On Tuesday evening, just a short time after the verdict was announced, I sent a message to our campus community. I named the value of a cathartic, collective exhale on ... read more about EMU After the Verdict: Where We Go From Here
Center for Justice and Peacebuilding
‘Peacebuilder’ podcast explores trauma-informed care and pedagogy with Matt Tibbles MA ‘18
Matt Tibbles MA ‘18 is the featured guest of this week’s episode of Peacebuilder podcast. Tibbles speaks with host Patience Kamau MA ’17 about restorative justice and trauma-informed classrooms. The ... read more about ‘Peacebuilder’ podcast explores trauma-informed care and pedagogy with Matt Tibbles MA ‘18
Hot topics: Five spring semester discussion groups focus on faith, race, and gender
EMU’s campus community entered into a wave of critical discussions about faith, race, and gender this semester. Three book clubs emerged independently, while yet another reading group and a film ... read more about Hot topics: Five spring semester discussion groups focus on faith, race, and gender
CJP volunteers connect with state prisons for COVID-19 Compassion Release Project
Four graduate students from Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding played a role in the release of two incarcerated individuals from Virginia state prisons in February 2021. Conner ... read more about CJP volunteers connect with state prisons for COVID-19 Compassion Release Project
April Music Colloquium features neuroscientist Deepti Navaratna
A new series of multifaceted music colloquia continues at Eastern Mennonite University Thursday, April 15, with Deepti Navaratna PhD, an Indian Carnatic classical musician and neuroscientist at Harvard Medical School’s Massachusetts ... read more about April Music Colloquium features neuroscientist Deepti Navaratna
EMU to host walking ceremony and online Commencement in May
Eastern Mennonite University will host an in-person “Walking Ceremony” and online Commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2021 and the Class of 2020. The Walking Ceremonies will be Saturday, May ... read more about EMU to host walking ceremony and online Commencement in May
‘Identity and Sexual Harms’ on next episode of Peacebuilder
Professor Carolyn Stauffer is the featured guest of this week’s episode of Peacebuilder podcast. Stauffer speaks with host Patience Kamau MA ’17 about her work in the fields of sexual ... read more about ‘Identity and Sexual Harms’ on next episode of Peacebuilder
CJP joins 23 organizations to oppose regional jail expansion
Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding has joined 23 organizations in Staunton, Augusta County, Waynesboro, Harrisonburg, and Rockingham County to formally state their opposition to the proposed Middle ... read more about CJP joins 23 organizations to oppose regional jail expansion
‘Peacebuilder’ podcast hosts Tim Seidel, professor and director of EMU’s Center for Interfaith Engagement
Professor Tim Seidel, this week’s guest on the “Peacebuilder” podcast, has played an integral role in the fields of strategic peacebuilding, global studies and interfaith engagement at Eastern Mennonite University. ... read more about ‘Peacebuilder’ podcast hosts Tim Seidel, professor and director of EMU’s Center for Interfaith Engagement
Join a conversation with Peacebuilder podcast host Patience Kamau
Last year, more than 6,500 listeners in 102 countries and 1,239 cities across the globe enjoyed Season 1 of the “Peacebuilder” podcast, hosted by Patience Kamau MA ’17 and featuring faculty and staff from Eastern ... read more about Join a conversation with Peacebuilder podcast host Patience Kamau