CLHAV is a civic organization that bridges cleavages among different ethnic groups while bonding along ideology, social, economic, moral, cultural and political values for the development of the Haitian community. CLHAV is a large network groups with local chapters, multiple objectives, and diverse constituencies that brings the community face-to-face with its neighbor. It is a network of reciprocity.

CLHAV brings the citizenry into the public realm. It constitutes a mechanism through which the concerns of Haitian-American voters are expressed to political elites. CLHAV mobilizes the community to protect its vital interest, and abandon its bystander status to take direct responsibility for defining the issues that are important to its members.

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