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Frontiers in peacebuilding: from Pakistan, the Philippines and Guatemala come stories of engaging with police and military

June 17, 2015Last updated June 29, 2016 by Steve Shenk

How can peacebuilders engage with the police and military in pursuing peace? And how can police and the military engage with peacebuilders? That was the topic of a luncheon presentation

Capstone Projects 2015: Center for Justice and Peacebuilding graduates research issues of conflict transformation

April 28, 2015Last updated April 29, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

When Katrina Gehman began her four-month practicum experience at the U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI), she quickly learned that some terms have different meanings in different contexts.

Veteran peacebuilder discusses global climate change as a destabilizing social and political threat

February 9, 2015Last updated April 18, 2017 by Robert Propst

Global climate change and human conflict are two different problems, dealt with by different groups, right? Wrong. In fact, the United States military combats terrorism and climate change. Both are

A little guide to the workings of the United Nations, from a peacebuilding perspective

January 1, 2015Last updated January 15, 2015 by Bonnie Price Lofton

[Editor’s note: Originally published in Peacebuilder magazine a year ago, this article on the workings of the United Nations remains more relevant than ever, with UN agencies needing to play a

EMU sustainability efforts recognized by statewide climate action campaign

April 29, 2014Last updated May 13, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

A new campaign highlighting steps taken by institutions and local governments across Virginia to cut carbon emissions brought a crowd to Eastern Mennonite University for a panel discussion on the

EMU partners with Virginia Sierra Club for Earth Day forum, April 22

April 17, 2014Last updated April 22, 2014 by Virginia Sierra Club

Eastern Mennonite University will partner with the Virginia Sierra Club to discuss green technology on campus – including campus gardens and a solar array – during Earth Day, April 22, at

‘Shenandoah Confession’ emerges from 2014 intercollegiate peace meeting, in spirit of 1527 Schleitheim Confession

February 28, 2014Last updated June 11, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Students from seven Anabaptist colleges wrapped up a three-day Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship Conference, Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2014, at Eastern Mennonite University by deciding to issue the Shenandoah Confession, drafted in

CJP prof Lisa Schirch points way to better relationships, roles, for military, government and civil society

February 10, 2014Last updated February 26, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

On the Wikipedia page for “Security Sector Reform,” you’ll read some nice-sounding stuff about helping police and military forces become more accountable to democratically elected governments and to hold human

Former Fulbright fellow, nationally known leader in human security, to speak at intercollegiate peace forum

January 15, 2014Last updated September 17, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

Lisa Schirch, PhD, director of human security at the Alliance for Peacebuilding and a former Fulbright fellow in East and West Africa, will give the keynote speech at the 2014

Averted school shooting shows value of conflict transformation skills

August 23, 2013Last updated September 17, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

In a Huffington Post commentary, EMU research professor Lisa Schirch praised the conflict transformation skills used spontaneously by the school staffer who, on Tuesday, talked a gunman into surrendering rather

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