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For fight against Ebola, international students plan fundraising event with Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee

January 15, 2015Last updated January 6, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

After spending the summer thousands of miles from her native Liberia and watching nervously from afar as Ebola swept through her country, sophomore Winifred Gray-Johnson wanted to take action when

Alumni couple are movers and shakers in Southern India

January 2, 2015Last updated January 15, 2015 by Bonnie Price Lofton

[Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the spring/summer 2014 issue of Peacebuilder magazine.] Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, move over. Ditto for Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. The Center for Justice

A little guide to the workings of the United Nations, from a peacebuilding perspective

January 1, 2015Last updated January 15, 2015 by Bonnie Price Lofton

[Editor’s note: Originally published in Peacebuilder magazine a year ago, this article on the workings of the United Nations remains more relevant than ever, with UN agencies needing to play a

CJP grad doing interfaith work in Nigeria

December 23, 2014Last updated January 13, 2015 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Within North American educational institutions affiliated with one of the three “historic peace churches” – Mennonite, Brethren and Quaker – only Eastern Mennonite University offers a graduate program pertaining to peace.

Sunday school materials connect veterans, peace churches

December 22, 2014Last updated January 12, 2015 by Tim Huber

Developers of a new Sunday school curriculum say it goes down a seldom-walked path — where pacifists accompany veterans toward peace. Released on Veterans’ Day, Nov. 11, the free six-week

Unique restorative justice coursework offered to educators in Lancaster area

November 28, 2014Last updated December 22, 2014 by Catherine Stover

The restorative justice coursework within Eastern Mennonite University’s MA in education program – the first of its kind in the United States when launched in the fall in Harrisonburg, Virginia –

Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, Palestinian physician and peace activist, brings message of hope and justice to EMU

November 7, 2014Last updated November 19, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

In his book, I Shall Not Hate, Izzeldin Abuelaish traces his journey from an impoverished childhood in the Gaza Strip to medical school in Egypt and eventually, in face of

Wildlife Federation backs interdisciplinary work – science, digital media, peacebuilding – on stream restoration

October 22, 2014Last updated November 11, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

A $200,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Federation will give science, peacebuilding and digital media students at Eastern Mennonite University opportunity to work together on a stream restoration

Prominent Palestinian physician and peace activist to visit EMU, Nov. 4-5

October 20, 2014Last updated November 8, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

Late one January afternoon in 2009, during a three-week war between the Israeli military and Palestinian fighters in the Gaza Strip, two tank shells crashed through the bedroom wall of

South Sudanese trainings under USAID highlight importance of trauma awareness, resilience, in conflict zones

October 2, 2014Last updated October 20, 2014 by Lauren Jefferson

Nearly 100 people in South Sudan, all employees of the U.S. government, recently benefited from intensive trauma awareness and resilience trainings facilitated by Eastern Mennonite University. The USAID-sponsored workshops in

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