Nobel Prize Winner Connected to Peace-Church Tradition

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HARRISONBURG, Va., Oct. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- One of the three women receiving the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, Leymah Gbowee, is closely connected with the "peace-church tradition" of the Mennonites.

Gbowee, who shares the prize with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and women's rights activist Tawakkul Karman of Yemen, earned a master's degree in conflict transformation from the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She attended CJP's Summer Peacebuilding Institute in 2004 and completed its Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (known as "STAR") program in 2005.

Gbowee led a nationwide women's movement that was instrumental in halting Liberia's second civil war in 2003.

"Leymah Gbowee mobilized and organized women across ethnic and religious dividing lines to bring an end to the long war in Liberia, and to ensure women's participation in elections," noted the Norwegian Nobel Committee in making the award. "She has since worked to enhance the influence of women in West Africa during and after war."

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[kestrel91316]

1. Sad, but I guarantee you this will bring out the religion-haters here.

:popcorn:

[LeftishBrit]

2. She is a truly great person. I am glad that she got the Nobel Prize.

[darkstar3]

3. And?

Do you have a comment?

[laconicsax]

4. I think we're supposed to attack her or something. n/t

[NMMNG]

7. We are "religion haters" after all

:rofl:

[Goblinmonger]

5. Good for her.

She seems like she'd be a cool person to have a cup of tea with.

[NMMNG]

6. She sounds like a worthy winner

And I like the Mennonites policy of conscientious objection.