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Liberian Association of Michigan

drew_s — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:07:20 GMT

Quoted: The Liberian Association of Michigan Celebrates the 161st Independence Anniversary of Africa's Oldest Independent Republic

I didn't know there was such an organization. Celebration is tomorrow night, for anyone interested.

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Calvin College - News - Nagel Grant for HIV/AIDS in Liberia

drew_s — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:04:59 GMT

A redot from Mel I am very proud to share with those who didn't catch it already.

Quoted: Dianne Slager, a nurse practitioner who has taught at Calvin for three years, will use the Nagel funds to travel to Liberia in late May of 2008 to assess knowledge and attitudes about HIV/AIDS among church leaders and to evaluate the HIV/AIDS information programs they offer.

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In Search of a Lost Africa - Helene Cooper - Africa - Liberia - New York Times

drew_s — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:54:13 GMT

I haven't made it all the way through this yet. What I've read so far is great. Dad, you might want to pass it along to Mom (and Leah, since she doesn't appear to spend much time here anymore) (both of whom are also returning to Liberia after a long time away).

Quoted: I was going back, finally doing something I should have done a thousand different times since that night, May 16, 1980, when my mother, my younger sister, Marlene, and I got on a Pan Am flight at Robertsfield and fled the place that my great-great-great-great-grandfather helped found.

Quoted: Because of him, I would not grow up, 150 years later, as an American black girl, burdened by racial stereotypes about welfare queens. Nor would I have to deal with the weights of a sub-Saharan African girl, with a life expectancy of about 40 years, yanked out of school at 11 to fetch water and cook over a coal pot and rear children barely younger than herself.

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The Trial of Charles Taylor

tim.slager — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:14:05 GMT

Quoted: This site will provide news and expert analysis — updated regularly when the Court is in session — throughout the trial of Charles Taylor.

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Liberia: Past and Present

tim.slager — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:58:54 GMT

Lots of history.

Quoted: In the beginning of the 19th century, groups of free-born blacks, freed slaves and mulattoes from the United States of America emigrated to the west coast of Africa. In 1847, 25 years after the first successful colonisation, they proclaimed an independent Republic, which they named Liberia. At that time they numbered about 3,000: men, women and children.

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LEO AFRICANUS: 'Iron Ladies of Liberia'

drew_s — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:41:59 GMT

"The Iron Ladies" has been widely celebrated since its release at the Denver Film Fest in November. It's showing at the UICA on Tuesday at 7pm. Here's a clip.

Quoted: Iron Ladies focuses on the new president of Liberia, Ellen Sirleaf Johnson, and the group of women she appointed to key positions as the country transitions from civil war to democratic government.

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Sea Breeze Journal of Contemporary Liberian Writings

tim.slager — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:23:29 GMT

Dianne came across this.

Quoted: Sea Breeze Journal of Contemporary Liberian Writings is a quarterly peer-review electronic journal devoted to publishing creative non-fiction, original short fiction narratives, poetry, interviews, book reviews, and social and political commentary arising out of Liberian life

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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Seeing the carbon for the trees

tim.slager — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:15:23 GMT

Economic recovery will almost certainly mean more farming, and the traditional method is slash and burn. He doesn't really address this.

Quoted: Liberia's greenhouse gas emissions are roughly 250,000 times lower than those of the US, yet its remaining forests store approximately four billion tonnes of carbon dioxide. A scheme to offer nations an economic incentive to protect tropical forests is vital in the battle against climate change.

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CEFL Home

tim.slager — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:56:56 GMT

My favorite charity

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Refugees Find Hostility and Hope on Soccer Field - New York Times

drew_s — Sun, 13 May 2007 22:54:43 GMT

Really cool story. I'll try to dot the Sportscenter feature soon - it didn't mention the hostility part, which the city disputes. The movie rights to the Fugees story sold a few days after this story ran.

Quoted: A boys soccer team for refugees with miserable pasts brings out the best and worst in Americans.

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