Liberia TRC Project in Atlanta

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 and other TRC activities in the diaspora. This work could not have been undertaken without the more than $9 million in in-kind contributions and pro bono hours donated over two years to the TRC Diaspora Project by individuals and partner law firms and institutions around the United States and in the United Kingdom. 

Working in collaboration with The Advocates, the Atlanta Friends of the Liberian TRC is a voluntary association of individuals and groups from the Atlanta community that will assist those Liberians in metro Atlanta to tell their stories to the TRC. Individuals who give statements have access to counselors, immigration lawyers, and social service referrals.  Information from interviews are included in the TRC’s historical record.