Second-year master’s degree candidates in the conflict transformation and restorative justice programs at Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) recently completed practicums engaging with peace education, historical ... read more about CJP degree candidates experience practicums in peace education, historical memory, restorative justice and more
Name any current major conflict in the world, domestic or international, and there is likely at least one graduate on location, employing the analysis and peacebuilding tools learned while studying ... read more about Annual Peacebuilder magazine highlights work in peace, justice and resilience by CJP and its alumni
Eastern Mennonite University set a new record for total philanthropic support during the 2017-18 fiscal year, receiving over $9.1 million in gifts from individuals and private foundations. This significantly tops ... read more about EMU giving sets new record for philanthropic support
Twenty employees from Grand Canyon National Park attended its first week-long Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) workshop, run by Eastern Mennonite University. ... read more about Outside Magazine: EMU-led STAR trauma training in Grand Canyon National Park from Outside
In Kenya a new social healing and reconciliation program called Kumekucha – Kiswahili for “It’s a new dawn” – is empowering local leaders to create “sacred space” for people dealing ... read more about Trauma healing program ‘Kumekucha’ supports ‘sustainable agents of resilience and community strength’
Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding was represented at the Caux Forum in Switzerland this summer by six alumni, faculty and staff. The forum, which takes place in ... read more about CJP alumni, faculty and staff present at the 2018 Caux Forum
The Eastern Mennonite University Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) instructor behind a restorative justice pilot program for Richmond Public Schools (RPS) has led an “epic” life, says a July 2018 Richmond ... read more about What’s next in Ram Bhagat’s ‘epic’ life: ‘Massive Resilience’
The Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) U.S. Washington Office celebrated its 50th anniversary with an open house and reception at The Hill Center in Washington D.C. on July 17. In attendance were ... read more about MCC U.S. Washington Office reflects on 50 years of advocacy
Sumanto Al Qurtuby MA '07 (conflict transformation), an Indonesian professor of cultural anthropology at King Fahd University in Saudi Arabia, believes Indonesia's national motto of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, or Unity in Diversity, is an achievable endeavor and that the archipelago could serve as an example to the rest of the world. ... read more about Sumanto Al Qurtuby MA ’07, professor at King Fahd University, speaks on diversity in his native Indonesia from Jakarta Globe
Jeff Heie MA '00 (conflict transformation), project coordinator for the Harrisonburg Gift & Thrift solar project, helps connect Mennonite values to solar energy in this article. The “Thrifty Solar Barn Raising” team was among 170 teams nationwide selected to compete in the US Department of Energy’s Solar In Your Community Challenge, a $5 million contest that supports “innovative and replicable community-based solar business models and programs that will bring solar to underserved communities.” ... read more about How solar energy helps Mennonites with their mission of global relief from Energy News