Kimmie Weeks receives Liberia’s highest honor
The Head of State and Commander in Chief of the Republic of Liberia, Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has bestowed Liberia’s highest honor on child rights activist Kimmie Weeks for “sacrificial and dedicated services to the people of Liberia.” The President formally decorated Kimmie Weeks as Knight Grand Commander in the Humane Order of African Redemption during programs marking Liberia’s 160th Anniversary in Grand Bassa County, Liberia. Kimmie Weeks becomes one of the youngest recipients of Liberia’s highest honor.
More…In a special proclamation marking the conferral of the distinction, President Sirleaf wrote: “Now therefore, in recognition of the outstanding success you have so laudably achieved so far in your career, and for the pride you bring to all Liberians, I, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, by virtue of the power vested in me as Grand Master of the Order of Distinction of the Republic of Liberia do hereby admit you, Kimmie L. Weeks into the HUMANE ORDER OF AFRICAN REDEMPTION with the grade of KNIGHT GRAND COMMANDER.”
By Presidential request, Kimmie Weeks also served as National Orator for programs marking Liberia’s Independence Day Celebration. He spoke on the topic: Liberia at 160: Reclaiming the Future. The thirty minute speech which was hailed by local newspapers as “one of the most powerful and moving speeches in Liberian history.”
To learn more, listen to the speech online and view photos from the event.