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    Responding to Syria at a Time of Need; Statement by IOM Chief

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Statement delivered by IOM Director General Amy Pope at the United Nations Media Briefing in Geneva I have just returned from Damascus,...

    Responding to Syria at a Time of Need; Statement by IOM Chief

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Statement delivered by IOM Director General Amy Pope at the United Nations Media Briefing in Geneva I have just returned from Damascus,...

    The Smithsonian Looks at How the Slave Trade Shaped the World

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). “In Slavery’s Wake,” at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, looks beyond the United States to tell a...

    Ready for Reparations in NY State?

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).  December 16, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels talks reparations in New York State and opens up the...

    Be Bold Biden: Bolster the Black Base

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Pardon The Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Marilyn Mosby, Esq., Jesse Jackson, Jr. and Political Prisoners Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr....

    IOM Chief: Marking 1,000 Days Since the Start of the Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). ...

    Urgent and Sustained Global Support Needed to Build on New Dawn says IOM Chief...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Damascus, 17 December 2024 – International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General Amy Pope has reaffirmed IOM’s strong commitment to Syria,...

    Most Internally Displaced People Prefer to Stay Rather Than Return: Report

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva, 17 December 2024 — Sixty percent of persons internally displaced by conflict or disaster would rather remain in their current...

    Ready for Reparations in NY State?

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). December 16, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels is joined by special guest New York Assembly Woman Michelle...

    Particular, Universal and Common Ground.

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — This is a revisiting of an early and ongoing conversation about the shared meaning of Kwanzaa, its...

    IOM and Microsoft Collaborate to Address Climate-Driven Displacement

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva, 16 December 2024 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Microsoft have teamed up to address climate-induced displacement by...

    IOM’s Flagship World Migration Report Microsite Wins Grand Prize in International Innovation Award

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva, 16 December 2024 – The microsite of IOM’s flagship report on migration, the World Migration Report (WMR), has won the...

    Venezuelan Migrants and Refugees Expected to Boost Peru’s Economy by USD 530M in 2024

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva/ Lima, 12 December 2024 – Venezuelan migrants and refugees in Peru are projected to contribute approximately USD 530 million in...

    IOM Chief Commits to Strengthen Migration Management and Climate Action in Inaugural Botswana Visit

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Gaborone, 13 December 2024 – The International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Director General Amy Pope concluded a significant visit to Botswana,...

    IBW’s Grenada Action Agenda – Institute of the Black World 21st Century

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Fostering collaboration with government and civil society to honor history and support people-based democracy and development in Grenada Overview Pursuant to the commitment...

    Timor-Leste, USA, and IOM Work Together to Strengthen Disaster Preparedness in Oé-Cusse

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Oé-Cusse, Timor-Leste – Timor-Leste, in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and USAID, has taken another step in strengthening...

    Rising Humanitarian Needs in Northwest Syria: IOM Appeals for USD 30 Million

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva, 10 December 2024 - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is urgently appealing for USD 30 million to assist almost...

    FirstRepair and BLIS Collective Release Single “Agitate, Educate, Organize” (AEO) to Amplify Black Reparations...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). New single features Young RJ (of Slum Village), Ras Kass, Nkechi Taifa, Kymrence Young, and BLIS Co-founder and Guest Rapper Trevor...

    Deep Meanings and Expansive Message

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — This year and each year, the coming of Kwanzaa causes us to come together in celebration, remembrance,...

    IOM Boosts Migrant Support, Urges Action Amid Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Yemen, 9 December 2024  – In response to Yemen’s escalating humanitarian crisis, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is scaling up...

    New Strategy to Support Stabilization and Integration of Refugees and Migrants in Latin America...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva/ Panama, 6 December 2024 – Over 4.5 million migrants and refugees* from Venezuela have obtained regular status in 17 countries...

    Deadliest Year for Migrants Spurs New UN Recommendations to Protect Lives and Rights

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva, 5 December – A report issued in New York today by the United Nations Secretary-General recommends concrete steps to reduce...

    DEI is Dying: What is Our Response?

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Black Dollars Matter—Let’s Get Ready to Rumble Vantage Point Vignette Comments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels White supremacist-tinged White folks...

    Rising Crime, Perception or Reality?

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). December 2, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels is joined by special guest New York State Senator James...