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
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