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* President
James v. Coleman -214-789-4207
Jvc882006@aol.com
James
Coleman,
born and raised in Liberia, West Africa, is a 27-year
veteran with Verizon who currently oversees Verizon 2nd
Tier (Sub-contractors) Program efforts to identify
minority and women-owned businesses as potential Verizon
vendors or suppliers through Verizon’s prime suppliers.
James V. Coleman is also the founder & CEO of an award
-winning program known as the Saturday Scholars Program
(http://www.saturdayscholrprogram.org)
that offers tutoring and mentoring to students in Texas.
James is also the founder of the African Community
Center (http://www.aballroom4rent.com/). |
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* Vice President
Minnie Tomah 972-673-7472
yangomail@yahoo.com
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* Director-Finance
TBN
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* Recording Secretary
Machelle Woodson 972-746-3333
henrywoodson@att.net
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* Parliamentarian
Vacant
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* Chaplain
Rev. Thomas Mannah
thomas.mannah@yahoo.com
817-658-4294
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Standing
Committees
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*Communication & Marketing
Ralph Henri
africanboyz2002@yahoo.com 1-973-477-8259
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Webmaster
Mohammed S. Kamara,
Communication & Marketing
mkamara1@att.net
214-560-8670
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Sports
Ed Hoffman
ehoffman6@yahoo.com
817-939-3784
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Oscar Sherman
ombs2008@yahoo.com
817-691-2289
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New Young Lady;
Miatta Dennis 817-925-1053
med0376@yahoo.com
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Ways and Means
Rev. Connie Lydia Smith
corlydia2002@yahoo.com
Charlene Awadjie-Ihedioha
cihedioha@ccdofw.org
Sister Yvonne Johnson
grandnubia@aol.com
Elizabeth Tubman
etubman@aol.com 817-375-2055
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Membership
Eleanor Toweh,
etoweh2@yahoo.com
214-779-6024
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Tryphena Prichard
Tryphena@aol.com, 214-392-1835
Jimmy Green
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Personal & Professional Development
Charlene Awadjie-Ihedioha,
cihedioha@ccdofw.org
Victoria Sumo-Ruth;
972-293-8649
ruthrealestateinvestments@yahoo.com
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Education & College Relations
Sister Yvonne Johnson -
grandnubia@aol.com
Laura Johnson Moore
972-562-4232
Yhenpu Boayue-McCauley; 8
17-323-8886
mccauley_yhenpu@yahoo.com
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Community Relations
Ollie Jefferson
Stanley Gaye
monrovia66@yahoo.com 817-681-4882
Chris Sherman
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Advisors to President and ELC
(All past presidents)
And local Church Leaders)
* Immediate Past President
Eric Nimely
ericnimely@yahoo.com;
817-845-1411
* Former Presidents:
Koboi Goyah
kgoyah@1scom.net
Henry Harmon
Harmon1305@aol.com
Doris Torabi – 817-657-8405
George Askie -
Albert Travell -
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The President's Message
James V. Coleman
Thank you for visiting the Liberian Community
Association-D/FW & Diaspora’s website; happy surfing! I encourage
you to join and to actively participate in our community. We need
you and we need each other; as well … Liberian Community
Association-D/FW & Diaspora and Liberia need you.
We do have
several standing committees that you may choose from to meet your
participatory needs.
Our Mission and Guiding Principles
The mission of the Liberian community Association – Dallas/Fort
Worth and Diaspora (FW & Diaspora) is to be a servant organization
dedicated to improving the lives of its members’, strengthening its
communities, and fostering civic engagement through transparent and
good governance, service and volunteerism.
What are the Principles
that guide us?
As we
pursue our mission, we are guided by the following principles:
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Communication –
Be the ambassador of Good news from and about
Liberia to all Liberians and the
friends of Liberia to help drive investment in Liberia.
• Put the
needs of Liberians living in the Texas and Liberia first.
•
Strengthen and encourage partnerships that support investment in
Liberia and all of our local initiatives.
• Use our programs to
build stronger, more efficient, and more sustainable community
networks, capable of mobilizing volunteers to address local needs,
including outreach efforts to Liberia.
• Build collaborations
wherever possible across our initiatives
• Exhibit excellence in transparency government, management and
service leadership.
What organization can we envision?
We envision an
organization that is:
• A valuable resource to Liberians
living in Texas, America and in Liberia - and a partner with -
national, state and local organizations that encourage community
service and address community needs through volunteerism.
• A
good steward that operates in a cost-effective manner
•
Entrepreneurial, innovative, effective, and efficient in utilizing
its resources, influence, and activities.
My friends, I ask that you to join the
Liberian Community Association-D/FW & Diaspora today. Please contact
the membership committee leadership for our membership package.
James V. Coleman
President, Liberian Community Association-D/FW & Diaspora
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