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Next week is a big one for the UMass Lowell Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies Program. Not only will the 2014 Scholar be here, Justice Albie Sachs of South Africa, but three past Scholars will be at events for a reunion—including 2011 Nobel Peace Prize-winner Leymah Gbowee of Liberia. Albie…
Read More »Click on the poster to see a larger version. Don’t miss these events. This is a rare chance to hear from Justice Albie Sachs of South Africa (Nelson Mandela’s colleague in the struggle against apartheid), 2011 Nobel Peace Prize-winner Leymah Gbowee of Liberia, and other past Peace Scholars. These are…
Read More »From the NYTimes: Meanwhile, back at the stadium, the Olympic flag was carried along the track by eight humanitarians, including Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, and Leymah Gbowee, who shared the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. Once they made a half-circuit of the stadium, they met a frail-looking Muhammad…
Read More »In this news release from UMass Lowell, see links to Leymah Gbowee’s talk on campus last April and related articles.
Read More »Read the AP news story about Leymah Gbowee, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and Tawakkul Karman receiving the Nobel Peace Prize today. Leymah was the 2011 UMass Lowell Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies.
Read More »Watch the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony live on Saturday, Dec. 10, from Oslo, Norway, where Leymah Gbowee will accept the Peace Prize jointly with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Tawakkol Karman. See the ceremony at www.nobelprize.org
Read More »Today’s NYTimes includes an article by Meredith Hoffman about Leymah Gbowee and the Nobel Peace Prize. Leymah heard the news while in New York promoting her book, “Mighty Be Our Powers.” Read the NYT report here, and get the paper if you want more.
Read More »Web photo by Jim Bishop, courtesy of Eastern Mennonite University. Winning the Nobel Peace Prize is a big deal. When I learned this morning that Leymah Gbowee of Liberia, now Ghana, had been awarded the Prize in a three-way share with two other women, the President of Liberia and a democracy…
Read More »Leymah Gbowee, 2011 UMass Lowell Greeley Peace Scholar (web photo by Chester Higgins Jr. courtesy of nytimes.com) Page one of “The Arts” in today’s New York Times includes Julie Bosman’s article about the upcoming book tour by Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee, the 2011 UMass Lowell Greeley Scholar for Peace…
Read More »Everyone is invited to hear the acclaimed African peace activist Leymah Roberta Gbowee speak at UMass Lowell on Monday, April 4, at 12.30 pm, in the O’Leary Library Auditorium, Room 222, 61 Wilder Street, on UML’s South Campus. Parking is available in the Visitor Lot on Wilder. She is the…
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