Episode 6: Cease and Desist

Episode 6: Cease and Desist

Cori Shepherd Stern's attorney sends a second warning but it is legal? And why is she friends with the famous family that made a fortune in Liberia and then helped finance the brutal civil war that destroyed it? Show Notes: TikTok Video from @TheReckoningCo https://www.cagoldberglaw.com/ Firestone Wedding Announcement- https://web.archive.org/web/20150605043849/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/fashion/weddings/10firestone.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20150605043849/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/fashion/weddings/10firestone.html] Firestone Sisters - https://firestonesisters.com/journal/a-gift-that-gives-back-the-akawelle-necklace-to-support-the-strongheart-fellowship [https://firestonesisters.com/journal/a-gift-that-gives-back-the-akawelle-necklace-to-support-the-strongheart-fellowship] Cheryl Saban Article - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/living-life-as-a-refugee_b_881002 [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/living-life-as-a-refugee_b_881002] Grace Freeman Interview - https://youtu.be/rIZsVkVybOQ?t=3965 [https://youtu.be/rIZsVkVybOQ?t=3965] Firestone and the Warlord by Frontline https://www.propublica.org/article/firestone-and-the-warlord-chapter-2 [https://www.propublica.org/article/firestone-and-the-warlord-chapter-2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaVzhCqfPQk&t=8s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=8s&v=BaVzhCqfPQk] Charles Taylor and Civil War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjpvsup0pnk [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjpvsup0pnk] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRuSS0iiFyo&rco=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?rco=1&v=ZRuSS0iiFyo] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRuSS0iiFyo&rco=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?rco=1https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dbt9_95PPYDk&v=ZRuSS0iiFyo] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt9_95PPYDk [https://www.youtube.com/watch?rco=1https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dbt9_95PPYDk&v=ZRuSS0iiFyo] https://allafrica.com/stories/200101090216.html [https://allafrica.com/stories/200101090216.html]

Episode 5: Congratulations! We're Closed.

(Trigger Warning at 4 min.) The kids in Liberia are shocked to learn Strongheart is moving to Texas and leaving them behind. Their permanent home of healing is converted into a surf hostel. Some of the kids stay on to work while the owners try to generate a tourism industry in Liberia from the ground up. But why didn't Strongheart report the sale? And why is the Pope involved? Contact: micajringo@ pm dot me Show Notes: Cori Shepherd Stern, American Refugee - https://youtu.be/9dolEOdduNU?t=2466 [https://youtu.be/9dolEOdduNU?t=2466] 2012 Form 990 - https://app.candid.org/profile/8940934/the-strongheart-group-26-2190101?activeTab=7 [https://app.candid.org/profile/8940934/the-strongheart-group-26-2190101?activeTab=7] Strongheart House - https://web.archive.org/web/20120831205113/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/shhouse.php [https://web.archive.org/web/20120831205113/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/shhouse.php] Volunteer Describes Experience - https://share.google/1xdd1O98rgLMDonXO [https://share.google/1xdd1O98rgLMDonXO] Stern's Quote "It's so twisted" and "hate masquerading as love" - https://kitchentablecult.com/2023/07/14/s5e14-shiny-happy-people-part-2-cori-shepherd-stern/ [https://kitchentablecult.com/2023/07/14/s5e14-shiny-happy-people-part-2-cori-shepherd-stern/] Daniel Hopkins Interview https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2014/10/12/ebola-wipes-out-liberia-surf-camp-plan/ [https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2014/10/12/ebola-wipes-out-liberia-surf-camp-plan/] BBC Profile - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-18523721 [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-18523721] Time - https://time.com/119491/liberia-goes-from-warzone-to-surfing-mecca/ [https://time.com/119491/liberia-goes-from-warzone-to-surfing-mecca/] On Surfari w Shane and Shannon McIntyre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBgwdsqCavk [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBgwdsqCavk] Cori on "Being a Producer" - https://kitchentablecult.com/2023/07/14/s5e14-shiny-happy-people-part-2-cori-shepherd-stern/ [https://kitchentablecult.com/2023/07/14/s5e14-shiny-happy-people-part-2-cori-shepherd-stern/] Alphanso Appleton: 2009 Reuters Video - https://web.archive.org/web/20210720192441/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zDpO1YT8uk BYU Profile - https://kealakai.byuh.edu/campus-community/capturing-a-full-life [https://kealakai.byuh.edu/campus-community/capturing-a-full-lifeJan%202010%20-%20Reuters%20Video%20https://web.archive.org/web/20210720192441/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zDpO1YT8ukhttps%3A%2F%2Fobservers.france24.com%2Fen%2F20140609-surfing-waves-liberia-robersport-beach#%20[Strongheart](https://alphansosworldofpoetry.blogspot.com/2011/01/strongheart.html)] Audio Interview - Therapist Uncensored https://therapistuncensored.com/episodes/tu109-this-is-resilience-in-action-with-guest-alphanso-appleton/ [https://therapistuncensored.com/episodes/tu109-this-is-resilience-in-action-with-guest-alphanso-appleton/] French Interview - https://observers.france24.com/en/20140609-surfing-waves-liberia-robersport-beach [https://kealakai.byuh.edu/campus-community/capturing-a-full-lifeJan%202010%20-%20Reuters%20Video%20https://web.archive.org/web/20210720192441/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zDpO1YT8ukhttps%3A%2F%2Fobservers.france24.com%2Fen%2F20140609-surfing-waves-liberia-robersport-beach#%20[Strongheart](https://alphansosworldofpoetry.blogspot.com/2011/01/strongheart.html)] Poetry - # [Strongheart](https://alphansosworldofpoetry.blogspot.com/2011/01/strongheart.html) [https://kealakai.byuh.edu/campus-community/capturing-a-full-lifeJan%202010%20-%20Reuters%20Video%20https://web.archive.org/web/20210720192441/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zDpO1YT8ukhttps%3A%2F%2Fobservers.france24.com%2Fen%2F20140609-surfing-waves-liberia-robersport-beach#%20[Strongheart](https://alphansosworldofpoetry.blogspot.com/2011/01/strongheart.html)] https://www.theinertia.com/surf/the-thriving-surf-culture-and-perfect-empty-lineups-of-west-africa/ https://www.surfer.com/news/survivors-surf-club [https://https//www.surfer.com/news/survivors-surf-club] Sean Brody Sean Brody as Messiah - https://web.archive.org/web/20140709020418/https://kwepunha.com/team/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20140709020418/https://kwepunha.com/team/] Surfing Prevents Conflict: https://m.naharnet.com/stories/en/131993-liberia-on-the-crest-of-a-wave-as-surfing-takes-off [https://m.naharnet.com/stories/en/131993-liberia-on-the-crest-of-a-wave-as-surfing-takes-off] Touting political connections and community ties: https://1library.net/article/brody-social-impact-business-sustainable-stoke-transitions-sustainability.qvpnoedq [https://1library.net/article/brody-social-impact-business-sustainable-stoke-transitions-sustainability.qvpnoedq] General Background - https://htmedge.blogspot.com/2012/11/sean-brody-from-liberia.html [https://htmedge.blogspot.com/2012/11/sean-brody-from-liberia.html] Published Credits - https://www.stokecertified.com/team/sean-brody/ [https://www.stokecertified.com/team/sean-brody/] ESPN Post - https://web.archive.org/web/20130105214238/http://espn.go.com/action/surfing/blog/_/post/8676924/the-rise-liberia [https://web.archive.org/web/20130105214238/http://espn.go.com/action/surfing/blog/_/post/8676924/the-rise-liberia] Scholas Occurentes: Sean Brody and Pope - https://youtu.be/MOrIV9AkCkQ?t=4241 [https://youtu.be/MOrIV9AkCkQ?t=4241] Surfers Visit Vatican - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8JZCOcZK1o [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8JZCOcZK1o] Scandals: https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2020/10/24/financial-and-operational-questions-surround-scholas-occurentes-pontifical-foundation/ [https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2020/10/24/financial-and-operational-questions-surround-scholas-occurentes-pontifical-foundation/https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/246398/does-a-pontifical-foundation-use-pope-francis-to-spread-gender-ideology] https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/246398/does-a-pontifical-foundation-use-pope-francis-to-spread-gender-ideology [https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2020/10/24/financial-and-operational-questions-surround-scholas-occurentes-pontifical-foundation/https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/246398/does-a-pontifical-foundation-use-pope-francis-to-spread-gender-ideology] Kwepunha Surf Retreat - first page in wayback