Word: chama
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Simon Smith, immigration counselor for CHAMA, (Cambridge Haitian American Association), said that lower income Haitians will suffer as a result of the increasing land values and rental rates in the square. "When you have new businesses, displacement of the poor results. There are plenty of examples, Roxbury and the South End, to prove it," saysid Smith who adds that he is skeptical of MIT's plan to provide low-income housing...
...Cambridge Haitian-American Association [CHAMA], a private community organization set up to assist Haitian immigrants has received far more serious complaints of discrimination because of the AIDS scare--ranging from housing discrimination to doctors who have refused Haitians medical treatment, says CHAMA Director John A. Barnes...