For more than a decade, Haiti Cultural Exchange (HCX) has welcomed celebrities, creatives, artists, actors and activists with something to say at its Crown Heights location, Five Myles Gallery. Founded in 2009 by community organizer Régine Roumain, HCX was created to fill a cultural gap in the New York Haitian community: a permanent space dedicated to Haitian art, craftsmanship and storytelling. While individual events celebrated Haiti through dance and arts, there was no consistent place where Haitians could engage with the full scope of the creative expressions they had to offer.
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