Promising that yes, he would eventually sing “Puff the Magic Dragon,” legendary folk singer and activist Peter Yarrow – formerly of the group Peter, Paul and Mary – gave an impromptu
... read more about Harmonizing amidst hostility: Musician Peter Yarrow and talented experts teach conflict transformation processes
Lydell Steiner’s vocation came calling in the form of a persistent acquaintance who recognized his skills might fit a community need. The Ohio native was a team pastor at Kidron
... read more about Practicum helps CJP alumnus Lydell Steiner to found Ohio mediation center
Michael Bischoff MA '02, who qualifies for disability benefits because of an aggressive brain cancer, suggests that we think anew about "people who receive disability benefits as released friends, people who are released from the normal world of paid work, with the expectation that they will then contribute creatively, socially, spiritually, and culturally to society in powerful ways." ... read more about Michael Bischoff MA ’02 on a different way to think about people who receive disability benefits from Minneapolis Post
Jean Claude Nkundwa MA ’14, who works for peace in his native country of Burundi from exile in Rwanda, accepted the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding’s Peacebuilder of the Year
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By the time Myriam Aziz arrived from Lebanon to start her master’s degree at Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) in the fall of 2015, the U.S.
... read more about Recent CJP grad produces documentary humanizing Syrian refugees, returns to campus as teaching fellow
In the late 1990s, a Brazilian judge named Isabel Lima traveled to a conference in New Zealand to talk about her work with juvenile offenders in Terra Nova, a poor
... read more about Visiting CJP scholar plans restorative justice seminar for Brazilian practitioners in October
When Gregory Winship begins teaching a new course of conflict transformation training at a minimum-security prison in Missouri, he waits until the second session to share his past. “The first
... read more about First master’s in restorative justice graduate builds on past to share his vision of justice
This course has been postponed until fall 2017. Please contact Patience Kamau, Zehr Institute program director, at patience.kamau@emu.edu for more information. The Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice announces a six-session
... read more about Zehr Institute of Restorative Justice hosts online course on police-community partnerships
The power of faith-based political advocacy was the theme of a lecture by Diane Randall, executive secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), as part of Horizons of
... read more about Diane Randall, with Friends Committee on National Legislation, champions faith-based political advocacy