Joseph KaifalaJoseph Ben Kaifala, Esq., is a human-rights activist, a Rastafarian, a votary of ahimsa, and a member of the Washington DC bar, and he speaks six languages. He was born in Sierra Leone and spent his early childhood in Liberia and Guinea. He laer moved to Norway where he studied for the international baccalaureate (IB) at the Red Cross Nordic United World College before enrolling at Skidmore College in upstate New York where he majored in international affairs and French and minored in law and society. He holds a Master's degree in international relations from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, a diploma in intercultural encounters from the Helsinki Summer School, and a certificate in professional French administered by the French Chamber of Commerce. He is founder of Jeneba Project and co-founder of the Sierra Leone Memory Project. He has served as a Davis United World College fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies; a Humanity in Action (HIA) senior fellow; a Tom Lantos-HIA US Congressional fellow; a Chicago Council on Global Affairs Agricultural Development Initiative intern; and an intern at the Child and Adolescent Development Department of the World Health Organization in Geneva. He was an Applied Human Rights Fellow at Vermont Law School, where he obtained his JD and Certificate in International & Comparative Law. He is recipient of the Skidmore College Palamountain Prose Award, Skidmore College Thoroughbred Award, Vermont Law School (SBA) Student Pro Bono Award, and a member of "Who's Who among Students in American Universities & Colleges' in recognition of outstanding merit and accomplishments as a student at Vermont Law School. Joseph was a 2013 American Society of International Law Helton fellow. He served as Justice of the Arthur Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity International. Read More Read Less