Center for Justice and Peacebuilding

Inaugural Academic and Creative Excellence Festival builds intellectual buzz

April 23, 2018Last updated April 23, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Though surely all professors at Eastern Mennonite University were excited by the inaugural Academic and Creative Excellence Festival on campus last week, new faculty member Sonia Balasch Rodriguez was

Fania Davis to keynote inaugural Academic and Creative Excellence Festival at EMU

April 12, 2018Last updated April 16, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Since losing two childhood friends in the 1963 Sunday School bombings in Birmingham, Alabama, Fania Davis has dedicated her life to social justice advocacy, becoming a civil rights attorney and

Scholars from five Iraqi universities gather for CJP-led conflict analysis training

April 10, 2018Last updated April 11, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

In early February, 20 scholars from five leading Iraqi universities and a representative from Iraq’s Ministry of Education gathered in Beirut, Lebanon, for a five-day training on conflict analysis. The

Gwendolyn Myers shares about shaping a global agenda for peace

Sierra Leone Times

In 2017,Gwendolyn Myers was elected to the World Economic Forum's Global Shapers Advisory Council for governance and accountability. The forum nominated her among 5,000 leading experts engaged by the forum to shape a global agenda. She is also a member of the Working Group on Youth for Gender Equality coordinated by the UN Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development. ... read more about Gwendolyn Myers shares about shaping a global agenda for peace from Sierra Leone Times

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Leymah Gbowee to give commencement address, receive inaugural honorary doctorate of justice

April 5, 2018Last updated April 12, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

On the occasion of its 100th commencement ceremony, Eastern Mennonite University announces that the 2018 address will be given by alumna and 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee. In recognition

Seven CJP graduate students selected to present at Notre Dame peace conference

April 3, 2018Last updated April 9, 2018 by EMU communications

Seven graduate students from Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding have been selected to present at the 2018 Notre Dame Student Peace Conference April 13-14 in South Bend,

CTTT’s DeWolf and Morgan share their ‘healing journey’ in Florida

Altamont Enterprise

A black woman and a white man have been on what they call “a healing journey.” They have written a book that describes her as a “daughter of slavery” and him as “a son of the slave trade.” “You have to tell the truth, even when it gets ugly,” says Sharon Leslie Morgan. She wrote a book with Thomas Norman DeWolf about their physical, emotional, and spiritual journey uncovering their roots on either side of the slave trade. ... read more about CTTT’s DeWolf and Morgan share their ‘healing journey’ in Florida from Altamont Enterprise

EMU’s bell will toll at 7:05 p.m., April 4, joining worldwide commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination

March 24, 2018Last updated April 9, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University will join a global bell-tolling ceremony on Wednesday, April 4, to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the

One year after his death, M.J. Sharp’s legacy lives on in growing scholarship fund

March 15, 2018Last updated March 27, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Significant progress has been made towards an endowed scholarship at Eastern Mennonite University to honor the memory of peacebuilder Michael Jesse “M.J.” Sharp ’05, who was ambushed and murdered in