{"id":60535,"date":"2026-02-03T22:29:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=60535"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:29:38","slug":"alumna-nobel-peace-prize-laureate-leymah-gbowee-ma-07-appears-on-cbs-mornings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2026\/alumna-nobel-peace-prize-laureate-leymah-gbowee-ma-07-appears-on-cbs-mornings\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumna, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Leymah Gbowee MA \u201907 appears on \u2018CBS Mornings\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Leymah Gbowee MA \u201907 (conflict transformation)<\/strong>, a graduate of EMU\u2019s world-renowned Center for Justice and Peacebuilding and a 2011 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, appeared on <em>CBS Mornings<\/em> with famed activist Gloria Steinem on Tuesday, Feb. 3, to discuss their new children\u2019s book, <em>Rise, Girl, Rise: Our Sister-Friend Journey. Together for All.<\/em> (Orchard Books, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/rise-girl-rise-our-sister-friend-journey-together-for-all-gloria-steinem\/1a20882130191408?ean=9781338888942&amp;next=t\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/02\/03221110\/9781338888942-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60536\" style=\"width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/02\/03221110\/9781338888942-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/02\/03221110\/9781338888942-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/02\/03221110\/9781338888942-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/02\/03221110\/9781338888942-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/02\/03221110\/9781338888942.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A description of the <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/rise-girl-rise-our-sister-friend-journey-together-for-all-gloria-steinem\/1a20882130191408?ean=9781338888942&amp;next=t\">book<\/a> states:<br \/><em>In this bold anthem, feminist organizer and bestselling author Gloria Steinem and Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee share their parallel journeys as activists.<\/em> &#8230; <em>(Their) dual paths have inspired a friendship empowered by the principles of equality, progress, and hope for a new generation. Here, two friends come together to tell one uplifting story of girls and women strengthening one another and changing the world.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Watch the video of their appearance below!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Activists on inspiring next generation and new children&#039;s book\" width=\"848\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JfJcx1UpA-k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About <em>CBS Mornings<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Each weekday morning, <em>CBS Mornings<\/em> co-hosts Gayle King, Tony Dokoupil, and Nate Burleson bring you the latest breaking news, smart conversation and in-depth feature reporting. <em>CBS Mornings<\/em> airs weekdays at 7 a.m. on CBS and streams at 8 a.m. on the CBS News app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Leymah Gbowee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Nobel Peace laureate <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/peacebuilding\/leymah-gbowee\">Leymah Gbowee<\/a> is a Liberian peace activist, social worker, and women\u2019s rights advocate. She is founder and president of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, based in Monrovia. As a writer, Gbowee is the author of the inspirational memoir\u00a0<em>Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War<\/em>, and the children\u2019s book\u00a0<em>A Community of Sisters<\/em>. She is perhaps best known for leading a nonviolent movement that brought together Christian and Muslim women to play a pivotal role in ending Liberia\u2019s devastating, 14-year civil war in 2003. Gbowee returned to EMU to deliver commencement addresses in 2014 and 2018, the latter year being when she was awarded EMU\u2019s first honorary doctorate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Gloria Steinem<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Gloria Steinem is a political activist, feminist organizer, and the author of many acclaimed books, including the national bestseller<em>\u00a0Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem<\/em>. She is a contributor to the classic children\u2019s book\u00a0<em>Free to Be You and Me<\/em>. She is also the cofounder of the National Women\u2019s Political Caucus and the Women\u2019s Media Center. In keeping with her deep commitment to establishing equality throughout the world, Steinem helped found Equality Now, Donor Direct Action, and Direct Impact Africa. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leymah Gbowee MA \u201907 (conflict transformation), a graduate of EMU\u2019s world-renowned Center for Justice and Peacebuilding and a 2011 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, appeared on CBS Mornings with <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2026\/alumna-nobel-peace-prize-laureate-leymah-gbowee-ma-07-appears-on-cbs-mornings\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Alumna, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Leymah Gbowee MA \u201907 appears on \u2018CBS Mornings\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":302,"featured_media":60537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,12503,17562,264],"tags":[5753,18322,18788,17236,17868,18787,17875,10067,8510,5690],"feature":[17427,17426,17241,17422],"class_list":["post-60535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-cjp","category-digest","category-graduate-programs","tag-alumni","tag-books","tag-cbs-mornings","tag-cjp","tag-cjp-2","tag-gloria-steinem","tag-in-the-news","tag-leymah-gbowee","tag-nobel-peace-prize","tag-peacebuilding","feature-emu-home-page-feature","feature-myemu-feature","feature-news-feature","feature-news-landing-page-main-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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