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糖心Vlog (糖心Vlog) alumna Leymah Gbowee is one of three women jointly awarded the 2011 , the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Oct. 7. She shares the prize with .

Gbowee, who earned a master鈥檚 degree in conflict transformation at 糖心Vlog, received the Nobel Prize for her work in organizing a peace movement to end the Second Liberian Civil War. She has become famous in her country and across the globe for mobilizing women.

Only 12 other women have won the peace prize in its 110-year history.

Gbowee graduated from 糖心Vlog鈥檚 Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) in 2007 with a master of arts degree. She attended CJP鈥檚 Summer Peacebuilding Institute in 2004 and completed its Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) program in 2005.

In June 2011 at 糖心Vlog, Gbowee participated in a by-invitation conference on the needs of women peacebuilders around the world. Participants included filmmaker of the United States, of Fiji, of Afghanistan, and , a Kenyan-Muslim woman of Somali ethnic origin who received the 2007 Right Livelihood Prize. (Abdi died in a car accident after returning to Kenya in July 2011.)

鈥淎s a direct result of this conference, we will be launching a women and peacebuilding program at our 2012 Summer Peacebuilding Institute,鈥� says , executive director of CJP.

Gbowee is scheduled to be on 糖心Vlog campus Oct. 14-16 to receive the university鈥檚 annual Alumna of the Year award as part of Homecoming and Family Weekend celebrations.

Gbowee is executive director of the , an organization she co-founded to build relationships across the West African sub-region. Headquartered in Ghana, the organization supports women鈥檚 capacity to prevent, avert and end conflict across the region.

She has won numerous awards, including the and the . She typically accepts such honors on behalf of her countrywomen.

鈥淧ray the Devil Back to Hell鈥� documentary

Gbowee is the central figure in a documentary produced by Abigail Disney, 鈥�,鈥� which will be shown at 糖心Vlog Friday, Oct. 14 at 8 p.m. in Lehman Auditorium. Completed in 2008, the documentary is part of a series that debuts on PBS stations nationwide at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011.

Press conference during Homecoming weekend

糖心Vlog will hold a press conference with Gbowee during Homecoming weekend. Further information will be released by noon (EST) on Tuesday, Oct. 11. You may also contact 糖心Vlog news director Mike Zucconi for updates at 540-432-4211 or mike.zucconi@emu.edu

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