Rodrigue Makelele, a 2020 graduate of EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, was honored by the area United Way of Harrisonburg and Rocknigham as the 2022 Young Community Builder Award.
... read more about Rodrigue Makelele MA ’20 honored as U*Nite’s 2022 Young Community Builder
Eastern Mennonite University alumna Najla El Mangoush, foreign minister of Libya, will be among 12 women honored by the U.S. State Department for “extraordinary courage, strength and leadership in improving
... read more about Najla El Mangoush MA ‘15 honored with International Women of Courage Award
Howard Zehr, distinguished professor of restorative justice at Eastern Mennonite University, and co-author Barb Toews MA ‘00 will talk about their book “Still Doing Life: 22 Lifers, 25 Years Later”
... read more about Howard Zehr and Barb Toews MA ‘00 publish ‘Still Doing Life: 22 Lifers, 25 Years Later’
Betty Kilby Baldwin and Phoebe Kilby have told their remarkable story of reconciliation and reparation 37 times in seven months across the country, with features in The Baltimore Sun, BBC
... read more about ‘Cousins’ authors return to Harrisonburg, EMU where their journey of racial reconciliation began
Drew Strait, assistant professor of New Testament and Christian origins at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, will explore biblical perspectives on Christian nationalism at Eastern Mennonite Seminary and at Park View
... read more about Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary professor to speak on the Bible and Christian nationalism
Author Marshall King ’92 is the next guest on the Peacebuilder podcast. King is the author of “Disarmed: The Radical Life and Legacy of MJ Sharp” (Herald Press, 2022). King
... read more about ‘Peacebuilder’ podcast: Marshall King discusses new MJ Sharp biography
Marshall King ‘92 will be at Eastern Mennonite University Wednesday, Feb. 16, to speak about his new book “Disarmed: The Radical Life and Legacy of MJ Sharp” (Herald Press, 2022).
... read more about Author Marshall King ‘92 to discuss new book ‘Disarmed: The Radical Life and Legacy of MJ Sharp’
A Center for Justice and Peacebuilding graduate is among four featured activists in the USAID’s #WeAreSakartvelo campaign “helping build a more resilient, democratic, and prosperous society.” The social media campaign
... read more about CJP grad featured in USAID’s #WeAre Sakartvelo campaign
The “Peacebuilder” podcast, hosted by Patience Kamau MA ‘17, releases the debut episode of its third season today. Jacqueline N. Font-Guzmán, the inaugural executive director of diversity, equity and inclusion
... read more about ‘Peacebuilder’ podcast season 3 opens with Jackie Font-Guzmán, EMU’s executive director of diversity, equity and inclusion
Rockingham County Public Schools has partnered with Catherine Barnes, an adjunct faculty member in the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, to help design a framework for members of the community to have better discourse with one another.
... read more about EMU professor involved in county schools dialogue work from Daily News-Record