[Sshagradstudents] INVITATION: Spendlove Prize Event on November 3, 2021

[Christine Howe]

Alice & Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance
Nadia Murad, Human Rights Activist and 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient

Human rights activist and recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Nadia Murad is a leading advocate for survivors of genocide and sexual violence. Her New York Times bestselling memoir, The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State, is a harrowing account of the genocide against the Yazidi people of Iraq and Nadia's imprisonment by the so-called Islamic State (ISIS).

In 2016, Nadia became the first United Nations<https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage/2016/September/human-trafficking-survivor-nadia-murad-named-unodc-goodwill-ambassador.html> Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking. That year, she was also awarded the Council of Europe Václav Havel Award<https://pace.coe.int/en/news/6344> for Human Rights and Sakharov Prize<https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-prize-idUSKCN12R14X?il=0> for Freedom of Thought. In 2018, she won the Nobel Peace Prize<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/05/world/nobel-peace-prize.html> with Dr. Denis Mukwege. Nadia is the founder and president of Nadia's Initiative<https://www.nadiasinitiative.org/>, a non-profit dedicated to rebuilding communities in crisis and advocating for survivors of sexual violence.
Nadia Murad
Human rights activist and recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize

November 3, 2021
12:00 pm via Zoom

Register for Event: https://engage.ucmerced.edu/s/1650/20/interior.aspx?sid=1650&gid=1&pgid=2537&cid=5861&ecid=5861&crid=0&calpgid=61&calcid=5788



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