{"id":56220,"date":"2013-04-25T01:58:23","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T01:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=56220"},"modified":"2013-04-25T01:58:23","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T01:58:23","slug":"miss-sierra-leone-usa-departs-to-freetown-for-sierra-leones-52nd-independence-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=56220","title":{"rendered":"Miss Sierra Leone USA departs to Freetown for Sierra Leone\u2018s 52nd independence anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reigning Miss Sierra Leone USA 2013, Ruby B. Johnson leaves the United States of America today to take part in Saturday\u2019s independence ceremony.\u00a0 While in Sierra Leone she will visit school girls at all levels in order to promote her platform\u00a0 SHERO (Service, Health, Education, Rights, Opportunities) and will meet with Government dignitaries in Freetown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms Johnson, 23, currently studying Mining and Minerals Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Virginia, USA said her goal for Sierra Leone homecoming trip is to visit schools and universities and \u201cspeak with students, especially girls\/women. I would like to have a workshop and talk to women about several topics such as importance of education, health, self-esteem\/body image, leadership, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition, Ms Johnson also said she would be engaged in feminist activism and advocacy for the recruitment and retention of girls and women in the STEM fields.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56221\" style=\"width: 256px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Ruby_B._Johnson_-_Reigning_MSLUSA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56221\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56221\" alt=\"Ruby_B._Johnson_-_Reigning_MSLUSA\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Ruby_B._Johnson_-_Reigning_MSLUSA.jpg\" width=\"246\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miss Sierra Leone USA 2013, Ruby B. Johnson<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During her Fall Field Internship in South Carolina Ms Johnson \u201cwas busy switching between\u00a0a hard hat and a shiny\u00a0Miss\u00a0Sierra Leone USA crown.\u00a0 She would fly back and forth from South Carolina to Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia respectively on many weekends to participate in Sierra Leone and other community events.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As an ambassador for peace and empowerment for Sierra Leonean girls, women, youth, and the general community in the United States Ms Johnson started her non-profit organization, When You Believe Foundation (WYBF), Inc., in November 2010 to do outreach, raise awareness, provide assistance, enhance the lifestyle, promote self-sufficiency and empower girls and women in our communities.\u00a0 She hopes to utilize WYBF\u2019s resources while in Sierra Leone to the utmost capacity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She returns to the USA on May 13, 2013.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>By Dennis Kabatto<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reigning Miss Sierra Leone USA 2013, Ruby B. 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