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	Jody Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jody Williams (born October 9, 1950 in Putney, Vermont) is an American teacher and aid worker who received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with the campaign she led, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL).
		Williams first trained as a teacher of English as a Second Language (ESL), receiving a BA from the University of Vermont in 1972 and a Master's degree in teaching Spanish and ESL from the School for International Training (also in Vermont) in 1974.
		Williams continues to serve the ICBL as a campaign ambassador and editor of the organization's landmine report, and is a visiting professor of social work at the University of Houston for the 2003-2004 academic year.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jody_Williams (430 words)

	Women Who Changed History
		Jody remembers that some kids were mean to her brother because he was different and could not hear or talk.
		Jody went to college during the Vietnam War, a time when many people in the United States were questioning things and working to change society through the civil rights and the women's movement.
		Jody Williams looked at the numbers of people who were hurt or killed by landmines, and she wanted to make a difference.
	teacher.scholastic.com /activities/women/jody.asp (431 words)

	Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Williams is a patronymic form of the name William, and is a common surname in Britain and nations with an English heritage.
		Williams College is a liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
		Williams is a successful arcade game producer of the 1980s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Williams (440 words)

	Jody Williams Music - About
		Jody’s high school roommate at Sewanee Military Academy, Kix Brooks (of Brooks and Dunn) was one of the writers he developed during those years.
		Jody became President of the company’s Nashville division and began the daunting task of reorganizing the division.
		Jody and his wife Karen have two sons, Driver, 24, who is creative director for the company, and Edward, 20, a freshman at Belmont University.
	www.jodywilliamsmusic.com /about.htm (1858 words)

	Hollywood Film Festival® - Jody Williams
		Jody Williams is the founding coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), which was formally launched by six non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in October of 1992.
		Williams and ICBL have made to the cause of banning and clearing anti-personnel mines worldwide, they were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997.
		Williams was invited to serve as a technical adviser to the UN's Study on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children, led by Ms.
	www.hollywoodawards.com /williams (739 words)

	The My Hero Project - Jody Williams
		Jody Williams, longtime activist and 1997 Nobel Peace Prize winner, has spent more than a decade fighting this invisible scourge that no longer kills well-trained soldiers, but rather innocent and unarmed civilians.
		In 1981, Jody Williams was working for a temporary employment agency in Washington DC when a leaflet handed to her as she left a subway sparked a career in global activism.
		It was the October, 1997 announcement that Williams and ICBL would share the Nobel Peace Prize, however, that firmly established the former temporary worker as a political force to be reckoned with.
	www.myhero.com /hero.asp?hero=JodyWilliams (1315 words)

	Jody Williams lectures
		Jody Williams, founder of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, speaks at the convocation of the Cornell Commitment, March 5, in Kennedy Hall.
		Williams and the ICBL made that progress by convincing the world that land mines are fundamentally different from other conventional weapons.
		Williams addressed the United States' refusal to sign the treaty in a question-and-answer session that followed her talk.
	www.news.cornell.edu /Chronicle/04/3.11.04/Jody_Williams_cover.html (640 words)

	Jody Williams: Return of a Legend - PopMatters Music Review
		Now, that name might ring a bell, but this is not the same Jody Williams, the lady who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for her long campaign to ban landmines (but, really, a few years have slipped by and what person do you most associate with banning landmines?).
		No, this is Jody Williams, the Chicago guitarslinger who literally came from the same school as his friend Bo Diddley.
		What is a bit harder to imagine is how Williams plays all the music he does and all in an open E tuning, the same tuning he began learning with.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/w/williamsjody-return.shtml (871 words)

	Online NewsHour: Noberl Peace Prize Winner -- October 10, 1997
		JODY WILLIAMS: Well, we were called at 4 AM, and we were asked at that time if we could be called again at 4:40, and at 4:40 Norwegian TV called to confirm that we had been nominated--that we had been awarded the prize this year.
		JODY WILLIAMS: Well, I think that it is really the result of a change in the world with the collapse of the Soviet Bloc and the end of the Cold War.
		JODY WILLIAMS: I hope to be able to speak with the President at some point, but I'm certain that he has heard our message because we've been saying it over and over, not just today, with the receipt of this prize.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/international/july-dec97/peace_10-10.html (1400 words)

