Okada Driver Rewarded US Scholarship for Returning $50k He Found on the Road
The story of what happened to Emmanuel Tuloe has the quality of a modern fable. Now, the one-time primary school dropout is very happy.
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Liberia @ 175 – The 53rd Annual LSA Conference will be Virtual.
April 21-23, 2022, the Liberia Studies Association will hold its 53rd Annual Conference. The conference, titled Liberia @ 175: Reassessing the Past, Charting New Futures, will be hosted virtually by Texas Southern University.
Celebrate Peace Corps Week 2022
Friday, March 11, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. EST / 3:00 p.m. GMT, Peace Corps Liberia will host a virtual (Zoom) celebration of Peace Corps Week 2022. During the meeting, RPCVs will connect, reflect, and share special [...]
PPE Arrives in Phebe
Global Health Ministries and Friends of Liberia partnered to pack and ship to Phebe a 40-foot shipping container of PPE and medical supplies. Steve Grotenhuis, RPCV Zorzor 1971-72, and grandkids Xavier, Cypress and [...]
Proposal Deadline Extended for 53rd Annual LSA Conference
Friday, March 4th , is the new deadline for submitting proposals for the Liberians Studies Association 53rd annual conference to be held virtually this year from April 21-23, 2022. The theme is Assessing the Past [...]
The Untold Story of Liberia’s Founding 200 Years Ago
View the February 9, 2022, webinar "Repatriates, Recaptives and African Abolitionists: The Untold Story of Liberia’s Founding in 1822", led by C. Patrick Burrowes. Dr. Burrowes uncovered in August 2021 a handwritten document, missing since [...]
Holidays Greeting !
We wish you a festive holiday season and a peaceful New Year in the spirit of unity.
Proposals Needed for 53rd Annual LSA Conference
January 10, 2022, is the proposal deadline for papers, panels, and roundtables for the conference scheduled to take place at the Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas from April 21-23, 2021. The conference theme is: [...]
Thanksgiving Rebooted in Liberia
Some Liberians see Thanksgiving as a holiday imposed by 19th century settlers from the U.S. And they question why they should celebrate an imported holiday. Brenda Moore, the founder of KEEP, has Americo-Liberian [...]
We Made the Match !
With the help of YOU, Friends of Liberia has raised over $32,000. Coupled with the $25,000 match money from Jim and Pat McGeorge, Cori Maund and Isaac Doss, we have over $50,000 to [...]