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Nobel winner headlines EMU international student fundraiser for Ebola orphans

February 10, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by Steve Shenk

Leymah Gbowee, co-winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, loves small local initiatives that fight the problems of the world. So when she heard that a group of international students

Anonymous Donor Enables Liberian to Enhance His Organizational Leadership

June 7, 2013Last updated January 6, 2016 by Kara Lofton

Liberia is country of complexity and turmoil in which 85 percent of the population of 3.7 million people live under the international poverty line. Colonized in 1820 by freed blacks

Peacebuilder alumna tells her story at EMU

October 27, 2009 by Jim Bishop

Leymah Gbowee, a 2007 graduate of EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (photo by Jon Styer) Her name is Leymah Gbowee, a 2007 graduate of EMU’s Center for Justice and

Renowned peacebuilder and EMU alumna back on campus

October 19, 2009 by Jim Bishop

“Pray the Devil Back to Hell,” a gripping film account of a group of brave and visionary women who demanded peace for the African nation of Liberia, will be shown

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Nobel winner headlines EMU international student fundraiser for Ebola orphans

Anonymous Donor Enables Liberian to Enhance His Organizational Leadership

CTP’s STAR Seminar Begins in Liberia