Jonathan Stith invoked civil rights leader Ella Baker in his keynote address at Eastern Mennonite University’s Restorative Justice in Education Academy last week. Stith, who is national coordinator at the ... read more about Restorative Justice in Education Academy draws educators from six states for introduction into creating socially just, equitable learning environments
Search for Common Ground's Shoqi Abas Al-Maktary MA '07, leads the program "Unifying Yemen to Stand Up Against Violence," recently named one of the 100 most innovative nonprofits and social enterprises of 2016. ... read more about Shoqi Al-Maktary MA ’07 leads program in Yemen named among most innovative global nonprofits from Search for Common Ground named among most innovative global nonprofits
Dr. Ashok Gladston Xavier MA '04, head of the department of social work at Loyola College in Chennai, writes about being a "refugee" and the Sri Lankan Tamils who have lived in India for more than 20 years in the Deccan Chronicle. ... read more about ‘No longer a refugee’: Dr. Ashok Gladston Xavier MA ’04 on the Sri Lankan Tamils from Deccan Chronicle
Ed Martin’s interest in interfaith work won’t stop when he ends his six-year term as director of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Interfaith Engagement. Martin, whose last day is Thursday, ... read more about Center for Interfaith Engagement Director Ed Martin retires after six years of facilitating dialogue and scholarly interaction
At a time when walls are being reinforced and deepened around the Gaza Strip—called by some “the world’s largest open-air prison”—Maha Mehanna is doing her best to build bridges of ... read more about Palestinian Muslim peacebuilder Maha Mehanna helps to bring voices, stories and perspectives of Gaza to the world
To the outsider, the June 15-18 Restorative Justice in Motion conference at Eastern Mennonite University may have looked like any other summer gathering of intellectuals, ready to share, network and ... read more about ‘Restorative Justice In Motion’ conference provides practitioners with space for meaningful dialogue about race, power, privilege and identity
Eastern Mennonite University will offer a Restorative Justice in Education Academy June 27-28 on the Harrisonburg, Virginia, campus. The event, sponsored by EMU’s Master of Arts in Education program, will ... read more about Two-day academy offers introductory training in restorative justice in education
“Our days are going to be long and our work is going to be hard, but when you leave here, you will also be refreshed,” said Sharon Leslie Morgan in ... read more about Coming To The Table’s ‘National Gathering’ marks 10 years of acknowledging the wounds of slavery
Eight women who comprise the fourth cohort of Eastern Mennonite University’s Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program will return to Kenya this week after intensive studies at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute. The ... read more about Fourth cohort of Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program begins their studies at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute
Moved by the realization that the Syrian war was dissolving into the depths of a horrific proxy war in which religious extremism was a problem but not the main problem, ... read more about Teach, model, grow and live in empathy to build world peace, says interfaith expert Marc Gopin at Frontier Luncheon