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Gbowee Carries Olympic Flag at Ceremony

July 31, 2012Last updated August 13, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

Leymah Gbowee, one of three recipients jointly awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, carried in the Olympic flag with seven other humanitarians during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

Undergrads Are Key Players in Peace Institute

June 22, 2012Last updated July 11, 2012 by Marcy Gineris, Bonnie Price Lofton

For the second year in a row, college senior James Souder has a summer job that wins him friends from dozens of countries. They are men and women aged 20

First Women’s Peace Leadership Program at EMU’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute

June 6, 2012Last updated June 25, 2012 by Andrew Jenner and Bonnie Price Lofton

Little more than six months after alumna Leymah Gbowee won the Nobel Peace Prize, Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) has hosted its first participants in a program designed to train more

Doubling Down On Success

April 30, 2012Last updated May 16, 2012 by Jeremy Hunt

Being twins, Justin and Joel Rittenhouse learned to share growing up: toys, birthdays, even, in one sense, each other’s face. Now, the 21-year-olds share another distinction — Eastern Mennonite University

Gbowee Opens Up on Life after Nobel Prize

April 11, 2012Last updated April 27, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

Leymah Gbowee, one of three recipients of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize and Eastern Mennonite University Alumnus of the Year, spoke with the Daily Observer about life after the peace

Gbowee Shares “Greatness of Girls” at Conference

April 2, 2012Last updated April 11, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

Leymah Gbowee spoke on the “greatness of girls” and the creation of the Young Girls Transformative Project at the 2012 TED conference. Gbowee, who earned a master’s degree in conflict

Be ‘Your Own Mandela …’

March 19, 2012Last updated April 2, 2012 by Emily Sharrer

Courtesy Daily News Record, Mar. 19, 2012 Leymah Gbowee’s journey to becoming a Nobel Peace laureate began, ironically enough, because she was angry. Angry about the way women’s roles were

Disney Heir to Speak at Commencement

February 6, 2012Last updated September 24, 2014 by Marcy Gineris and Mike Zucconi

Her ties to the first family of entertainment are strong but this Disney focuses on brave women in peacebuilding rather than cartoons and children’s films. Abigail Disney, a philanthropist, scholar

Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University

January 11, 2012 by

Eastern Mennonite University prepares graduates to walk boldly in the way of nonviolence and peace. This video features Nobel Peace Prize laureate and EMU alumna, Leymah Gbowee, and highlights the

Nobel Laureate Helps Spark Women’s Program at EMU

December 12, 2011Last updated March 27, 2012 by Bonnie Price Lofton

In her Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech on Dec. 10, 2011, Leymah Gbowee called on women around the world “to unite in sisterhood to turn our tears into triumph, our

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