Bshara Nassar, Palestinian native and Center for Justice and Peacebuilding alumnus, brings his Nakba Museum Project to Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) this month. The “Hope is Stronger than Misery” exhibit ... read more about CJP alumnus brings Nakba Museum Project, Palestinian experience to EMU
More than a dozen police departments from across the country plan to meet in the Shenandoah Valley to discuss restorative justice practices. The Harrisonburg Police Department (HPD) and Eastern Mennonite ... read more about Restorative justice retreat for police departments set for November
Gilberto Perez Jr., senior director of intercultural development & educational partnerships at Goshen College, is the recipient of two awards from statewide organizations for his work in education and advocacy ... read more about Alumnus Gilberto Perez Jr. earns two awards for work in education and advocacy for the Indiana Latino community
International Education Week’s annual incarnation, planned by Multicultural and International Student Services, brought a host of educational and indeed, delicious, events to Eastern Mennonite University Sept. 12-16. With the theme ... read more about Tres leches cake and cross-cultural theme wins big at annual International Education Week food fest
Katie Mansfield, director of STAR, was among the speakers from the US, Ghana and Pacific Island countries at the first-ever Pacific Peace Conference in Suva, Fiji. Leda Werner, Women's Peacebuilding Leadership Program director, was also in attendance. ... read more about STAR director offers keynote at first Pacific Peace Conference in Fiji from Fiji Times
In January, the focus was restorative justice and trauma healing; in February, campus sexual assault. In March, the Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice webinar looked at violence against African-Americans. In ... read more about Zehr Institute fall 2016 webinars explore the frontiers of restorative justice
Wading through ice cold water, catching turtles and examining stream insects may not seem like a typical summer. For Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) biology professor Jim Yoder, these activities are ... read more about Suter Science Seminars open with biology professor Jim Yoder on the Bergton stream restoration project
'Viewpoints' on WVPT examines the legacy of 9/11, with Center for Justice and Peacebuilding's executive director, Daryl Byler, among the guests. lived in the Middle East for six years, from 2007-2013, and came back to the United States with an appreciation for the impact that the U.S. military response to the 9/11 attacks had on that region and the world at large. ... read more about CJP’s Daryl Byler speaks on WVPT’s ‘Viewpoints’ about the legacy of 9/11 from WVPT 'Viewpoints'/Augusta Free Press
John Paul Lederach, founding director at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, is a Senior Fellow with Humanity United. ... read more about John Paul Lederach, CJP founding director, asks ‘How can humanity unite?’ from Humanity United
Emmanuel Bombande MA '02 has been nominated as Ghana's deputy foreign affairs minister by President John Mahama. ... read more about Emmanuel Bombande MA ’02 nominated as Ghana’s deputy foreign affairs minister from GhanaWeb