machine is March 11, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130608131233/https://kwepunha.com/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20140709020418/https://kwepunha.com/team/https://web.archive.org/web/20130608131233/https://kwepunha.com/https://web.archive.org/web/20131013203158/http://kwepunha.com/vision/] https://web.archive.org/web/20131013203158/http://kwepunha.com/vision/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20140709020418/https://kwepunha.com/team/https://web.archive.org/web/20130608131233/https://kwepunha.com/https://web.archive.org/web/20131013203158/http://kwepunha.com/vision/]https://web.archive.org/web/20140710015040/http://www.kwepunha.com/properties/ Grace Freeman Interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIZsVkVybOQ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIZsVkVybOQ] Liberia Tourism: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20151022-the-making-of-child-surfers-not-child-soldiers [https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20151022-the-making-of-child-surfers-not-child-soldiers] https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/destinations/africa/chasing-adventure-corners-world/ [https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/destinations/africa/chasing-adventure-corners-world/https://bubblegumclub.co.za/community/the-emergence-of-liberias-surfing-culture] https://bubblegumclub.co.za/community/the-emergence-of-liberias-surfing-culture [https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/destinations/africa/chasing-adventure-corners-world/https://bubblegumclub.co.za/community/the-emergence-of-liberias-surfing-culture] https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/san-diegans-try-to-save-liberia-surf-shop-after-ebola/62635/ [https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/san-diegans-try-to-save-liberia-surf-shop-after-ebola/62635/] Circumstantial Indicators of Trafficking: https://www.ungm.org/Shared/KnowledgeCenter/Pages/OpInd [https://www.ungm.org/Shared/KnowledgeCenter/Pages/OpInd] https://www.ungm.org/Shared/KnowledgeCenter/Pages/SHTFLResources [https://www.ungm.org/Shared/KnowledgeCenter/Pages/SHTFLResources]

Episode 4: Stern's Tots

What's worse than promising needy kids a full ride to college but only giving them a laptop battery? Promising them a permanent home base of healing.... that isn't so permanent. Or healing. Show Notes: Grace Freeman Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIZsVkVybOQ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIZsVkVybOQ] Lovetta on US Homelessness - sourceid=&smenu=87&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=719&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1846&hn=oakhillgazette&he=.net [https://web.archive.org/web/20071123170458/http://www.oakhillgazette.com/default.asp?ccat=&ccatm=&he=.net&hn=oakhillgazette&mad=No&pform=&rebath=&rebed=&reoption=&repmax=&repmin=&restate=&restatus=&retype=&sc=1846&sdetail=719&sidate=&skeyword=&smenu=87&sourceid=&subname=&twindow=Default&wpage=1] Cori on Lovetta seeing photographs of African women: https://youtu.be/e7L4xJ6TCmc?t=2621 [https://youtu.be/e7L4xJ6TCmc?t=2621] Blog with Spanking Comments https://web.archive.org/web/20231203083412/https://kingsemantics.blogspot.com/2009/07/young-liberians-urged-to-forget.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20231203083412/https://kingsemantics.blogspot.com/2009/07/young-liberians-urged-to-forget.html] 2007 Living in Austin - https://web.archive.org/web/20071107052517/http://www.txconferenceforwomen.org/conference/speakers.htm#conto [https://web.archive.org/web/20071107052517/http://www.txconferenceforwomen.org/conference/speakers.htm#conto] Lovettas Drive to Help Others - http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/lovettaconto.php [http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/lovettaconto.php] Coco Chanel Reference in Article Full of Lies - https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts/the-art-of-war-1.599900 [https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts/the-art-of-war-1.599900] The next mlk - https://web.archive.org/web/20071111004842/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/press.php [https://web.archive.org/web/20071111004842/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/press.php] https://web.archive.org/web/20160104084549/https://medhum.med.nyu.edu/view/12400 [https://web.archive.org/web/20160104084549/https://medhum.med.nyu.edu/view/12400]/20071111004837/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/lovettaconto.php [https://web.archive.org/web/20071111004837/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/lovettaconto.php] Cori Recruiting Volunteers in Blog Commments - https://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/ten-days-in-south-america-recipe.html#recipe [https://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/ten-days-in-south-america-recipe.html#recipe] Volunteer Blog:https://web.archive.org/web/20140103114840/http://janajohnsonhealingworks.com/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20140103114840/http://janajohnsonhealingworks.com/] Therapist Uncensored Volunteer Comments https://therapistuncensored.com/episodes/tu109-this-is-resilience-in-action-with-guest-alphanso-appleton/ [https://therapistuncensored.com/episodes/tu109-this-is-resilience-in-action-with-guest-alphanso-appleton/] 2010 990 - https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/262190101/2011_12_EO%2F26-2190101_990EZ_201012 [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/262190101/2011_12_EO%2F26-2190101_990EZ_201012] 2011 - 990 https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/262190101/2014_09_EO%2F26-2190101_990EZ_201112 [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/262190101/2014_09_EO%2F26-2190101_990EZ_201112] Bringing Down the House Clip: https://youtu.be/Sh8ZsnzoZMU?t=289 [https://youtu.be/Sh8ZsnzoZMU?t=289] https://web.archive.org/web/20120112042013/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/shhouse.php [https://web.archive.org/web/20120112042013/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/shhouse.php] Volunteer Blog Entries: Sept 21: https://kundaliniinliberia.blogspot.com/2011/09/september-20-liberia.html [https://kundaliniinliberia.blogspot.com/2011/09/september-20-liberia.html] Sept 23 - https://kundaliniinliberia.blogspot.com/2011/09/september-23-liberia.html [https://kundaliniinliberia.blogspot.com/2011/09/september-23-liberia.html] Sep 24 - https://kundaliniinliberia.blogspot.com/2011/09/september-24-liberia.html [https://kundaliniinliberia.blogspot.com/2011/09/september-24-liberia.html] Sep 26 - https://kundaliniinliberia.blogspot.com/2011/09/september-26-liberia.html [https://kundaliniinliberia.blogspot.com/2011/09/september-26-liberia.html] Oct 6 - https://kundaliniinliberia.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-6.html [https://kundaliniinliberia.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-6.html] 12 Hour Excursion on Bad Roads: https://kundaliniinliberia.blogspot.com/2011/10/liberia-october-10.html [https://kundaliniinliberia.blogspot.com/2011/10/liberia-october-10.html] Asking for donations/praising press coverage - https://kundaliniinliberia.blogspot.com/2011/10/ [https://kundaliniinliberia.blogspot.com/2011/10/] Orphanage Tourism/Trafficking: https://www.ipu.org/news/voices-and-videos/2025-03/orphanage-trafficking-hidden-crisis-aided-good-intentions [https://www.ipu.org/news/voices-and-videos/2025-03/orphanage-trafficking-hidden-crisis-aided-good-intentions] https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-tourism/articles/10.3389/frsut.2023.1177091/full#B51 [https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-tourism/articles/10.3389/frsut.2023.1177091/full#B51] https://www.abta.com/sustainability/human-rights/orphanage-tourism [https://www.abta.com/sustainability/human-rights/orphanage-tourismSurf%20Retreat:%20https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20151022-the-making-of-child-surfers-not-child-soldiers] Surf Retreat: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20151022-the-making-of-child-surfers-not-child-soldiers [https://www.abta.com/sustainability/human-rights/orphanage-tourismSurf%20Retreat:%20https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20151022-the-making-of-child-surfers-not-child-soldiers]

Episode 3: Psych Ward to Savior