	Hollywood Film Festival® - Jody Williams, Carole Bayer Sager (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Williams and the ICBL were cited by the Nobel Committee for turning a "utopian dream" of a treaty to ban antipersonnel landmines into a virtual reality.
		Williams has written extensively and speaks around the world about the problem of landmines, the movement to ban them, and the role of individuals and civil society in creating a more peaceful and secure world.
		Williams traveled with the ICBL to Afghanistan in July to address mine clearance needs, educating the new government in Kabul on the landmine treaty, and urging their signing, which they did on July 30.
	www.hollywoodawards.com /news/williams-sager.html (780 words)

	CNN - The 1997 Nobel Prizes
		Williams was one of the leading forces behind the treaty.
		And Williams said even though she doesn't expect one, she would accept an invitation to the White House if it were offered.
		After earning a master's degree in international affairs, Williams was working for a temporary agency in Washington in 1981 when someone handed her a leaflet in the subway which launched her career as a political activist.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/1997/nobel.prize/stories/williams.profile (925 words)

	The Pacer - Laureate speaks on the “Power of One”
		Williams won the highly coveted award for her work as an advocate for international peace and human rights.
		Williams said that oftentimes people become wrapped up in their own affairs that they don’t think about international policy, much less the humanitarian crises that arise after a war is over.
		Williams said that she began working to lessen the impact of the war on Nicaragua and El Salvador’s citizens.
	pacer.utm.edu /2159.htm (435 words)

	batesmeyer, inc. \| jody williams
		In the case of blues guitarist Jody Williams, however, the "legendary" mantle is entirely and gloriously justified.
		Jody was a prolific studio musician during the mid-to-late 1950's.
		Jody kept busy during the early 1960's but by the late 60's he was tired of getting short changed on recognition and financial rewards, and he had a family to support.
	www.batesmeyer.com /jodywilliams (621 words)

	Jody Williams CD Review
		Jody Williams was one of the ground-floor stalwarts of the fifties Chicago blues sound.
		Williams was told by Diddley that he'd made an agreement with the duo-and that he'd see his share of royalties.
		Williams didn't-and after a lawsuit was settled years later, ownership of the tune went to Mickey, Sylvia, and Bo Diddley.
	www.mnblues.com /cdreview/2002/jodywilliams-tg.html (709 words)

	Jody Williams Wins Nobel Peace Prize
		Jody Williams, an American activist coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Oct. 11.
		Williams founded the organization that worked hard and fast to encourage the banning and removal of anti-personnel mines around the globe.
		From her backyard in Vermont, Williams, 47, criticized President Clinton, saying he "does not want to be on the side of humanity." At the time the United States, Russia and China had not agreed to sign the proposed international treaty that would ban and clear land mines.
	www.womensenews.org /article.cfm/dyn/aid/1406/context/archive (377 words)

	Dartmouth News - Nobel laureate to speak at career fair - 09/19/03
		Jody Williams, co-laureate for the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize, will speak at the 2003 Not-for-Profit Career Fair on Thursday, Oct. 2, at 5:30 p.m.
		Williams, who lives in Putney, Vt., advocates a worldwide ban on the production and use of landmines though an organization she founded, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL).
		Williams' speech and both fairs are free and open to the public.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~news/releases/2003/09/19e.html (199 words)

	Jody Williams Urges Nations To Ratify Ottawa Convention against Land Mines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Jody Williams, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for campaigning against antipersonnel land mines, said the humanitarian movement to ban the devices continues to build momentum in the Americas and around the world.
		Williams also talked about a visit she made to Honduras and Nicaragua in January to observe de-mining activities that the OAS coordinates in the region.
		Williams serves as ambassador-at-large for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), the coalition she used to coordinate and with which she shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize.
	www.oas.org /oasnews/1999/English/March-April99/article6.htm (845 words)

	Blues4u Modern Artists - Jody Williams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Williams also recorded a handful of sides under various aliases; "Looking for My Baby" in 1955 as Little Papa Joe, "Lucky Lou", "You May" as by Little Joe Lee in 1957 and "Little Girl" in 1960 under the name of Sugar Boy Williams.
		Williams and producer Dick Shurman went into the studio to cut his first solo album "Return of a Legend." The album features several of his old numbers, kicking off with the funky "Lucky Lou," one of three instrumental showcases.
		Williams is a fleet fingered player with a round and deep tone, his approach tasty and fresh.
	www.allblues4u.com /artists/williamsj.htm (548 words)

