Anthology Wins Ruppe Award
FOL won the 2023 Loret Miller Ruppe Award for Outstanding Community Service for publication of our anthology “Never the Same Again: Life, Service, and Friendship in Liberia.”
Thank you for voting for FOL for the Loret Miller Ruppe Award!
If you were able to vote for FOL to receive the Loret Miller Ruppe Award for 2023, we appreciate it! Based on our activities and our anthology, Never the Same Again, we were one [...]
Dr. Similih Managwalah Henry Cordor, Chronicler
Henry Condor, former co-editor of the LSA Journal, passed away June 29 in Livonia, Michigan, USA. Born in Voinjama, Lofa County, Dr. Cordor was a scholar, a journalist, an analyst of Liberian politics, and a [...]
Dr. Vernon L. Stone, Archivist, 1944-2023
Dr. Verlon Lloyd Stone passed away suddenly at home in Bloomington, Indiana on 30th May, 2023. He was the founder of the Liberian Collections Project (LCP) at Indiana University, an archive preserving Liberia’s historical and [...]
Dr. Paul E. Mertens
Dr. Paul E. Mertens, age 88, of St. Paul, passed away on March 19. A memorial service will be held Saturday, April 22 at 11:00 am at Trinity Lutheran Church of Minnehaha Falls, 5212 41st [...]
Junita Sangare joins FOL Board
With a strong passion for young women’s education and women’s empowerment, Junita Sangare joins the FOL Board as the Membership Committee co-chair.
Prince Manneh
On February 5, 2023, one of Peace Corps Liberia's longest serving staff passed away. Prince Manneh started out as a security guard before the civil war. He returned to Peace Corps Liberia in June of [...]
West Coast book launch of “Never the Same Again”
September 25th, Sunday 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. PST, join Susan E. Greisena for the West Coast book launch of Never the Same Again. This event will be a webinar hosted by Village Books in Bellingham, Washington [...]
Joseph Saye Guannu, Liberia’s foremost historian
Dr. Guanue died on August 29 in Ganta City, Nimba, at the age of 81. He was an academic, diplomat, and historian who founded the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution at Cuttington University. He [...]
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 [...]