Liberians are Speaking and Others are Listening
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Written By: Ruthie Ackerman
*Photo by Andre Lambertson
It was great to open up my inbox this morning and find a link to an article, not only about Liberians, but about the Ceasefire Liberia project. Journalist David Wescott wrote a column in the Business Lexington about Liberians in Kentucky and why supporting immigrants is important. He uses quotes from an interview with me as well as from the Ceasefire site. What excites me the most about this article is the hope that someone in Kentucky who may not have known about the Liberian community will now understand that much more about the world outside their four walls. This is the mission of the Ceasefire project — to engage others in a dialogue with Liberians and engage Liberians with each other — and in just a few short months we’ve begun to accomplish that. So to all you Liberian bloggers out there: Keep up the good work! To all of our readers, please keep reading and commenting and supporting our work.











June 29th, 2009 at 3:59 am
Congrats to Ceasefire. It’s a lovely article, funny how he makes a connection between Kentucky and Liberia. I would add that the entire USA is in fact a nation of immigrants. Sadly it hasn’t taken many generations for most people to forget that.