Veteran Peaceworker to Speak at EMU
Peggy Gish, speaking during a peace vigil. The Common Grounds Coffeehouse at Eastern Mennonite University will host Peggy Gish, an Athen ...More
Iraq
Silent Vigil Remembers War Losses
A thousand grave markers on the lawn in front of the EMU Campus Center bear silent testimony to the loss of human life in the Iraq conflict. Photo by Jim Bishop Under th ...More
On Abu Ghraib and war itself: See through relativism of abuse
By Earl Martin and Pat Hostetter Martin As religious pacifists, we have grieved deeply – with the rest of the world – over the images of dehumanization that have emerged from the Abu Ghraib prison. We want to avert our eyes from those images and tell ourselves that these horrendous abuses did not really happen. But they did happen. And, anguished as we are, we mu ...More
Waco and Iraq – Parallels in Bloodshed
By Michael Hudson, The Roanoke Times Jayne Docherty, associate professor of conflict studie ...More
Iraqi Group Extends ‘Thanks’ to EMU
A group from the Summer Peacebuilding Institute that includes several Iraqi citizens plants a Southern magnolia in front of the Hillside Suites residen ...More
Benefit Concert with Carol Ann Weaver and Rebecca Campbell
Rebecca Campbell (l.) and Carol Ann Weaver Two Canadian musicians will present a benefit concert for the Conflict Transformation Prog ...More