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Dr. Tedla WoldeGiorgis
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Dr. Jember Teffera
Dr. Jember, who is also known as “Sister Jember” from her days as a Nurse, is a Founder and Director of the NGO known as Integrated Holistic Approach Urban Development Project (IHA-UDP) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Dr. Jember, referred to as Ethiopia’s “Mother Theresa” by Jason Beaubien of the National Broadcasting Radio’s, NPR’s Jason Beaubien. She is indeed, a true selfless individual by whose act of kindness and hard work many Ethiopian lives have been saved and positively impacted. Dr. Jember was born in the 1943. ...more
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Dr. Richard Pankhurst
Dr Pankhurst is a venerated teacher and renowned historian whose career in Ethiopia has entered its fifth decade. Unlike most non-Ethiopian historians researching and writing on Ethiopia, Dr. Pankhurst lives and works in Ethiopia. He even named his son after one of his heroes, the Ethiopian patriot Ras Alula. He has adopted Ethiopian causes and pursued them with admirable commitment and impressive tenacity. He is constantly drawing attention to international injustices committed against Ethiopia, injustices that can be compensated for, even today. A simple example is his efforts alongside other concerned individuals to put pressure on the Italian government to return the Axum Obelisk taken during the Fascist Occupation, and which is now returning to Ethiopia. ...more
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Empress Taytu Betul
Empress Taytu Betul: Ethiopian women had assumed leadership roles alongside men way before women in western nations began straggling for the women’s liberation movement. One such woman in the Ethiopian history was Empress Taytu Betul. “I am a woman. I do not like wars. However, I would rather die than accept your deal…. ...more
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Honorable Representative Mike Honda
The Honorable Representative Mike Honda represents Silicon Valley -- the 15th Congressional District in California. He was first elected to Congress in 2000. The idea to form a Congressional Ethiopian Caucus first arose based on Rep. Honda’s conversations with Ethiopian-Americans constituents in his district, in order to have a forum in Congress to address with issues important to Ethiopian Americans. As Chair of the Congressional Ethiopian Caucus, Rep. Honda has been an active advocate in the area of human rights and democratization in Ethiopia. Furthermore, the Caucus brought the issue of Ethiopian refugees in Kenya and the Sudan before the Secretary of State. ...more
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Mack Mekasha
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