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    IOM Director General's Message on International Migrants Day 2024

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). IOM Director General's Message on International Migrants Day 2024 mgoloy 18 Dec 2024 Speaker Type ...

    IOM Director General's Message: The Sudan Conflict Two Years On

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). IOM Director General's Message: The Sudan Conflict Two Years On mgoloy 15 Apr 2025 Speaker Type ...

    Dr. Ron Daniels on 1972 Gary Black Convention

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). You Are Here: Home » Blog » Commentaries/Opinions » It’s Nation Time: Dr. Ron Daniels Reflects on the 1972 Gary National Black...

    National Town Hall Meeting “Report Card on Trump: The First 100 Days”

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). You Are Here: Home » Blog » News & Current Affairs » Events » Fri 4.25.25, National Town Hall Meeting “Report Card...

    Commemorating the 2015 International Reparations Summit

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). On Tuesday April 15th, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST (USA), join Dr. Ron Daniels, President of the Institute of the...

    EU, IOM Senior Officials in Brussels for Eleventh Strategic Cooperation Meeting on Migration

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Brussels, 04 April 2025 – Senior officials from the European Union (EU) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) met in...

    IOM Urgently Seeks USD 17.3 Million to Support Communities Hit Hardest by Myanmar Earthquake

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Bangkok, 3 April 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is appealing for USD 17.3 million to respond to the...

    Kim Poole’s Tribute to Malcolm’ Mother + Where, Oh Where, Is Bev Smith?

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). March 31, 2025Women’s History Month Edition of Vantage Point The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels, is joined by special guests Kim Poole, Founder...

    IOM Chief Sounds Alarm as Yemen Marks a Decade of War and Humanitarian Despair

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva/ Sana'a, 26 March 2025 – As Yemen enters its eleventh year of conflict, the country remains in the grip of...

    A powerful tribute to Louise Langdon Little by Kim Poole

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Kim Poole, Founder and Director of the Teaching Artist Institute (Baltimore, MD), delivers a moving tribute to Louise Langdon Little—the mother...

    First Recorded Drop in Sudan Displacement, Yet Humanitarian Crisis Persists

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Port Sudan/ Geneva, 27 March 2025 - The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan has declined by 2.4 per...

    What Will It Take? What Will It Yield?

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). More than a century later woman can vote, hold office and have equal rights in theory, but that has not changed...

    Revolution? — By Ted Glick

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ted Glick – I wonder how many people reading these words know the significance of April 19th to US Americans, and others,...

    Preserving Our Natural Wonders is a Patriotic Cause Worth Fighting For

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous —  Dorothy Gibbs chanted “save our parks” from her wheelchair while holding a sign that read “97 years old,...

    Trump Loves Poorly Educated People

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — After he won the Nevada Republican caucuses in 2016, the current President crowed his victory. “We won...

    IOM Chief Unveils New Partnership with LALIGA FOUNDATION to Strengthen Migrant Integration in Peru

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Lima, 24 de marzo de 2025 – La Directora General de la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM), Amy Pope, concluyó...

    IOM Chief’s Visit to Guatemala Highlights Urgent Needs for People Returning Home

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Guatemala City, 14 March 2025 - Amid a sharp increase in southbound migration, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General Amy...

    Measuring the Racial Gap and What We Can Do to Close It

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). “…Perry reevaluates what it means for Black Americans to be empowered in this smart and revelatory study….one of the most riveting...

    Gratefully Offering Sacred Words and Water

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In this Black History Month II: Women Focus, I reach back to retrieve and share a hallowed...

    MSJ Statement on Developments in International Relations Imperial Control Vs. South-South Relations

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) was the first to make a clear statement (issued on March 2nd) condemning the policy...

    MSJ Statement on Developments in International Relations Imperial Control Vs. South-South Relations

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) was the first to make a clear statement (issued on March 2nd) condemning the policy...

    2024 is Deadliest Year on Record for Migrants, New IOM Data Reveals 

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Berlin/ Geneva, 21 March 2025 - At least 8,938 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2024, making it the deadliest...

    Trump’s EPA is at War with the Americans it is Supposed to Protect

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous —  As they say in horror movies, the call is coming from inside the house. Under Donald Trump, the Environmental...

    Violence Triggers Record Displacements in Port-au-Prince: Over 60,000 People in a Month

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Port-au-Prince, 18 March 2025 – In just one month, intense violence has forced nearly 60,000 people to flee—yet another record in...