Cori Shepherd Stern, former psych patient turned Hollywood producer, has reinvented herself as a humanitarian. Through her non-profit Strongheart, she recruited a 15 year old Lovetta Conto as the first fellow and primary fundraiser. Selling homemade jewelry made from spent bullets, together they rake in more than a quarter million dollars in the first 3 years, but where does that money go? Show Notes: emirates article https://voice.laverne.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/11/2015-Fall.pdf [https://voice.laverne.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/11/2015-Fall.pdf] Comparing refugee child's looks to satirized cartoon characters - https://girlseeksworld.wordpress.com/2006/01/19/160/ [https://girlseeksworld.wordpress.com/2006/01/19/160/] Deceptive Fundraising for Orphans - https://web.archive.org/web/20090301191712/http://www.givemeaning.com/project/stronghearttina [https://web.archive.org/web/20090301191712/http://www.givemeaning.com/project/stronghearttina] "Except for Us" plea - https://girlseeksworld.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/why-im-in-africa/ [https://girlseeksworld.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/why-im-in-africa/] Strongheart House: Ten Days Trip - https://web.archive.org/web/20081120145807/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/tendays.php [https://web.archive.org/web/20081120145807/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/tendays.php] https://web.archive.org/web/20090414112432/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org:80/tendays.php [https://web.archive.org/web/20090414112432/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org:80/tendays.php] https://web.archive.org/web/20090425173625/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/shhouse.php [https://web.archive.org/web/20090425173625/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/shhouse.php] Curriculum - https://web.archive.org/web/20090425173625/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/curriculum.php How it Works - https://web.archive.org/web/20090306003310/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/howworks.php [https://web.archive.org/web/20090306003310/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/howworks.php] Grace Freeman Interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIZsVkVybOQ Director's Blog: Recounting Separation and homelessness - https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2018/03/07/people-in-your-la-jolla-neighborhood-meet-oscar-nominated-cori-shepherd-stern/ [https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2018/03/07/people-in-your-la-jolla-neighborhood-meet-oscar-nominated-cori-shepherd-stern/] - My big deal, no longer homeless - https://girlseeksworld.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/today/ [https://girlseeksworld.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/today/] Liberia: Westerners in Liberia are a rare breed - [https://www.wabash.edu/magazine/index.cfm?news_id=8942] Therapist Volunteer First Hand Account - https://therapistuncensored.com/episodes/tu109-this-is-resilience-in-action-with-guest-alphanso-appleton/ [https://therapistuncensored.com/episodes/tu109-this-is-resilience-in-action-with-guest-alphanso-appleton/] Rape Culture - https://world.time.com/2012/04/30/history-of-violence-struggling-with-the-legacy-of-rape-in-liberia/ [https://world.time.com/2012/04/30/history-of-violence-struggling-with-the-legacy-of-rape-in-liberia/] President's Comments on Lack of Rape Prosecutions - https://www.un.org/en/chronicle/article/when-things-fall-apart [https://www.un.org/en/chronicle/article/when-things-fall-apart] Robertsport, rebel stronghold: https://www.wastedtalentmag.com/blog/2024/12/30/a-year-in-review-2-the-5th-county/ [https://www.wastedtalentmag.com/blog/2024/12/30/a-year-in-review-2-the-5th-county/] Audit - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CoSA_tsA_WglA2_As2A86v7ysdkgjRj4/view?usp=sharing [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CoSA_tsA_WglA2_As2A86v7ysdkgjRj4/view?usp=sharing] Emirates Article citing tourism - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w9WY_c298BuDhC6T8iubiPujEm7pFwHm/view?usp=sharing Phase One Accomplishments 2008 990 Tax Form - https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/262190101/2010_12_EO%2F26-2190101_990EZ_200812 [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/262190101/2010_12_EO%2F26-2190101_990EZ_200812] 2009 990 Tax Form - https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/262190101/2010_12_EO%2F26-2190101_990EZ_200912 [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/262190101/2010_12_EO%2F26-2190101_990EZ_200912]

Episode 2: American Refugee

