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By: Inheriting the Trade | Nobel Peace Prize 2011 — congratulations to peacemakers!

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:30:26 +0000

[…] Leymah Gbowee earned a master’s degree at 91��Ƶ in conflict transformation. She attended the Summer Peacebuilding Institute and has completed the STAR (Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience) program. […]

By: On the social media wave of the Nobel Peace Prize – Peacebuilder Online

On the social media wave of the Nobel Peace Prize – Peacebuilder Online — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:16:19 +0000

[…] In my 10+ years as a professional web nerd, I’ve never been involved in anything that’s “gone viral,” until Friday. We weren’t caught completely off-guard at CJP, as we’d been hearing rumors of Leymah’s being considered for the prize for months. But that still didn’t prepare for me for riding the social media tidal wave on Friday morning, when the winners were announced. It was the quickest 5.5 hours of my professional life, keeping track of the activity on Facebook and Twitter, watching with amazement when at one point on Friday morning, “Leymah Gbowee” was one of the top-trending phrases in the U.S. on Twitter. When the digital dust settled by Monday morning and I checked stats, I saw that the 91��Ƶ website as a whole doubled its traffic on Friday alone, not to mention the thousands of “likes” on the 91��Ƶ News article which announced her winning. […]

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:38:43 +0000

Whoah! Hearty Congrats – Leyman – for your hard noble work, achievement and inspiration to all 91��Ƶ alumni, educators, administration staff and beyond. I am very proud of you and our common Alma Mater, 91��Ƶ.
Andrew

By: Nobel Prize Winner Connected to Peace-Church Tradition - News | 91��Ƶ

Nobel Prize Winner Connected to Peace-Church Tradition - News | 91��Ƶ — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:32:26 +0000

[…] The announcement from 91��Ƶ on the Nobel Peace Prize award can be found at emu.edu. […]

By: Yorifumi Yaguchi

Yorifumi Yaguchi — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:13:20 +0000

Congratulations! I wonder if you can come to Japan some time and share your experiences with us? Yorifumi

By: Augustus Ben Omalla

Augustus Ben Omalla — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 10:17:28 +0000

Congratulation Leymah and the entire family of 91��Ƶ. You deserve it. Having been there I can testify the values of 91��Ƶ. Long live winer Long live 91��Ƶ.
A.Omalla

By: Cheri Small

Cheri Small — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 02:38:28 +0000

Pretty awesome and inspiring!!!!

By: Nicholas Carl

Nicholas Carl — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:00:41 +0000

Thank you, Leymah, for your solid, life changing, inspiration because of your commitment to peace action.

By: Joan Anderson

Joan Anderson — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:54:22 +0000

Congratulations! I am so pleased that one of your alumni has won the Nobel Peace Prize. I have admired your work since I did a story on your Peace Institute for the Mountain Courier.
The world so needs you and your hard-working alumni.

Joan Anderson

By: margaret eby

margaret eby — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:16:13 +0000

Pray the Devil Back to Hell is a powerful movie and story. Thank Leymah for your work on behalf of women. Congratulations on the Nobel Peace Prize.

Margaret Eby

By: Orv Gingerich

Orv Gingerich — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:16:14 +0000

Congratulations to 91��Ƶ and CJP on the award to Leymah! What a wonderful connection and relationship to celebrate. All the best to you in your work.
We especially appreciate the assistance Jan provided in 2009 to get Leymah to speak at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum on the Augsburg College campus in Minneapolis.

Orv Gingerich
Augsburg College and the Nobel Peace Prize Forum

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