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Ethiopian Diaspora Conference on Health
It is with great satisfaction that P2P announces the successful conclusion of the 4th Global Ethiopian Diaspora Conference on Health Care and Medical Education which was conducted at the Residence Inn by Marriott in Washington , DC on September 22, 2012.
Over 250 Health Care Professional from all corners of USA attended the conference. While most attendees were medical professional of Ethiopian origin,...
Ethiopia’s Economic Growth Attracts Young Diaspora
By Marthe Van Der Wolf
ADDIS ABABA — Young members of the Ethiopian diaspora are returning in large numbers to their country of birth. The Ethiopian government welcomes the impact these returnees could have on the economy.
There are about 3 million Ethiopians living abroad – mostly in North America and Europe. But in recent years, thousands of young professionals have come back to Ethiopia...
Dinaw Mengestu on His “Genius” Grant and His New Book, All Our Names
By Mark Mathitakis
Yesterday the wide world learned that novelist and journalist Dinaw Mengestu was one of this year’s 23 MacArthur Fellows—recipients of so-called “genius grants.” But Mengestu himself has had the better part of two weeks to ponder the prize, and after keeping the news to himself for a while, he’s enjoying being able to talk about it. “The past 24...
The 50 most influential Africans: Daniel W. Yohannes
Daniel W. Yohannes – An African (Ethiopia) voice in Washington.
Now in charge of a huge aid budget that rewards economic and political improvements in developing countries, Yohannes arrived in the US in 1970 and worked his way to the top of the banking profession.
As chief executive of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), he is a powerful voice for Africa in Washington DC.
By linking...
Washington’s Ethiopian ‘car park king’
Washington, DC - Henok Tesfaye, an Ethiopian immigrant to the US, started in the parking business with just himself and a few family members as employees.
Now he manages some of the largest car parks in the Washington DC area, including the city’s convention centre, baseball stadium and Reagan National Airport, with a staff of over 600.
Now an American citizen, he hopes to leave his car...
Volunteer Taxi, Nashville’s first-ever driver-led company
Nashville, TEN - More taxis are coming to Nashville and many of the new drivers will be the owners of their own cab company.
“This is the American dream,” said Shimenes Tafesse, vice president of Volunteer Taxi, a company led by a group of Ethiopian-born immigrants, now authorized as the first-ever driver-owned company in Nashville.
With a nervous crowd of cab drivers watching, the Metro Transportation...
Marcus Samuelsson’s Red Rooster, A rare diversity in dining
NEW YORK — It’s a balmy March evening just before the official arrival of spring, and a few diners are already happily venturing to the small tables outside Red Rooster, chef Marcus Samuelsson’s eatery on Lenox Avenue in the heart of Harlem.
But outside isn’t really the place to be.
No, to feel the buzz that is Red Rooster, one should really be perched on a stool at the horseshoe-shaped...
From a mud hut in Ethiopia to a home in Oak Park, life has been a journey for one OPRF student-athlete
Sentayehu "Ty" Fleming (Photos By J.Geil)
Oak Park, Illinois - This is not an ordinary story, simply because Sintayehu “Ty” Fleming is not an ordinary teenager.
To start from the beginning would be too conventional, and there’s been nothing too conventional about the first 18 years of this kid’s life. We begin here and now with Ty in his senior year at Oak Park and...
Menkir Tamrat brings Ethiopian heirlooms to the East Bay
Menkir Tamrat (Photo by Patricia Hayse Haller)
Oakland, California (USA) – Like most of us, Menkir Tamrat has a special place in his heart for the foods he grew up with, foods he learned to make from his mother. He’s a passionate cook, and also has an urge to grow things. He believes with his whole heart that the best, most authentic food is made from fresh, locally grown crops.
But access...
Merid Tafesse of Ethiopia exhibits new paintings at the King Center in Atlanta
Ethiopian artist Merid Tafesse
Atlanta, Georgia – Going to interview contemporary artist Merid Tafesse, I had a pretty good idea of how the conversation was going to go. I imagined unlocking some tragic reason for his ten year stint working only with charcoal, gleaning celebrity goss on Rita Marley, wife of Bob and Tafesse’s long time patron, and spilling secrets about Tafesse’s mother’s...
