 | | Liberia TRC Project in Staten Island |
Mirroring the TRC’s work in Liberia, The Advocates for Human Rights has a formal Memorandum of Understanding with the TRC to conduct statement taking from Liberians living throughout the United States.
Working in collaboration with The Advocates, its New York partners will assist those Liberians in the New York area who voluntarily come forward to tell their stories to the TRC. The Advocates is also working with a number of groups, including Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, the Staten Island Liberian Community Association (SILCA), African Refuge, and Professors Jack Saul and Peter Rosenblum of Columbia University, to carry out this work. Individuals who give statements will have access to counselors, immigration lawyers, and social service referrals. Information from interviews will be included in the TRC’s historical record and will form the basis for The Advocates' report and recommendations to the TRC.
Statement taking has begun in the New York area. Call the number to the right to make an appointment to tell your story! | 
