Liberian Born Mayor in US Calls for United Approach by Liberian Diaspora Groups Liberian Born Mayor in US Calls for United Approach by Liberian Diaspora Groups Share SILVER SPRING, Maryland, USA – Diaspora Liberians have been urged to forge a united approach, despite their various interests to address the increasing problems in their homeland. The call was made by the Liberian born Mayor of Helena, Montana, Wilmot Collins in a keynote address delivered at the official Liberian Independence Day Dinner Ceremony held over the weekend in Silver Spring Maryland near Washington DC. The event organized by the Liberian Community Association of the Washington DC Metro area came at the conclusion of a week of celebration of Liberia’s 174th Independence Anniversary.