One thing haiku calls for, and what is often least found but most needed in times of war or its aftermath, is the ability to pause and be in the moment. Read more on the art of haiku and peacebuilding with poet John Paul Lederach, founding director of EMU's Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, ... read more about John Paul Lederach on the power and pause of pandemic haiku from Notre Dame
Requests for training from Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute have skyrocketed since the death of George Floyd. Donna Minter, the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding's 2019 Peacebuilder of the Year, is the organization's founder and executive director. ... read more about Minnesota institute at ‘epicenter’ of training on racial restorative justice from Star Tribune
When the Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) moved online this year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it lost some of the aspects that attract people to the Eastern Mennonite University ... read more about From Jamaica to the UK, SPI’s online move expands global access to training
Colorizing Restorative Justice: Voicing Our Realities is a collection of 18 essays penned by various authors of color: practitioners and scholars of restorative justice who “explore the issues of racism ... read more about Professor Johonna Turner among contributors to ‘Colorizing Restorative Justice’
SPI FUN FACT: This summer’s institute included 184 participants from 27 different countries and 29 U.S. states. They resided in 60 percent of the time zones on the planet. In ... read more about SPI Online 2020 holds fast to community-building traditions
The most recent issue of Crossroads (spring/summer 2020) should be sitting in your mailbox. Catch up with what happened on campus this spring from our president. Celebrate our 2020 grads. Read reflections from ... read more about In your mailbox: Crossroads Spring/Summer 2020
What will a post-pandemic world look like? How is COVID-19 affecting each of us differently, and what are our responsibilities to one another in the face of those disparities? What ... read more about EMU’s free summer course ‘Imagining the Future after COVID-19’ open to all
Citing her exemplary leadership in guiding the university into its second century, the Eastern Mennonite University Board of Trustees has unanimously appointed President Susan Schultz Huxman to a second five-year ... read more about EMU President Susan Schultz Huxman appointed to second term
Nearly 15 years after its original publication, a new edition of the Little Book of Trauma Healing: When Violence Strikes and Community Security is Threatened was released by SkyHorse Publishing ... read more about New edition of ‘Little Book of Trauma Healing’ is a timely release of a peacebuilding classic
Dear beloved EMU community, Like you, I am overwhelmed with revulsion and sadness by the reprehensible death of George Floyd. That the death occurred in the midst of a pandemic ... read more about President’s Statement on the Death of George Floyd