{"id":1131,"date":"2014-11-21T07:12:02","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T12:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/unstudies\/?p=1131"},"modified":"2017-01-13T12:53:21","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T17:53:21","slug":"world-leaders-forum-through-the-lens-of-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/unstudies\/2014\/11\/21\/world-leaders-forum-through-the-lens-of-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"World Leaders Forum: #WLF2014 Through the Lens of Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On November 20, the School of Diplomacy and International Relations hosted a visit by 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee. Ms. Gbowee , a Liberian peace activist, spoke to students, faculty, and alumni as part of the Diplomacy school&#8217;s World Leaders Forum. More information on the talk can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www13.shu.edu\/news\/article\/496756\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/essex\/index.ssf\/2014\/11\/liberian_nobel_peace_prize_winner_to_talk_peace_movement_ebola_at_seton_hall.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and the full <a href=\"http:\/\/www7.shu.edu\/diplomacy\/world-leaders-forum-webstream.cfm#.VG9XPme9b4h\" target=\"_blank\">video of the talk can be found here<\/a>. Below is what the event looked like through the lens of social media. Below are some tweets from students, staff, and alumni as they tell the story of this campus event.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Liberian peace activist meets with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SetonHall?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@setonhall<\/a> student media before her <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wlf2014?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wlf2014<\/a> lecture. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/BP9GZWisdE\">pic.twitter.com\/BP9GZWisdE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Seton Hall School of Diplomacy (@shuDiplomacy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shuDiplomacy\/status\/535531444706500608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Standing room only for Leymah Gbowee at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WLF2014?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WLF2014<\/a> Lecture <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/yVplUl3MJR\">pic.twitter.com\/yVplUl3MJR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Seton Hall (@SetonHall) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SetonHall\/status\/535553288398454785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Things that you don&#39;t fight for, you always take for granted&quot; L. Gbowee  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wlf2014?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wlf2014<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SHUDiploAlum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SHUDiploAlum<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/LqZ6Xczo19\">pic.twitter.com\/LqZ6Xczo19<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Emily Pease (@emilympease) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilympease\/status\/535562190519283712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Girls, too, can be leaders. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeymahRGbowee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LeymahRGbowee<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WLF2014?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WLF2014<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SetonHall?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SetonHall<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shuDiplomacy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SHUDiplomacy<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/6ts1xvICdW\">pic.twitter.com\/6ts1xvICdW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Laurie Pine (@lauriepine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lauriepine\/status\/535565809629036545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Peace is not the absence of war, peace is when democracy is ensured&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WLF2014?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WLF2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Danielle E. Crooks (@DanielleECrooks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielleECrooks\/status\/535565900641226752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SHUDiploAlum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SHUDiploAlum<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeymahRGbowee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LeymahRGbowee<\/a> peace is a process it&#39;s not an event. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WLF2014?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WLF2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lydiette Diaz (@LydietteDiaz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LydietteDiaz\/status\/535563017417940992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisJ_Morrow\/status\/535559278925725696<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let your local action inform some global response! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WLF2014?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WLF2014<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/localaction?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#localaction<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Melissa Neelakantan (@MelNeela) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MelNeela\/status\/535570202961125376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 20, the School of Diplomacy and International Relations hosted a visit by 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee. 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