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Nobel Peace Prize Forum garners range of media attention

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2015 NPPFThe Nobel Peace Prize Forum garnered a range of media coverage before and after the event. Some of the coverage is documented below.

March 14

  • Minneapolis Star Tribune: Nobel Forum explores challenges facing business by Neal St. Anthony

March 7

  • Associated Press:听Former Vice President Mondale hospitalized with flu at Mayo Clinic
  • KARE 11:听Flu keeps Mondale from Jimmy Carter speech
  • WRCB Chattanooga:听Jimmy Carter confirms at Peace Prize Forum Vice President hospitalized
U.S. President Jimmy Carter, an honored Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, spoke at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum on March 6.
U.S. President Jimmy Carter, an honored Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, spoke at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum on March 6.

March 6

  • Business Insider:听Former Vice President Mondale hospitalized with flu
  • KARE 11:听Former President Carter in Minnesota to talk peace, women’s rights听by Jana Shortal
  • KMSP/Fox 9: Former President Jimmy Carter in Minneapolis for Nobel Peace Prize Forum
  • Minnesota Public Radio:
    • Enemies to peacemakers – Nigerian pastor and imam discuss faith with Tom Crann
    • President Jimmy Carter: There’s a lack of peacemakers among world leaders with Tom Crann
  • Minneapolis Star Tribune:听At age 90, Jimmy Carter working on memoir to be published in July
  • Pierce County Herald: Minnesota News Round-Up includes Nobel Peace Prize Forum
  • Pioneer Press: Carter confirms at Forum Mondale hospitalized
  • WCCO
    • Former President Jimmy Carter speaks on women, human rights at Nobel Peace Prize Forum听by Pat Kessler
    • 4 things to know: Jimmy Carter visit, Harrison Ford’s crash landing, and more
    • Jimmy Carter Flies into Minneapolis, greets passengers on plane

March 5

Bring Me the News: Former President Jimmy Carter to speak at Nobel Prize event in Minneapolis

March 2

  • Minnesota Public Radio:听A Higgs boson dress? ‘Nobel Creations’ honors laureates through fashion by Marianne Combs

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  • Star Tribune: Amid world turbulence, a #peaceitforward campaign by John Rash

February 25

  • 惭颈苍苍笔辞蝉迟:听Pamela Espeland’s听Artscape round up includes briefs about the Nobel Peace Prize Forum as well as Nobel Creations at the American Swedish Institute

February 19

  • Grand Forks Herald:听Former teacher shares harrowing tale of growing up in Nazi Germany by Jennifer Johnson

U.S. President Jimmy Carter talks with MPR before presentation to sold-out crowd at Nobel Peace Prize Forum

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U.S. President Jimmy Carter, an honored Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, spoke at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum on March 6.

U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who was an honored Laureate featured at the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Forum, spoke with Minnesota Public Radio prior to his presentation to a sold-out crowd of 650 delegates to the Forum. Carter spoke with MPR’s Tom Crann about the lack of world leaders who are peacemakers.听“We don’t have a global champion of peace like Nelson Mandela or Martin Luther King Jr. or Mahatma Gandhi now,” he told Crann. “None of the government leaders who represent the five permanent members of the UN Security Council are notable for promoting peace.” Listen to “.”

NPPF #PeaceItForward campaign featured by Star Tribune

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Minneapolis Star TribuneYemi Melka ’15听appeared in a Minneapolis Star Tribune article about the #PeaceItForward campaign linked to the听Nobel Peace Prize Forum.

The Nobel Peace Prize Forum held a professional photo shoot at Augsburg College as part of the national social media campaign. Students, faculty, and staff stopped by throughout the day to take photos听with hand-written signs displaying how they help to build peace. The participants’ photos will be shown as part of a video at the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Forum.

The Nobel Peace Prize Forum, sponsored听by Augsburg College and other organizations, will feature former President Jimmy Carter as an honored听laureate speaker. On the docket for听President Carter听is听a moderated discussion titled, “A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power.”

To听read more on the #PeaceItForward campaign, visit the Star Tribune news site. To, visit the NPPF site.

Nobel Peace Prize Forum named in MinnPost

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MinnPostThe Nobel Peace Prize Forum, hosted听by Augsburg College,听was mentioned in听a MinnPost article that听named events of distinction occurring听in and around the Twin Cities area.

The 2015 forum, which boasts former president Jimmy Carter as a featured speaker, will focus on human rights, disarmament, inclusivity, and various other peace-related issues.

To read the article听and learn more about the NPPF, .

World leaders meet March 6-8 in Minneapolis for
Nobel Peace Prize Forum

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Global leaders, top U.N. experts to address inclusive, sustainable peace building

(MINNEAPOLIS) 鈥� The 27th annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum will explore the world鈥檚 most pressing peacemaking issues faced by people across the globe. The March 6-8 event, at the Radisson Blu Downtown, will explore different aspects of peace building including human rights and democracy, disarmament, sustainability and inclusivity. Speaker highlights include:

  • March 6 鈥� Human Rights and Democracy
    • Honored Laureate听in a moderated discussion, 鈥淐all to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power.鈥�
    • , Deputy Chair of The Elders and Former Prime Minister of Norway, will discuss human rights and democracy.
    • , former Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and signatory to the Good Friday Agreement.
  • March 7 鈥� Disarmament and Sustainability
    • Honored Laureate the represented by Director-General Ahmet 脺z眉mc眉 will discuss disarmament and peace.
    • Adama Dieng, the United Nation鈥檚 special adviser on prevention of genocide, will discuss the murder, torture, looting, and destruction of property that likely is a war crime and ethnic cleansing.
    • of Kaduna, Nigeria, work to resolve conflicts between warring religious youth militias, but a decade ago the two men were mortal enemies.
    • , author of The Better Angels of our Nature, will talk about four human motivations that can turn us away from violence and toward cooperation and altruism.

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