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Liberian Professional Network is the largest network of professional Liberians globally. LPN aims to connect upwardly mobile Liberians and those in support of Liberia’s rise - harnessing our collective talents to help restore the country, build awareness around key initiatives taking place in Liberia and embolden the lives of our people while sharing our common interests.   Our Goals Host Quarterly Professional Networking Events Develop & Maintain Web-based Networking Forums. Hold Panel Discussions. Sponsor Social Gatherings. Identify, Create & Support Liberian Social Causes. Identify, Create & Support Liberian Investment Ventures. What We Believe We are the dream               Liberia has dreamt of… We are the hope                    Of lives restored… We are the light                   That shines evermore   Our Members Founding Members Ella T. Gorgla Taa Wongbe Benoni Schall Miamah Richards Join Our Mailing List Email Address: Join Our Social Networks    Lift Liberia Conference Call - Thank You Liberian Professional Networkers, We would like to thank all those who participated in the Lift Liberia call yesterday; we truly appreciate your continuous support. With over 70 RSVPs and 48 participants on the call yesterday, it’s more than a validation that Liberians are enthusiastic about connecting to Lift Liberia. We have received great feedback from many of you relating to how engaging the call was and that you would like to participate in other calls in the future. Thanks for the feedback and please continue to send them. We would like to extend our thanks and appreciation to the representatives from the Government of Liberia for attending the call and engaging the members of the Liberian Professional Network: Amara M. Konneh, Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs and National Coordinator, LRDC Secretariat, Dr. C. William Allen, Director General Civil Service Agency and James F. Kollie, Jr., Deputy National Coordinator LRDC Secretariat. We truly appreciate your service to your country. We have uploaded the recording for the conference here: http://liberianprofessionalnetwork.org/downloads/lift_liberia_conf_call.mp3 You could also playback the conference by using the following information: Playback Dial-in Number:  1-219-509-8223/ Playback Access Code:  338662 During the call, a number of links and programs were mentioned. Please find some of those mentioned below: Websites http://www.emansion.gov.lr/ - Executive Mansion http://www.mopea.gov.lr/ - Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs http://csa.gov.lr/ - Civil Service Agency Capacity Building Programs Senior Executive Service (SES) Transfer of Knowledge Through Expatriate Nationals (TOKTEN) As a next step, we will be assembling a Policy Recommendation Committee to solicit ideas and thoughts from the Liberian Professional Network members for submission to the Government of Liberia. If you have ideas that you would like to share, please email us at info@liberianprofessionalnetwork.org. Thanks again for your continuous support and we look forward to future discussions. If you have any questions relating to the Liberian Professional Network, please email us at info@liberianprofessionalnetwork.org or visit www.liberianprofessionalnetwork.org. Pictures from LPN First Networking Event in Monrovia at Ro-zi's  Liberian Professional Networkers, Thanks to everyone for coming out for our launch of the Liberian Professional Network in Liberia at Ro-zi’s last week! What an amazing turnout for our first event – we had approximately 80 networkers in attendance and a true representation of the Liberian professionals with over 95% of attendees being Liberian. Thanks again for attending and this event would not have been possible without the hands-on help of Seward Cooper (LPN and ONE Liberia Board Member), Eda Henries Toussaint (General Manager at P.A’s Ribhouse), Gyude Moore (Scott Fellow, Program Delivery Unit at Ministry of State/Office of the President), Matt Jones (General Manager at Eco Homes Liberia) and Rosemarie Tolbert (Owner of Ro-zi’s). We truly value your support. Please visit http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=222965&id=576002925 or http://picasaweb.google.com/twongbe/LPNFirstNetworkingEventInMonrovia# to view pictures from the event. Pictures from Previous LPN Events Click here for pictures from previous LPN events... LPN ONE Year Later... Please click here for a review of LPN "One Year Later" and what's ahead   Pictures from "The Diaspora and the Future of Change" in Washington, DC   Special thanks to Hon. Olubanke King-Akerele,  Ambassador M. Nathaniel Barnes, his wife Mrs. Dawn Cooper Barnes, and Counselor Yvette Chesson-Wureh for an inspiring evening filled with dialogue about how the Diaspora can play a role in "Lifting Liberia". To view pictures from the event, please click here.
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