , International Law

Additional Information

Ezili Dantò’s Groups:

•    Atlantis Conference
•    Haitian Professionals Network (HPN)
•    UConn School of Law Alumni

Ezili Dantò’s Honors:

Connecticut Playwright Fellow, Poets and Writers

Ezili Dantò’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• getting back in touch