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Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai at Ebenezer on Sept. 3

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, left, from Pakistan and 17-year-old Syrian refugee Mazoun Almellehan, during the first focus event on education at the ‘Supporting Syria and the Region’ conference at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London last year. (Stefan Rousseau Pool via AP)
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, left, from Pakistan and 17-year-old Syrian refugee Mazoun Almellehan, during the first focus event on education at the ‘Supporting Syria and the Region’ conference at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London last year. (Stefan Rousseau Pool via AP)
By Shelia Poole
Aug 23, 2017

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai is scheduled to speak at Ebenezer Baptist Church on Sept. 3.

Information about her appearance at the Auburn Avenue church once co-pastored by another Nobel laureate, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., was posted on Facebook, but has since been taken down.

Update: In pulpit of Martin Luther King’s Atlanta church, Malala Yousafzai calls for peace

The designation is the highest United Nations honor given to a civilian.

Yousafzai received the Nobel Prize medal and diploma in December 2014 during the Nobel Peace Prize Award ceremony in Oslo.

Yousafzai is recognized for her efforts to help Pakistani girls get an education.

She is known as the schoolgirl who stood up to the Taliban. In 2012, Yousafzai was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman, but survived.

The Rev. Raphael G. Warnock is the senior pastor of Ebenezer

About the Author

Shelia has worked at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for more than 30 years. Previously, she worked at The Lexington Herald-Leader and The Louisville Defender. Her beat is a bit of a mixed bag that includes religion and spirituality, culture and trends, race and aging. She earned degrees from Spelman College and Northwestern University.

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