Mr. Alex Redd

variety of disciplines. And this is an intriguing story that is worth writing, judging from the fact that Liberia has been an attention of the international community since two decades ago: the country and its people have experienced repeated reversion to war following superficial periods of calm through fragile negotiations of ceasefire, transitional administrations, and two elections.

In the midst of these unfolding events, the country is getting back on course with semblance of peaceful stability and recourse for national reconstruction following the November 2005 presidential election that ushered in the country’s first female leader, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The new Liberian president is also a proud member of the University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni. According to the assistant dean of the College of Letters and Science, Mrs. Johnson-Sirleaf received her bachelor’s degree from the university's Business College while her deceased husband was then a graduate student in the 1960s. Another prominent Liberian-born agricultural economist, Dr. Florence Chenoweth, who graduated with Ph.D from the university in 1986, will receive honorary degree on May 13th.

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Although public corporations have been a part of our national life, they remain basically unproductive and obscure in the general policy approach toward national development, a status they no doubt find convenient. While toiling in obscurity, they manage communication, power generation, airport and seaport, petroleum, agriculture, housing and insurance. Public Corporations remain an important partner in reconstituting Liberia’s economy and in many ways the bedrock for economic stimulus. I am confident that Six Sigma can play an important role of reducing variations and defects in various processes and improve operational excellence at all levels. 

Although public corporations have been a part of our national life, they remain basically unproductive and obscure in the general policy approach toward national development, a status they no doubt find convenient. While toiling in obscurity, they manage communication, power generation, airport and seaport, petroleum, agriculture, housing and insurance. Public Corporations remain an important partner in reconstituting Liberia’s economy and in many ways the bedrock for economic stimulus. I am confident that Six Sigma can play an important role of reducing variations and defects in various processes and improve operational excellence at all levels. 

Although public corporations have been a part of our national life, they remain basically unproductive and obscure in the general policy approach toward national development, a status they no doubt find convenient. While toiling in obscurity, they manage communication, power generation, airport and seaport, petroleum, agriculture, housing and insurance. Public Corporations remain an important partner in reconstituting Liberia’s economy and in many ways the bedrock for economic stimulus. I am confident that Six Sigma can play an important role of reducing variations and defects in various

 

 

Posted May 30,  2006

Liberian Journalist Turns Professional Counselor In U.S.

 

By Martin Robinson

In early January 1998, the New York Times carried a news story about the ordeal of a Liberian journalist who fled to the US in the face of murderous tyranny. The news story, which was written by journalist Howard French, told a chilling traumatic experience of Liberian journalist, Alex L. Redd. According to the Times, Alex was abducted and beaten up by gunmen of the previous regime of Charles Taylor for attempting to investigate the murders of a prominent Liberian politician, Sam Dokie and his family in late December 1997.

I had the opportunity to meet Alex in the city of Madison eight years ago, when he had enrolled as an undergraduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was recipient of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Scholarship. His motivation and resilience were apparent when, in 2003, he received two bachelor of art degrees in communication arts and political science and a minor in criminal justice. As James Bond double 007 once said, “expect the unexpected” was what I expected few days ago to learn of Alex’s latest completion of a graduate degree in counseling on May 13th.

Alex receives his master of science in counseling as the only Liberian journalist in the history of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Soon to be licensed professional by the state of Wisconsin as acompetent multicultural counselor, Alex has worked assiduously and extensively with adolescents in the Madison school district to reverse their at-risk behaviors and give them an opportunity to thrive a meaningful pattern of achieving literacy, personal/social, and career development through counseling. He has been a very busy Liberian activist in this city since his arrival here in July 1998. As president of the African Student Association at the university he has primarily taken charge to assist many students of African descent to adjust and adapt to the university climate that is predominantly white. As producer and host of “The Alex Redd Talk Show” on WSUM-Radio, he has engaged listeners with challenging issues of diversity and multiculturalism. The Talk show has feature d the chancellor, professors, administrators, student leaders and Madison ethnic group leaders.

After eight years, I am so impressed to read about his academic and leadership achievement in the most-read Madison Times Newspaper. Given the length of time I have known Alex, I am one of those Americans who feel so proud to write this article about him. Many Liberians in the US have taken advantage of the American education system to enhance their potential skills in

 

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