Twenty years ago today, the people of Haiti voted to adopt a new constitution to “Ensure their inalienable and imprescriptible rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; in conformity with the Act of Independence of 1804 and the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man of 1948.”

Yet having a new constitution is not enough when you are saddled with debt. Earlier this month, Rep. Maxine Waters introduced H. Res 241, “Urging multilateral financial institutions to cancel completely and immediately Haiti's debts to such institutions, and for other purposes”, aka the Haiti Debt Relief Bill.

Jubilee USA is urging its supporters to contact their Representatives in Congress today, to become co-sponsors of this bill.

For those of us who live in the Constitution State, I can think of no better way of living up to our heritage and celebrating Haiti’s constitution than contacting our Representatives and urging them to become co-sponsors of H.Res 241.