Watch this wonderful short clip from Leymah Roberta Gbowee who was awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 7. She shares her journey to finding her connection to a higher power which gave her the strength to overcome and the will to transform. Wonderful wisdom she shares!!
“She is an African peace activist responsible for organizing a women’s movement that brought an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003. This led to the election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Liberia, the first African nation with a female president.
In 2001, Gbowee began organizing the women of Liberia and by 2002, the women joined together in an effort to stop the civil war which was tearing Liberia apart. Under Gbowee’s leadership, they stood up to the violence and to the government.
She just released a new book called Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer and Sex Changed a Nation at War.”
Leymah is a very courageous human being. Take this coming from a Liberian man who lived under Taylor’s reign of terror. It is not with pride that I confess this but I was in my home hiding and dare not come out if any of Taylor’s men were within earshot of where I was let alone come out to hold any form of protest. The fact that she was able to conduct protests in Taylor’s Liberia is a testament to her courage. Many people who protested Taylor’s excesses did not live to tell the story and the lucky few who lived can recount horrifying stories of the torture meted out to them.
Wow. Thank you for sharing your story. It’s heartbreaking to hear and stands as a true testament of the courage of human spirit and what it’s capable of overcoming. Much love~
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Jonathan says:
Oct 13, 2011
Leymah is a very courageous human being. Take this coming from a Liberian man who lived under Taylor’s reign of terror. It is not with pride that I confess this but I was in my home hiding and dare not come out if any of Taylor’s men were within earshot of where I was let alone come out to hold any form of protest. The fact that she was able to conduct protests in Taylor’s Liberia is a testament to her courage. Many people who protested Taylor’s excesses did not live to tell the story and the lucky few who lived can recount horrifying stories of the torture meted out to them.
mm says:
Oct 13, 2011
Wow. Thank you for sharing your story. It’s heartbreaking to hear and stands as a true testament of the courage of human spirit and what it’s capable of overcoming. Much love~