Q&A with Jody Williams
Jody Williams talked about her newly released autobiography, My Name Is Jody Williams: A Vermont Girl’s Winding Path to the Nobel Peace Prize. She shared details of her Nobel Peace Prize-win…
1,481 viewsJody Williams talked about her newly released autobiography, My Name Is Jody Williams: A Vermont Girl’s Winding Path to the Nobel Peace Prize. She shared details of her Nobel Peace Prize-win…
1,481 viewsNobel Peace Prize-winners Shirin Ebadi and Jody Williams talked about initiatives to improve relations between the United States and Iran. Ms. Ebadi talked about the political and social sit…
68 viewsThe former Nobel Peace Prize winners talked about the prospects for peace in war-torn areas of the world, including Afghanistan. Former House Speaker Wright served as moderator. They answere…
160 viewsPBS President Patricia Mitchell moderated a panel of former winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. Among the issues they addressed were the importance of democracy, investing in developing nation…
73 viewsFormer Nobel Laureates talked about how their campaign to ban the use of land mines was able to garner the Nobel Peace Prize. They specifically discussed how grassroots organizing played a r…
147 viewsThe Dalai Lama talked about the theory of nonviolence, and compassion with his work in Tibet. The Dalai Lama and other Nobel Peace Prize Laureates responded to questions from the moderator a…
176 viewsNobel Laureate Betty Williams spoke on the effects of the Northern Ireland conflict on children. Moderated by NAACP Chairman, Julian Bond, a panel of Nobel Peace Prize winners then discussed…
112 viewsRepresentatives from over 100 nations met in Ottawa, Canada and signed a ban on anti-personnel land mines. The treaty bans the use, storage, production and transfer of such mines.
127 viewsJody Williams, the winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace, talked about her fight against the use of land mines during her address. She is the coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban L…
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