“Flint is complicated.” Ryan Beuthin drives two visitors through the Mott Park neighborhood in Flint, Michigan. Though clean and wide, the streets are flanked by decrepit, abandoned homes, vacant grassy ... read more about Shalom-seeking in Flint, Michigan, with CJP grad Ryan Beuthin and his family
Ahmed Tarik was 15 and barely out of ninth grade when his family fled Baghdad for Syria. It was 2006, and no longer safe to remain in the city where ... read more about Multiple CJP alumni and faculty collaborate on UNDP-funded project in Iraq
“With deep division in our country and around the world this year’s Advent greeting provides an opportunity to reflect on God’s unfailing love, and the joy brought by the birth ... read more about EMU’s Advent greeting features student composer and beauty of Shenandoah Valley
In early October, Diana Tovar nearly missed a meeting with colleagues to talk about her new position as the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding’s new peacebuilding network coordinator. In a ... read more about Shaped by her country’s conflict, Colombian Diana Tovar leads CJP’s new networking efforts
With nearly 600 alumni scattered around the world and networking among its graduates one of the benefits of joining the community, Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) ... read more about Center for Justice and Peacebuilding hires first alumni networking coordinator
Representatives from six police departments across the country attended a law enforcement retreat on restorative justice Nov. 11-13 near Harrisonburg, Virginia. The retreat was co-hosted by the Harrisonburg (Virginia) Police ... read more about Restorative justice retreat draws law enforcement practitioners for networking, resources and planning
It’s Paulette, coming live to you from Cannonball, North Dakota, and I’m at the sacred defenders’, the Water Defenders’ camp. And it’s early-early. I’m just waiting for the sun to ... read more about Former VACA professor of Mohawk heritage now providing media coverage of Standing Rock activists
Four faculty and staff at Eastern Mennonite University are interviewed in a documentary about the Protestant Reformation, This Changed Everything: 500 Years of Reformation. The documentary, released in September, is ... read more about Reformation documentary features four EMU experts on religion, history and peacebuilding
After Sept. 11, The Rev. Steven D. Martin found himself the subject of much interest. Suddenly every public television station was scrambling for material on Muslims, and his first major ... read more about Communications director for National Council of Churches shares his interfaith journey
Most justice systems focus solely on law and order, but that’s not enough, Carl Stauffer, an associate professor of justice and development studies at Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, said during a Saturday morning presentation in Winchester sponsored by the Shenandoah Valley Chapter of Coming to the Table. ... read more about Restorative justice ‘gives people a voice’ in the justice system from Winchester Star