Center for Justice and Peacebuilding

Fourth cohort of Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program begins their studies at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute

by Lauren Jefferson

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
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Veterans’ needs are an area of rising concern, and an opportunity for learning and ministry, at Eastern Mennonite Seminary

by Walt Wiltschek with Lauren Jefferson

A conversation about the needs and issues facing military veterans has been arising in an unexpected place this year: the halls of Eastern Mennonite Seminary (EMS). The dialogue has grown
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Committed to serving fellow veterans, Michael McAndrew earns scholarship to complete counseling, conflict transformation degrees

by Walt Wiltschek

U.S. Navy veteran Michael McAndrew, a graduate student at Eastern Mennonite University, plans to use his education to provide mental health services for military veterans. His professional path towards a
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Center for Justice and Peacebuilding publishes first of e-journals series on peacebuilding origins and values

by Lauren Jefferson and Walt Wiltschek

At the heart of the first e-journal published by Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding is an invitation. Readers are welcomed, in this issue and the next three
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‘Paying for peace, not war’: Hospital chaplain who witnessed trauma redirects some tax dollars to the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding’s STAR program

by CJP communications staff

For the past two years, Ruth Anne Friesen has re-directed a portion of her federal income tax payments to support the Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) program at
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