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Massachusetts' Haitian Community Reacts To The Assassination Of The President

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In this April 2018 file photo, Haiti's President Jovenel Moise at the National Pantheon museum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Moïse was assassinated after a group of unidentified people attacked his private residence. (Dieu Nalio Chery/AP)
In this April 2018 file photo, Haiti's President Jovenel Moise at the National Pantheon museum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Moïse was assassinated after a group of unidentified people attacked his private residence. (Dieu Nalio Chery/AP)

Haitians around the world are still processing and grieving the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse.

The loss is especially strong in Massachusetts, which has the third-largest Haitian population in America.

We are joined by Marie St. Fleur, a former Massachusetts State Representative and now a principal at St. Fleur Communications and the CEO of a cannabis company. She was the first Haitian-American elected to state office in the U.S. Also joining us is Linda Dorcena Forry, a former Massachusetts State Senator, the first Haitian-American woman elected to the State Senate, and now a vice president at Suffolk Construction.

This segment aired on July 8, 2021.

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