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Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Laureate, at UMass Lowell: Video
In this news release from UMass Lowell, see links to Leymah Gbowee’s talk on campus last April and related articles.
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Leymah and Friends Receive Nobel Peace Prize
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 »Leymah Gbowee, UMass Lowell Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies, Will Accept the Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday
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 »Leymah in NYT Today: ‘The World Is Upside Down’
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 »Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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 »Nobel Peace Prize for Leymah Gbowee of Liberia, UMass Lowell’s Greeley Peace Scholar in 2011
bbc.com reports today that Leymah Gbowee is one of three women who this year will share the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. Leymah was the 2011 UMass Lowell Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies and spent almost three weeks in residence here last April. She led a women’s movement to end a long civil…
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