Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee
Talking Points
The Points Guy
4.8 • 889 Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Leymah Gbowee is no stranger to turning anger into activism. She joins the show to discuss how war and destruction during her teenage years fueled her women's movement, which eventually helped end Liberia's 14-year civil war. For more information on how to support the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa or other charities to mark the 25th anniversary of the National Day of Service, please visit TPG's list of charitable organizations. And find more information on the best credit cards to use for charitable donations or how to give points and miles to those in need.
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| 0:00.0 | What is it that holds us together? |
| 0:02.7 | This is a question that even as we celebrate a week of service, |
| 0:06.6 | as we celebrate Dr King, I think that was the key question. |
| 0:10.4 | What is it that draws us together as people? Not our race, not the tribe, not the way we speak English, not what our collective humanity? |
| 0:21.0 | Welcome to this special episode of Talking Points. |
| 0:25.0 | I'm your host Brian Kelly and in honor of MLK Day and the 25th anniversary of the day of service. We have a very, very special guest today. |
| 0:36.0 | Not only is she a Nobel Peace Prize winner who helped to bring peace to a country and end a civil war. She's also a dear friend of mine. |
| 0:46.7 | It is my honor to welcome Lema Bowie to Talking Points Lema. Thank you so much for joining us. |
| 0:52.1 | Oh, you're welcome, Brian, and happy new year. |
| 0:55.0 | Happy new year. |
| 0:56.0 | You know, we met probably almost four or five years ago in Ghana through our work with Peace Jam. |
| 1:01.0 | How do you explain Peace Jam to someone |
| 1:03.2 | who asks you about it? |
| 1:04.7 | Well, I describe Peace Jam most time |
| 1:07.3 | as the place where you wish there was Peace Jam |
| 1:10.5 | when you were younger. |
| 1:11.9 | Peace Jam is that space where young people just come together, |
| 1:14.8 | get inspired by the lives of phenomenal people, |
| 1:18.5 | but also take that inspiration, |
| 1:20.9 | added to what they already have their own vision for the world that they find themselves |
| 1:25.3 | and they put it out there. For Liberia people describe peace jam as the only space where a lot of young |
| 1:31.5 | people come together to think positively to transform a country |
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