{"id":348558,"date":"2026-09-16T18:56:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T18:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/348558\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T18:56:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T18:56:58","slug":"presidential-lecture-series-welcomes-leymah-gbowee-and-thelma-ekiyor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/348558\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Lecture Series Welcomes Leymah Gbowee and Thelma Ekiyor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brooklyn College is pleased to welcome the extended campus community to the next installment of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklyn.edu\/president\/presidential-lecture-series\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Presidential Lecture Series<\/a> on Tuesday, September 22, featuring President Michelle J. Anderson in conversation with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklyn.edu\/president\/presidential-lecture-series\/presidential-lecture-series-with-leymah-gbowee-and-thelma-ekiyor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leymah Gbowee and social entrepreneur and peacebuilding leader Thelma Ekiyor.<\/a> The event is part of the college\u2019s ongoing series that brings influential thinkers, innovators, and changemakers to Brooklyn College for conversations that inspire civic engagement, leadership, and global understanding.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129646\" class=\"wp-image-129646 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PRES-PLS-Leymah-Gbowee-1200x960-1.jpg\" alt=\"Leymah Gbowee\" width=\"1200\" height=\"960\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-129646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leymah Gbowee<\/p>\n<p>Gbowee, whose leadership of a nonviolent women\u2019s movement helped end Liberia\u2019s civil war, was awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for her work advancing peace, democracy, and women\u2019s rights. She serves as a key leader and co-founder of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklyn.edu\/igltp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Institute on Gender, Law, and Transformative Peace<\/a>, a joint initiative established in fall 2023 between Brooklyn College and CUNY School of Law. Ekiyor is a respected advocate for economic empowerment, social justice, and sustainable development across Africa and beyond. Together, they have spent decades advancing peacebuilding efforts and expanding opportunities for women and communities around the world.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129649\" class=\"wp-image-129649 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Thelma-Ekiyor_1200x960.jpg\" alt=\"Thelma Ekiyor\" width=\"1200\" height=\"960\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-129649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thelma Ekiyor<\/p>\n<p>In a timely discussion moderated by President Anderson, Gbowee and Ekiyor will share insights from their personal and professional journeys, explore the challenges and opportunities facing global leaders today, and discuss the power of collective action to drive meaningful change.<\/p>\n<p>The Presidential Lecture Series reflects Brooklyn College\u2019s commitment to exposing students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members to bold ideas, courageous leadership, and thoughtful dialogue on issues that shape our world. All members of the college community are encouraged to attend this special event.<\/p>\n<p>Please register <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/1999702578242?aff=oddtdtcreator\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for this event.<\/p>\n<p>Date: Tuesday, September 22, 12:30 p.m.<br \/>Location: Claire Tow Theater, in the Leonard &amp; Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brooklyn College is pleased to welcome the extended campus community to the next installment of the Presidential Lecture&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,11309,9,24,63,11310],"class_list":["post-348558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-michelle-j-anderson","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-presidential-lecture-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}