Yesterday, the 20th of August, the TNJ Entertainment and the BC held a consultative meeting geared towards enhancing their collaboration in providing services to the Liberian community in Minnesota.
The convener of the meeting, Mr. Patrick Sawyer and facilitator Mr. Wynfred Russell were instrumental in bringing the two consortiums together after a misunderstanding between the two groups surfaced due to a report about the Liberian Beauty Pageant which, was hosted by the TNJ Enterprises.
The meeting which saw several heated exchanges between the parties ended on a good note as the two parties came to a common understanding about their roles in the community.
Kesselly, Zakama, Sawyer, Russell, Morgan and Dwamina
Several personalities were also in attendance. Those present were, Wayne Doe, Charles Dwamina, Patrick Sawyer, Ben Browne, Arthur Zakama, Theo Morgan, Jallah Kesselly and the host Mr. Wynfred Russell.
Recently, the Bush Chicken Magazine published two stories: Who Benefits, OLM, the Community or T&J? And, Lone Contestant Wins Beauty Pageant in Minnesota as the Host becomes the Manager.
In these two stories, Bush Chicken looked at some of the basic on going discussions in the community about hosting the Ms Liberia Pageant. Bush Chicken also critically discussed some of the concerns raised by an audience member who attended the beauty pageant on July 14, 2006.
Six weeks after the publication, T&J Entertainment, the host of the show for the past few years decided to write a rebuttal to Bush Chicken. After examining the rebuttal, the management of Bush Chicken decided that the rebuttal could not be published in its entirety because there were paragraphs in it that would have generated rebuttals from other sectors in the community. The refusal of Bush Chicken to publish the rebuttal in its entirety angered Mr. Morgan and Kesselley; this some observers viewed as a situation that may have escalated into a serious beef.
It was against this back ground that Mr. Patrick O Sawyer and Mr. Wynfred Russell took on the role of peace makers to help resolve the misunderstanding through open discussions.
The discussions were fruitful and the two entities broke bread together in a cordial atmosphere. The meeting lasted about 4 hours.
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