By Anna QuinnDANBURY — In the first event of Western Connecticut State University’s weekend-long Peace Jam conference, Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee urged a crowded Ives Concert Hall to speak up against division, evil and violence. “Every time you act on what you think I am instead of who I am, you build a wall between us,” Gbowee said. She described how she decided to abandon the prepared speech and instead speak her mind. “In the face of tyranny, we all have to be bold and use our words.”The audience in the 750-seat hall gave Gbowee three standing ovations throughout her speech. “I don’t think there are adjectives that can capture what we just heard,” said Karen Koza, a professor at WSCU.

Source: GNN Liberia February 26, 2017 12:47 UTC