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PPE Arrives in Phebe

By |February 18th, 2022|Categories: Member News|

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 Onyx, helped pack the container at Global Health Ministries in October 2021.  The container was [...]

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Proposal Deadline Extended for 53rd Annual LSA Conference

By |February 15th, 2022|Categories: Events|

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 and Charting New Futures. Send an abstract of your presentation to Samuel Wai Johnson, samwaijohnson@gmail.com, [...]

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The Untold Story of Liberia’s Founding 200 Years Ago

By |February 3rd, 2022|Categories: News|

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 1835, that sheds light on the 1821 purchase of land that became Monrovia, the capital [...]

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Proposals Needed for 53rd Annual LSA Conference

By |December 1st, 2021|Categories: Events|

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: Liberia @175: Reassessing the Past, Charting New Futures

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Thanksgiving Rebooted in Liberia

By |November 28th, 2021|Categories: News|

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 ancestors who brought American cultural traditions across the Atlantic Ocean with them.  This Thanksgiving, she [...]

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Bid Now

By |October 1st, 2021|Categories: Events|

October 1 to November 15, 2021, is open bidding for our final auction cycle commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Peace Corps. All proceeds support the FOL general fund to advance Liberian aspirations. CLICK HERE

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Join a Virtual Reunion

By |September 15th, 2021|Categories: Events|

Monday, September 20th - 5pm PT / 8pm ET, join a celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Peace Corps with the Friends of Liberia!  Bring your stories, wear your finest lappa, cook some palm butter soup, or share a souvenir of your time serving in Liberia. Please pre-register for the [...]

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Double Your Donation to COVID-19 Relief

By |September 7th, 2021|Categories: Coronavirus, Member News|

Liberia is facing an unprecedented outbreak of COVID and we need your help to continue working alongside partners to send much needed supplies, such as oxygen regulators, to Liberia. Cori Maund & Isaac Doss, Jim & Pat McGeorge, along with FOL’s general fund, are contributing $25,000 to our COVID 2021 Relief Program to [...]

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From Cosmetics to Confections–The Potential Rise of Liberian Cocoa

By |August 29th, 2021|Categories: News|

Almost all Liberian cocoa is now sold on the bulk market for use in the cosmetics industry.  Yet Liberian cocoa possesses many characteristics that appeal to specialty buyers, setting it apart from its neighboring global giants, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.  The old genetic tree varieties found in Liberia offer unique flavors [...]

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Covid-19 Relief Program Express Ships Oxygen Regulators

By |August 12th, 2021|Categories: Coronavirus, Member News, News|

“People are dying everywhere!” was the subject of an email message received by FOL members Angene and Jack Wilson late in June. Monrovia was experiencing a sudden spike in Covid-19 deaths due to the deadly Delta variant and a lack of critical medical supplies like oxygen regulators. FOL members and [...]

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