On Friday, June 23, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Associate Administrator, Mark Madrid, visited the IRC in Atlanta to celebrate the success of the Community Navigator Pilot Program (CNPP)—a two-year collaboration between the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Atlanta, Refugee Women’s Network (RWN), the Latin American Association (LAA), and the Somali American Community Center (SACC)—in honor of World Refugee Day.

Born and raised in the small city of Voinjama, Liberia, Marcus is the youngest of four children. He was eight years old when the first civil war began in Liberia in 1989. Over 300,000 Liberians were forced to flee and seek refuge in neighboring countries.

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