“Everybody wants a revolution, but nobody wants to wash the dishes,” said Jim Smucker, vice president of enrollment and student life, to kick off the spring 2017 student recognition chapel ... read more about Spring recognition chapel honors student leadership and achievement
Readers are finding this article from the CJP 2009 Peacebuilder file by Brendan McAllister. By Brendan McAllister | February 25th, 2009 Brendan McAllister, founding director of Mediation Northern Ireland, attended ... read more about A brief history of ‘The Troubles’
Four months after Michael J. Sharp moved to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2012, he joined a small delegation that for six hours climbed a mountain in South ... read more about MCC shares Michael J. Sharp’s journey toward peace in DR Congo
The 40th and final day of Daryl Byler’s Healing Justice Fast began as it had started, with a letter written, and tweeted, to President Donald J. Trump. Neither Trump, nor ... read more about Byler ends 40-day Healing Justice Fast
NPR reported last week that President Trump’s travel ban is having a “chilling effect” on international student enrollment at universities across the country. In Harrisonburg, that’s also true when it comes to potential participants in peacebuilding coursework. WMRA’s Christopher Clymer Kurtz reports. ... read more about Declining enrollment for peacebuilding program blamed on Trump climate from WMRA/NPR
In early March 2017, a busy graduate of EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) was asked to take on another important peacebuilding role in West Africa. Woré Ndiaye MA ... read more about CJP grad Woré Ndiaye to lead UN-appointed working group in Senegal
This course has been postponed until fall 2017. Please contact the Zehr Institute program director at patience.kamau@emu.edu for more information. The Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice announces a special webinar ... read more about Zehr Institute webinar and online course focus on police-community partnerships and restorative justice practices
Each year, a group of undergraduate and graduate students from Eastern Mennonite University studying restorative justice travel to Graterford State Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania for a unique opportunity to learn ... read more about EMU students see restorative justice principles in action during annual visit to Graterford correctional facility
Professor Jayne Docherty, with the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, explains. ... read more about Recent events won’t stop EMU from promoting peacebuilding from WHSV TV-3
Charlottesville Now interviews Roy Hange, veteran peacebuilder and Summer Peacebuilding Institute instructor, about the work in Michael J. Sharp and his work in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ... read more about Roy Hange talks about faith-based peacebuilding and M.J. Sharp’s work with Charlottesville Now from Charlottesville Now