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552 See, e.g., Assoc. Press, Liberian Leader In Minn. Accused
Of Being Warlord, WCCO, Dec. 10, 2007, http://wcco.
com/local/warlord.kerper.dwanyen.2.607602.html.
553 See, e.g., Tewroh-Wehtoe Sungbeh, Unprecedented
and Frivolous, tHe liberiAn diAlogue, Dec. 16,
2007, http://www.theliberiandialogue.org/articles/
c121607tws.htm.
554 TRC Diaspora Project Focus Group, Washington,
supra note 541.
555 Assoc. Press, Liberian Leader In Minn. Accused Of Being
Warlord, WCCO, Dec. 10, 2007, http://wcco.com/
local/warlord.kerper.dwanyen.2.607602.html.
556 Don’t Listen to Mr. Anthony Kesselly’s Verbiage:
Warnings for Rebel Leader Anthony “Morris
Kanneh” Francis Duwana” Kesselley: ULAA’s Worst
Nightmare, Posting to theliberiancommunityusa@
yahoogroups.com, November 17, 2008 (on file with
the author).
557 Kerper Dwanyen, Testimony at the Diaspora Public
Hearings of the Truth & Reconciliation Comm’n
of Liberia 33-35 (June 14, 2008, St. Paul, Minn.,
U.S.A.) (transcript on file with author).
558 See infra section on Temporary Protected Status.
559 See generally Mary H. Moran, Time and Place in the
Anthropolog y of Events: A diaspora perspective on the
Liberian transition, 78 AntHroPologiCAl QuArterly
457-463 (2005); Sophie Briant, Remittance Sending
Behavior of Liberians in Providence 32, (May 2005)
(unpublished master’s thesis, Brown University,
on file with the author); Stephen C. Lubkemann,
Remittance Relief and Not-Just-for-Profit Entrepreneurship:
The Case of Liberia, in diAsPorAs & develoPment:
eXPloring tHe PotentiAl 45-66 (Jennifer M.
Brinkerhoff ed. 2008).
560 Sophie Briant, Remittance Sending Behavior of
Liberians in Providence 32, (May 2005) (unpublished
master’s thesis, Brown University, on file with the
author).
561 Lubkemann, supra note 559, at 52.
562 Interview with Doris Parker, Exec. Dir., Liberian
Women’s Initiative – Minnesota (LIWIM),
Minneapolis, Minn., (Aug. 1, 2008).
563 Group interview with Mitzi Heath, Student
Assistance Counselor, Melody Hahn-Merges,
English Language Learners School Social Worker, &
Sandra Buechel, Social Worker, Park Center Senior
394
High School, Brooklyn Center, Minn. (June 4, 2008).
Elderly Liberians who are in the U.S. also attempt
to send remittances, even though they may not be
working. Interview with Doris Parker, Exec. Dir.,
Liberian Women’s Initiative – Minnesota (LIWIM),
Minneapolis, Minn., (Aug. 1, 2008).
564 Lubkemann, supra note 559, at 52.
565 Id. at 53.
566 Briant, supra note 559, at 30, 40.
567 TRC Diaspora Statement Recs. 896, 1103, 1350.
568 Lubkemann, supra note 559, at 54; see generally Briant,
supra note 559.
569 Briant, supra note 559, at 25.
570 Interview with Ada Beh, Co-founder, Minnesota
African Women’s Association (MAWA),
Minneapolis, Minn. (Sept. 4, 2008).
571 Telephone interview with Anonymous (June 2,
2008).
572 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1477.
573 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1103.
574 Briant, supra note 559, at 36.
575 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1413.
576 Telephone interview with Anonymous (June
2, 2008); Sophie Briant, Remittance Sending
Behavior of Liberians in Providence 30, (May 2005)
(unpublished master’s thesis, Brown University, on
file with the author).
577 Briant, supra note 559, at 30-31. Another interviewee
in the Providence study noted that “[t]here are
some people who can’t go back. They can’t go back
because they haven’t been contributing. They don’t
have a rapport with the people back home. If I go
back tomorrow then many people will come to see
me. They have a lot of respect for me and they are
proud because I send money. They will come to see
me and thank me for having helped them.” Id. at 31.
578 See Lubkemann, supra note 559, at 55-56.
579 See id. at 55.
580 Id. at 55-56.
581 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1463.
582 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1440.
583 Kerper Dwanyen, President, Organization of
Liberians in Minnesota, Testimony at the Diaspora
Public Hearings of the Truth & Reconciliation
Comm’n of Liberia 43 (June 14, 2008, St. Paul,