Candid
JUNE 27, 2024
For example, Black women in the United States earn 67 cents for every $1 white men earn. A program in Liberia aimed to compensate community health workers—typically unpaid roles dominated by women—but when it became a paid profession with educational requirements, many women were shut out.
TechImpact
DECEMBER 9, 2013
William Kendima moved from Liberia to the United States in 2005. While in Liberia, Kendima never used a computer; however, through dedication, hard work, and a little help from ITWorks , Kendima’s dream of working in IT has been realized. Tech Impact’s Anthony Pisapia on left, and Patrick Calihan on right.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 6, 2009
Benetech Analyzes Human Rights Data for the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission A Guest Beneblog post by Kristen Cibelli Our team at the Benetech Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) has recently concluded a three-year project with Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help clarify Liberia's violent history.
Tech Soup
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
Over the last decade, David Carr became the pre-eminent media critic in the United States. In the documentary, Carr scolds Vice co-founder Shane Smith for impugning the Times ' news judgment: "Before you ever went to Liberia," Carr said, "we've had reporters reporting on genocide after genocide.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
OCTOBER 21, 2008
In essence, we're being paid to deliver – free – accessible books to all students with print disabilities in the United States for the next five years. Our work in Liberia, funded by the State Department in support of the Truth Commission (TRC) continues. I bet you're wondering what we must accomplish.
EveryAction
MARCH 16, 2017
Before her historic flight, Jemison served as a Peace Corps Medical Officer in Sierra Leone and Liberia, where she oversaw the medical system that serviced Peace Corps and U.S. She took it a step further in 2016 by becoming only the second woman of color elected to serve in the United States Senate. Embassy personnel.
Have Fun - Do Good
APRIL 8, 2007
Liberia: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the president of Liberia, and Africa's first elected female head of state. United States: Dr. Angela Diaz, the Director of the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center in East Harlem, who went to the Center as a teen.
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