THE EMPHASIS at Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding is markedly different from what graduates encounter in PhD programs. Those programs, after all, are known for work done in isolation, ... read more about CJP alumni with doctorates (there are more than 60!) are ‘theorizers, not theorists’
Paulo Baleinakorodawa MA '04 facilitated a dialogue on gender-based violence sponsored by Transcend Oceania in Suva with 30 community representatives from indigenous communities nationwide. ... read more about Fiji-based CJP grad facilitates dialogue on gender-based violence from Fiji Times
Bouela Lehbib, a second-year graduate student with Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, petitioned the UN Special Political and Decolonization Committee about the occupation of Western Sahara by ... read more about CJP student petitions UN on occupation of Western Sahara
Even though the odds against peacebuilding can seem stacked, Theo Sitther, a lobbyist for the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), has also seen consensus in Washington D.C. – this ... read more about Lobbyist alum engages CJP students with D.C. policymakers
Andrew Daniels had a hunch there was some connection between his graduate studies in conflict transformation at Eastern Mennonite University and the sport he’d loved for most of his life. ... read more about Sports for peace: PeacePlayer’s Andrew Daniels MA ’16 on how basketball brings kids together
CJP's own Cohorts Project Coordinator Alena Yoder is a member of a next generation committee organizing MEDAx, a new initiative happening within MEDA convention in early November. ... read more about MEDAx writer and changemaker: Meet Alena Yoder from MEDA
The Royal Connections Business Spotlight is a monthly feature about businesses owned by EMU alumni featured in the university’s new interactive directory. October’s spotlight is on Fabrice Guerrier and his ... read more about Royal Connections Business Spotlight: Syllble Studios, Inc.
Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding has announced the winners of its Alumni Storytelling Contest: Spreading the Word of Peace. Entrants were judged in three categories: literature, visual ... read more about CJP recognizes winners of its ‘Spreading the Word of Peace’ storytelling contest
The Eastern Mennonite University Center for Interfaith Engagement (CIE) held its fall reception in September to celebrate the previous academic year and note upcoming events. “What lessons have we learned?” ... read more about Center for Interfaith Engagement celebrates highlights
SOME TIME AWAY IN 2003 was exactly what Kenneth Wilson needed to figure out his next move. A longtime activist and organizer in the August Town community on the outskirts of Kingston, Jamaica, ... read more about SPI participant honored by Jamaican government for community peacebuilding