Immokalee

Children sent home from school for wearing t-shirts with Haitian flag

5.18.16 - Collier County, Florida. Six children sent home from school for wearing t-shirts with the Haitian flag and national coat of arms on Haitian Flag Day.

Five school girls were sent home for wearing T-shirts with the Haitian flag and national coat of arms on Haitian Flag Day, because it was a breach of the Collier County school district's student code of conduct. However, according to such code of conduct, only four flags can be worn in school: The United States flag, the POW/MIA flag, the Florida state flag, and the school's flag... but no Haitian flag. The POW/MIA flag was designed during the Vietnam War, as a symbol of national concern about U.S. military personnel who were Prisoners Of War (POW) and those who are still Missing in Action (MIA). The students later said, they felt discriminated, because, their parents were from Haiti. The Haitian Flag day is indisputably a symbol of general pride for all people of Haitian descent. Every year, it is observed in Haiti and in a number of U.S. cities with large populations of Haitian Americans. It marks the day (May 18, 1803) when the first Haitian flag was flown during the slave revolt against the French that led to the nation's independence. The school is situated in the town of Immokalee, Florida, where 8.9% of the people are Haitian descent.

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Ce Bien Haitian Bakery in Immokalee, Florida

The Haitian Diaspora in South Florida, settled there for many decades, has imported an essential component of their daily diets, Haitian breads. This business is specializes in Bakeries.
Haitians typically head out to their favorite Haitian bakery for their morning breakfast of freshly-baked indigenous breads. Ce Bien Haitian Bakery, located in Immokalee, is one of the best and well-thought-of around.

For more information on where to find a Haitian bakery near you, download the Florida509 mobile app to your Apple or Android cell phone.

Ce Bien Haitian Bakery is is one of the Haitian businesses serving the Haitian community in Immokalee as well as people on love with Haitian food.

316 S 1st Street - Immokalee, Florida 34142
(239) 657-3000

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