Recurring themes emerged as we prepared this Peacebuilder on SPI-inspired initiatives around the world. We have summarized these as 14 calls to action. They are in… Read more about 2014-15 Calls to Action by Peacebuilding Institutes
In the summer of 1994, about 40 peace and development workers gathered on the campus of Eastern Mennonite University for a one-week seminar called “Frontiers… Read more about The First and Foremost: Summer Peacebuilding Institute
In late May, 2014, 35 people from 11 countries gathered on campus to discuss their ongoing work with EMU’s Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience… Read more about Consultations Launched in Conjunction with SPI
Instead of returning for EMU’s “homecoming” celebration – always held over one weekend each October – degree-holding alumni of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding… Read more about Alumni Relish Returning to SPI
In recent years, the citizens of Sierra Leone have gathered in village compounds around bonfires, spoken openly of brutalities inflicted on them during their 11… Read more about Fambul Tok Helps Heal Sierra Leone
When volunteers were solicited, nobody immediately stepped forward. It was a tough request: tell a painful personal story before an audience of maybe 40, many… Read more about Playback Theater Shifts Painful Stories Toward Resiliency
Professor Hizkias Assefa responds here to questions about his successful efforts as a mediator to bring peace in early May 2014 to a large swath… Read more about Sudan Mediations Led by Hizkias Assefa Yield Major Peace Accord
Within North American educational institutions affiliated with one of the three “historic peace churches” – Mennonite, Brethren and Quaker – only Eastern Mennonite University offers… Read more about Doing Interfaith Work in Nigeria
Angela R. Dickey spent 25 years promoting the policies of the United States while working for the U.S. Department of State in Washington DC and… Read more about Former Diplomat Discovers Star
In the beginning, there was World War I Almost 20 million people died between 1914 and 1918 in the worst war the world had ever… Read more about A little guide to the workings of the United Nations, from a peacebuilding perspective