Liberia, Diaspora Find Common Ground in Storytelling and Strategy

– A Juneteenth celebration in Monrovia moved well beyond commemoration on Thursday, June 19, as creative and policy heavyweights mapped out practical ways to deepen economic and cultural ties between Liberians and African Americans.

Hosted at the L’Africana Social Club Center, the special screening of the short film I Hate My Love Life–and the two-tier panel discussion that followed–formed the heart of a program themed “Bridging the Gap Between African Americans and Liberians for Economic Growth…