Peacebuilder alumna tells her story at EMU
Leymah Gbowee, a 2007 graduate of EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (photo by Jon Styer) Her name is Leymah Gbowee, a 2007 graduate of EMU’s Center for Justice and Pea ...More
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Renowned peacebuilder and EMU alumna back on campus
“Pray the Devil Back to Hell,” a gripping film account of a group of brave and visionary women who demanded peace for the African nation of Liberia, will be shown 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22 in Lehman Auditorium. Their leader, Leymah Gbowee, who organ ...More
Historians Examine Amish, Mennonite Response to Civil War Conflict
James O. Lehman, librarian emeritus at EMU and archivist for Virginia Mennonite Conference Two experts in Anabaptist studies have collaborated on the first scholarly examination of pacifism during the Civil War. “Mennonites, Amish and the American Civil War,& ...More
Refugee Children’s Artwork Given to EMU
Ken and Ellen Peachey Lawrence show an example of the Salvadoran refugee children’s drawings they have donated to EMU’s Conflict Transformation Program.Photo by Jim Bishop ...More