From Moments to Movements: Making Change from the Grassroots
Drawing on lessons learned from years of local and global organizing, Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and women’s rights advocate, and Yifat Susskind, Executive Director of MADRE, explore the vital roles women play as peacebuilders and advocates for human rights to protect and uplift their communities. Register today to secure your spot. 

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 
4:00 PM
College Avenue Student Center, Multipurpose Room 
126 College Avenue New Brunswick, NJ 
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Speaker Bios
Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, is a peace activist, trained social worker, and women’s rights advocate. Her leadership of the Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace, which played a pivotal role in ending Liberia’s civil war in 2003, is chronicled in her memoir, Mighty Be Our Powers, and in the documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell. Gbowee is the Executive Director of the Institute on Gender, Law, and Transformative Peace at the City University of New York School of Law. She has been named one of the 100 Most Influential African Women by Avance Media, one of the World’s 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy by Apolitical, and one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders by Fortune magazine.

Yifat Susskind, Executive Director of MADRE, partners with women's human rights activists from Latin America, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa to create programs in their communities that meet urgent needs and create lasting change. Under her leadership, MADRE has enabled thousands of local women's rights activists in Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Colombia, Haiti, Sudan, Nepal, the Philippines, and beyond to survive and thrive in the wake of war and climate disasters. Susskind works with women to rebuild their lives and communities and make their voices heard in the halls of power, from village councils to the UN Security Council.

Anita Ashok Datar Lecture on Women's Global Health
The Anita Ashok Datar Lecture on Women's Global Health draws to campus groundbreaking pioneers, researchers, field workers, and activists to explore growing international health challenges and the vital role that the United States and leaders from across the globe must continue to play in addressing them.

The lecture is presented by the Institute for Women's Leadership, Rutgers Global, and the Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship Academy (IDEA) at Rutgers University. 

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Visitors may park in Lots 26, 30,  and the College Avenue Deck. 

Guests must use this link to register for the event. Guests will click “Visitor” then enter their email and vehicle information to complete registration. Once completed they will receive an email and or text confirmation. 

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