After leaving Hollywood, Cori Shepherd Stern rebrands herself as an “American refugee” in Africa. Always a talent scout, she selects several minor refugee children and eventually gains custody of them. Promoting their stories in the press turns camera time into credibility, the kind that opens doors to elite global circles, from the Clintons to the World Bank. Sources: https://www.telluridefilmfestival.org/show/showroom# [https://www.telluridefilmfestival.org/show/showroom] https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/hillary-clinton-abortion-documentary-zurawski-v-texas-1235988766/ [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/hillary-clinton-abortion-documentary-zurawski-v-texas-1235988766/] https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/la-jolla-light/ [https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/la-jolla-light/] https://kitchentablecult.com/2023/07/14/s5e14-shiny-happy-people-part-2-cori-shepherd-stern/ [https://kitchentablecult.com/2023/07/14/s5e14-shiny-happy-people-part-2-cori-shepherd-stern/] Director's Blog: https://girlseeksworld.wordpress.com/2003/01/24/40/ [https://girlseeksworld.wordpress.com/2003/01/24/40/] - First trip to Ivory Coast https://girlseeksworld.wordpress.com/2003/01/30/45/ [https://girlseeksworld.wordpress.com/2003/01/30/45/] - Extremely Dangerous https://girlseeksworld.wordpress.com/2003/03/31/59/ [https://girlseeksworld.wordpress.com/2003/03/31/59/] - Trip 2 https://girlseeksworld.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/why-im-in-africa/ [https://girlseeksworld.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/why-im-in-africa/] https://www.flickr.com/photos/73034471@N00/210740637/ [https://www.flickr.com/photos/73034471@N00/210740637/] - Description of NatGeo camerman Book: Lethal Decisions https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Lethal_Decisions/RbwpEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 [https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Lethal_Decisions/RbwpEAAAQBAJ?gbpv=0&hl=en] ABC Person of the Week: https://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/broadcasts/816962 [https://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/broadcasts/816962] https://www.unicef.org/child-rights-convention/convention-text-childrens-version [https://https//www.unicef.org/child-rights-convention/convention-text-childrens-versionhttps://www.unicef.org/media/96136/file/Childrens-Rights-Business-Principles-2012.pdf] https://www.unicef.org/media/96136/file/Childrens-Rights-Business-Principles-2012.pdf [https://https//www.unicef.org/child-rights-convention/convention-text-childrens-versionhttps://www.unicef.org/media/96136/file/Childrens-Rights-Business-Principles-2012.pdf] Evelyn Apoko CNN - CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/23/world/africa/uganda-war-survivor [https://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/23/world/africa/uganda-war-survivor] https://www.npr.org/2006/12/23/6668530/group-seeks-to-aid-ugandas-youngest-victims [https://www.npr.org/2006/12/23/6668530/group-seeks-to-aid-ugandas-youngest-victimshttps://www.greeleytribune.com/2009/05/19/liberian-shares-lesson-at-franklin-middle-school/] https://www.greeleytribune.com/2009/05/19/liberian-shares-lesson-at-franklin-middle-school/ [https://www.npr.org/2006/12/23/6668530/group-seeks-to-aid-ugandas-youngest-victimshttps://www.greeleytribune.com/2009/05/19/liberian-shares-lesson-at-franklin-middle-school/] Lovetta Conto https://web.archive.org/web/20110701155008/http://strongheartfellowship.org/documents/LiberiaGlobalReport.pdf [https://web.archive.org/web/20110701155008/http://strongheartfellowship.org/documents/LiberiaGlobalReport.pdf] Chosen for Strongheart - https://morganhilltimes.com/from-civil-war-refugee-camp-to-jewelry-designer/ [https://morganhilltimes.com/from-civil-war-refugee-camp-to-jewelry-designer/] LA Times - https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/all-the-rage/story/2008-11-26/adventures-in-gift-giving-akawelle-jewelry [https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/all-the-rage/story/2008-11-26/adventures-in-gift-giving-akawelle-jewelry] https://carlottasplendor.blogspot.com/2010/08/lovetta-conto.html [https://carlottasplendor.blogspot.com/2010/08/lovetta-conto.html] UN Rights of the Child - https://downloads.unicef.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/UNCRC_united_nations_convention_on_the_rights_of_the_child.pdf [https://downloads.unicef.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/UNCRC_united_nations_convention_on_the_rights_of_the_child.pdf] Lovetta Audio pulled from: Lovetta Conto Tedx from Liberia - https://youtu.be/AHMuOSIF0iM?si=bKQGy8B_cQl5sh8_&t=318 [https://youtu.be/AHMuOSIF0iM?si=bKQGy8B_cQl5sh8_&t=318] with Dalai Lama: https://youtu.be/uokdokgi-34?si=rucoe6tpK8QKBLYn [https://youtu.be/uokdokgi-34?si=rucoe6tpK8QKBLYn]