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		Accolades for Jody and his comeback CD âReturn Of A Legendâ (most recently a W.C. Handy Award and selection by Living Blues readers and critics as âOutstanding Guitaristâ) have been extraordinary enough to make the sequel a challenge, but one to which Jody was more than equal.
		Jody Williams' "You Left Me In The Dark" is a follow up CD to the 2002 WC Handy Award winning CD "Return Of A Legend." Prior to the release of "Return Of A Legend," Jody had been out of the music business for thirty years.
		Williams' acclaimed 2002 comeback CD, "Return Of A Legend," was produced by Dick Shurman, a longtime friend whose prodding finally paid off, and featured well-executed remakes of Williams' early recordings, strong new original compositions, and guest spots with an array of old friends and younger admirers.
	www.evidencemusic.com /store/album.cfm?CDID=26130 (2345 words)

	Jody Williams: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Jody Williams (born October 9, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Williams first trained as a teacher of English as a Second Language (ESL), EHandler: no quick summary.
		Betty Williams (Northern Irish)[For more info, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/jody_williams.htm (814 words)

	Peace Jam - One Person Really Can Make A Difference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Students will be able to discuss the life of Jody Williams and her work with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines as a case study in what it is like to be a peacemaker.
		Jody Williams, the 1997 co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, was born in Vermont in 1950.
		At the height of his renewed violence and before he was correctly diagnosed and successfully treated with medication, Jody Williams and her family went through a very, very difficult time.
	www.peacejam.org /pages/laureates_jody/laureates_jody_Unit1_Ch4.htm (6064 words)

	1997 Nobel Prize Laureate, Jody Williams, to Speak at the College of Saint Benedict — News, Events, and Sports ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, will visit the College of Saint Benedict campus March 10 and 11, as a part of Women’s History month, sponsored by the CSB Center for Women and the CSB Senate.
		Williams, honored for her work in heading an international treaty in the banning and clearing of antipersonnel landmines, will speak at 7:30 p.m.
		Williams, the founding coordinator and campaign ambassador of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), will discuss such topics as an individual’s impact on social and political change, a comparison between human and national security and new strategies and tactics in human rights.
	www.csbsju.edu /news/2005/03/williams_j.htm (379 words)

	Keppler Speakers: Jody Williams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A driving force in building an unprecedented open partnership between governments, international agencies and the ICBL that she helped create, Williams' efforts were rewarded in 1997 when a sweeping international treaty banning antipersonnel landmines was negotiated in Oslo, Norway in September of that year.
		A driving force in building an unprecedented open partnership between governments, international agencies, and the ICBL that she held create, Williams' efforts were rewarded in 1997 when a sweeping international treaty banning antipersonnel landmines was negotiated in Oslo, Norway in September of that year.
		Williams co-authored a seminal study, based on two years of field research in four mine-affected countries, detailing the socio-economic consequences of landmine contamination.
	www.kepplerspeakers.com /speakers/williamsjody.asp (538 words)

	GSSW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Williams has a Master's Degree in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (Washington, D.C., 1984), a Master's Degree in Teaching Spanish and ESL from the School for International Training, (Brattleboro, Vermont, 1976), and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Vermont (Burlington, Vermont, 1972).
		Jody Williams received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for her work to eliminate antipersonnel landmines.
		One of only twelve woman in its more than one hundred and year history to be awarded the Peace Prize, she is the third woman from the US to be so honored.
	www.uh.edu /gssw/faculty/jodywilliams.htm (405 words)

	Cornell News: Jody Williams speaks at Cornell Commitment
		Williams received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for her work in establishing ICBL.
		Williams now acts as campaign ambassador for the ICBL, as well as serving as senior editor for Landmine Monitor Report, an annual publication documenting the progress of the mine ban treaty.
		Williams also has written and lectured extensively on the problem of landmines and the movement to ban them.
	www.news.cornell.edu /releases/Feb04/Williams.Convocation.html (618 words)

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