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Eastern Mennonite University is often the perfect fit for students interested in spending time in another culture, deepening their faith, and working side-by-side with professors on original research. See what your journey could be like! Producer: Lindsey Kolb ’07, Animator: Christopher Stauffer ’13, Soundtrack: “Boute” by AU
Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program
The first group of students in the Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program included women from Africa (Liberia, Kenya, and regions in and around Somalia) and the South Pacific (Fiji and Solomon Islands) at the 2012 Summer Peacebuilding Institute under EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. The Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program offers …
Using STAR training in the Dominican Republic
See how Lisl Kristina Hershberger will use Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) training in the Dominican Republic. STAR is an evidence-based trauma awareness and resilience training program. STAR brings together theory and practices from neurobiology, conflict transformation, human security, spirituality, and restorative justice to address the needs of trauma-impacted …
How Lois Zook Arndt is using STAR training at home
See how Lois is using the Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) training to interact with her children and to deal with the loss of her husband. STAR is an evidence-based trauma awareness and resilience training program. STAR brings together theory and practices from neurobiology, conflict transformation, human security, spirituality, …
How do you plan to use Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR)?
See how Cristiana Baptista plans to use STAR after completing level one and two trainings. STAR is an evidence-based trauma awareness and resilience training program. STAR brings together theory and practices from neurobiology, conflict transformation, human security, spirituality, and restorative justice to address the needs of trauma-impacted individuals and communities. STAR …
How the STAR training is being used to help children
See how Lois Zook Arndt is using and applying the Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) level one training in her community to help children after a wild fire. STAR is an evidence-based trauma awareness and resilience training program. STAR brings together theory and practices from neurobiology, conflict transformation, human …
Nurturing Resilience for Sustained Peacebuilding – EMU
Bill Lowrey and Alice Petersen talk about their course, “Nurturing Resilience for Sustained Peacebuilding,” which they’ll be teaching at the 2013 Summer Peacebuilding Institute, a program of the Center for Justice & Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Learn more at: http://www.emu.edu/spi
Day of Service and Learning – EMU
Eastern Mennonite University students participated in a day of service and learning on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 2013. Experiences included a walking tour of the historic northeast community of Harrisonburg, Va., dialogue about racism at a downtown barbershop, a meal at a community center and clean-up of a local …











