Meet Our 2022 Board
fol_admin2022-05-16T16:58:48-04:00Now led by our former vice president, Rebecca Martinez, our 2022 board includes a new member as treasurer, John Morlu. Read More!
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May, 2022
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Apr, 2022
Community Health Workers Guard Against Disease Outbreaks in Remote Areas
fol_admin2022-04-07T14:14:36-04:00Liberia's community health workers offer a compelling solution to the threat of another epidemic. With thousands of health workers on constant lookout for infectious disease outbreaks in remote communities, they are part of [...]
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Apr, 2022
Okada Driver Rewarded US Scholarship for Returning $50k He Found on the Road
fol_admin2022-04-02T11:16:27-04:00The 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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Feb, 2022
The Untold Story of Liberia’s Founding 200 Years Ago
fol_admin2022-03-10T14:51:52-05:00View 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 [...]
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Dec, 2021
Holidays Greeting !
fol_admin2021-12-24T11:20:48-05:00We wish you a festive holiday season and a peaceful New Year in the spirit of unity.
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Nov, 2021
Thanksgiving Rebooted in Liberia
fol_admin2021-11-28T15:42:16-05:00Some 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 [...]
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Nov, 2021
We Made the Match !
fol_admin2021-11-02T16:11:51-04:00With 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 [...]
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Aug, 2021
From Cosmetics to Confections–The Potential Rise of Liberian Cocoa
fol_admin2021-08-29T16:47:42-04:00Almost 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, [...]
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Aug, 2021
Covid-19 Relief Program Express Ships Oxygen Regulators
fol_admin2021-08-16T13:00:55-04:00“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 [...]
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Jul, 2021
Prof Yekutiel Gershoni
fol_admin2021-07-19T15:00:25-04:00The Liberian Studies Association announces with deep sadness the passing of Yekutiel Gershoni, Professor Emeritus, Department of Middle Eastern and African History, Tel Aviv University and former President of the Liberian Studies Association. Professor Gershoni [...]
