By Dave Harrison

"What does it take to be a Nobel Peace Laureate? You need three things. One, you must have a big nose. Two, you must have an easy name [to pronounce]. And three, you must have sexy legs."

Believe it or not, those words are straight from the mouth of 1984 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Archbishop Desmond Tutu, whose nonviolent opposition to the apartheid rule in South Africa earned him the honor. Tutu was one of six Nobel Peace Laureates to attend the 12th annual PeaceJam Conference in Los Angeles this past weekend. The event connects young people to Nobel Peace Laureates to promote peace within their communities, but this year's celebration had a much greater goal. PeaceJam 2008 kicked off the Global Call to Action, which aims to create a billion (that's right, a billion) acts of peace in the near future.

"These young people that come to PeaceJam come for a reason. They're here to change the world, and we tell them they can," said Betty Williams, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work in Northern Ireland. "One person can make a difference — that's our message to all of them."
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