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Prog. Coord., New Arrivals Resource Empowerment
Workshops, Refugee Services, Minn. Council of
Churches (Aug. 8, 2008).
355 Id.
356 TRC Diaspora Project Focus Group, Providence,
supra note 356. See also Chapter 12.
357 TRC Diaspora Project Focus Group, Providence,
supra note 346.
358 Id.
359 Telephone interview with Dr. Emmanuel Dolo,
Liberian diaspora academic (Sept. 30, 2008).
360 Telephone interview with Thomas Parker, Liberian
diaspora community elder, Providence, R.I. (Sept.
18, 2008).
361 Telephone interview with J. Siaka Konneh, former
journalist and community leader, Sacramento, Cal.
(Sept. 22, 2008).
362 This concern does not appear to be as clearly
expressed in the United Kingdom –for example,
doctors trained in Liberia are more readily able to
practice in the United Kingdom.
363 E.g., TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1598.
364 TRC Diaspora Statement Recs. 1293 and 1461.
365 TRC Diaspora Project Focus Group, Providence,
supra note 356.
366 Interview with Dr. Wilhelmina Holder, Exec. Dir.,
Women’s Initiative for Self-Empowerment (WISE),
June 2, 2008.
367 TRC Diaspora Project Focus Group, Providence,
supra note 356.
368 Telephone interview with Dr. Patricia Jabbeh-
Wesley, Professor, Pennsylvania State Univ. (May 5,
2008).
369 Telephone interview with Veronica Barr, Cofounder,
Mary Martha Foundation (May 14, 2008).
370 Telephone interview with Jefferson Cooper, Liberian
diaspora journalist, Minneapolis, Minn. (Sept. 26,
2008).
371 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1390.
372 Id.
373 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1350.
374 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1415.
375 TRC Diaspora Statement Recs. 1440 and 1475.
376 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1440.
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377 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1293.
378 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1462.
379 Telephone interview with Comfort Kollie, nurse and
community member, Oakland, Cal. (Sept. 18, 2008).
380 Telephone interview with Jefferson Cooper, Liberian
diaspora journalist, Minneapolis, Minn. (Sept. 26,
2008).
381 Telephone interview with Jacob Massaquoi, Exec.
Dir., African Refuge, Staten Island, N.Y. (Sept. 24,
2008).
382 Telephone interview with Dr. Patricia Jabbeh-
Wesley, Professor, Pennsylvania State Univ. (Sept.
23, 2008).
383 Group interview with Mitzi Heath, Student
Assistance Counselor, Melody Hahn-Merges,
English Language Learners School Social Worker, &
Sandra Buechel, Social Worker, Park Center Senior
High School, Brooklyn Center, Minn. (June 4, 2008).
See also Michael Matza, Liberian immigrants transforming
S.W. Phila., PHilly.Com, June 6, 2008, http://www.
philly.com/philly/news/homepage/19593974.html.
384 See Matza, supra note 383.
385 Telephone interview with Jacob Massaquoi, Exec.
Dir., African Refuge, Staten Island, N.Y. (Sept. 24,
2008).
386 Telephone interview with Roger Banks, Council on
Black Minnesotans (March 3, 2009).
387 Id.
388 Id.
389 Interview with Doris Parker, Exec. Dir., Liberian
Women’s Initiative – Minnesota (LIWIM),
Minneapolis, Minn., (Aug. 1, 2008).
390 Telephone interview with Jacob Massaquoi, Exec.
Dir., African Refuge, Staten Island, N.Y. (Sept. 24,
2008). See also Interview with Doris Parker, Exec.
Dir., Liberian Women’s Initiative – Minnesota
(LIWIM), Minneapolis, Minn., (Aug. 1, 2008);
Telephone interview with Matilda Washington,
Providence, R.I (Sept. 25, 2008).
391 Telephone interview with Jacob Massaquoi, Exec.
Dir., African Refuge, Staten Island, N.Y. (September
24, 2008).
392 Id.; see also Interview with Doris Parker, Exec. Dir.,
Liberian Women’s Initiative – Minnesota (LIWIM),
Minneapolis, Minn., (Aug. 1, 2008); Interview
with Ada Beh, Co-founder, Minnesota African