Leymah Gbowee, 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate, will present a public talk as part of the PeaceJam Connecticut conference on Friday, Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m. in Ives Concert Hall in White Hall on the WCSU Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury.
Gbowee was awarded the Peace Prize in recognition of her efforts to lead a women's peace movement that brought an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003. She is founder and president of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, a nonprofit organization that provides educational and leadership opportunities to girls, women and youth in West Africa.
The talk will be free and the public is invited.
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For more information, go to http://wcsu.edu/newsevents/Nobel-winner-Leymah-Gbowee.asp or visit http://wcsu.edu/peacejam.
