EMU Alum Leymah Gbowee on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart interviewed EMU alum Leymah Gbowee of Liberia on The Daily Show on Nov. 14. In October 2011 Leymah was one of three women jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Video: EMU Alum Leymah Gbowee on The Daily Show

By Sheldon C. Good, Mennonite Weekly Review

Jon Stewart interviewed Leymah Gbowee of Liberia on The Daily Show on Nov. 14. The two-part video is available below.

Gbowee is one of three women jointly awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. She led a nationwide women’s movement that was instrumental in halting Liberia’s second civil war in 2003.

Gbowee graduated from Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding in 2007 with a master of arts degree. She attended CJP’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute in 2004 and completed its Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience program in 2005.

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