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    IOM Aims to Aid Two Million People in Ukraine in 2025 as War and...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Kyiv/Geneva, 21 February 2025 – As the full-scale war in Ukraine approaches its fourth year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM)...

    IOM-FMM Capacity Building with SMEs on Fair and Ethical Recruitment and Employment of Migrant...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Selangor, Malaysia- IOM Malaysia in collaboration with the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) has kicked off the capacity building sessions on...

    IOM Chief and UN Humanitarian Coordinator Visit Gaza

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Amman, 20 February 2025 - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General Amy Pope and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied...

    Launch of the Initiative to Raise 10 Million Euros to Create 350,000 Businesses for...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Douala, February 20, 2025 –  The United Nations Migration Agency - International Organization for Migration (IOM), in partnership with the Ministry of Youth...

    How You Like Trump Now?

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels Yes, elections have consequences. A major lesson to be learned from the stunning...

    Mary Ellen Pleasant, the Haitian-descended entrepreneur and abolitionist who built a fortune in 19th-century...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Overview: Originally published on Feb. 3, 2019 in The Haitian Times, this article explores the life of Mary Ellen Pleasant, a...

    When They Tell You About Their Own, Believe Them

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III — (TriceEdneyWire.com) – “I don’t know who you are and I don’t know why you like...

    Tonika Lewis Johnson’s Reparations Are Due! exhibit and the National Resource Center for State...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By FirstRepair — Join us for an afternoon of creativity, history, and activism as FirstRepair presents Reparations Are Due!, an exhibit by...

    The Government Against the People — By Dr. Julianne Malveaux

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — I can’t remember when I met Dr. Olivia Hooker, a Tulsa Massacre survivor, the first African American...

    IOM, Partners Appeal for USD 81 Million to Assist Over One Million Migrants in...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). 11 February 2025, Nairobi –The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and 45 humanitarian and development partners are appealing for USD 81...

    The Climate-Driven Insurance Crisis — By Ben Jealous

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous —  The climate crisis is costing all of us a lot of money in our everyday lives. Higher utility...

    Strategy and Tactics for the Burgeoning Resistance — By Ted Glick

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ted Glick – The wide mix of acts of resistance over the past week have made it clear that there is...

    Passing the Torch at the Center for Black Literature, Medgar Evers College, CUNY

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). February 10, 2025 Edition of Vantage Point: Dr. Brenda Greene Passes the Torch at Medgar Evers College, CUNY The Professor, Dr. Ron...

    IOM Deeply Alarmed by Mass Graves Found in Libya, Urges Action

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Tripoli, 10 February 2025 - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has expressed shock and concern at the discovery of two...

    Vantage Point: Open Forum – Trump’s Assault on the People’s Safety Net

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). February 3, 2025 Edition of Vantage Point: The Cost of Living Index | Trump’s Assault on the People’s Safety Net The Professor,...

    In Fire’s Wake, a Community Comes Together to Prevent Future Disasters

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous —  “As we address the aftermath of the wildfires, let us resolve not just to build back better but...

    IOM Chief Visits Jordan, Highlighting Syrian Returns and Gaza Humanitarian Response 

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Amman, 1 February 2025 — During her visit to Jordan today, IOM Director General Amy Pope met with Prince Rashid bin...

    Vantage Point: The Cost of Living Index

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). February 3, 2025 Edition of Vantage Point: The Cost of Living Index | Trump’s Assault on the People’s Safety Net Jennifer Jones...

    IOM Statement on Rising Demands for Return Assistance

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Washington, 1 February 2025 - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) welcomes the United States’ commitment to resuming life-saving humanitarian activities. Secretary...

    Mapping Our Way Forward in Treacherous Times, Pt. 1

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Part 1. Certainly, no one can honestly doubt, accurately deny or innocently dismiss the fact that we are...

    IOM Raises Alarm Over Displacement of Hundreds of Thousands in Goma, DRC

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Kinshasa, 31 January 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM), is deeply concerned about the hundreds of thousands of civilians...

    IOM and Partners Launch Project to Strengthen Environmental Health Awareness in Lebanon 

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Beirut, Lebanon – December 2024 – In cooperation with the Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon, the International Organization for Migration...

    Joint Center responds to unprecedented removal of EEOC Commissioners

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). WASHINGTON — In response to President Donald Trump’s decision to fire two commissioners of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the...

    Trump administration to cancel student visas of pro-Palestinian protesters

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Andrea Shalal, Reuters — Summary • Legal expert says order would be unconstitutional• Order vows immediate action by Justice Department• Trumps says US...