Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center

Sant La was founded on December 6, 2000 by a group of community leaders and service providers concerned by the chronic gaps in services available to the Haitian community of South Florida as well as the community’s lack of awareness of available resources. Sant La launched its operations on June 15, 2001. Since 2001, the Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center has become a lifeline for the Haitian/Haitian American community. Sant La has accomplished this through community outreach, organizational partnerships, collaboration, documentation of needs, capacity building, civic engagement, and impactful services. Sant La has also created a television program “Teleskopi” as an outreach tool to inform and engage the Haitian American community, thus enhancing Sant La’s ability to link people to resources. The Sant La Digital Collection includes archival materials that have been collected over the years of Sant La’s operation, demonstrating their deep roots in South Florida’s Haitian community.