The trail of the president of Somalia to Eastern Mennonite University goes back 14 years to Khadija Ossoble Ali. In 2000, when Ali was a graduate student in conflict transformation ... read more about EMU’s link to the president of Somalia traced to the efforts of one female graduate student, now holding a PhD
Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud topped off attendance at the historic U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit hosted by President Obama with a visit to Harrisonburg, Virginia, on Aug. 7, where he renewed ... read more about President of Somalia welcomed “home” as alumnus of EMU’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute
Settling in before a major public appearance in Mexico, restorative justice expert Howard Zehr was strolling through the market in Victoria, Tamaulipas. It was July 2, a day before he ... read more about Our man in Mexico – Howard Zehr – gets mistaken for a famous Mexican poet, so they decide to meet …
Restorative justice expert Howard Zehr is the author of the following op-ed piece on the need to examine alternatives to constantly building more space in EMU’s home region to incarcerate ... read more about County needs to ask more questions regarding alternatives to jail before building another facility
Their neighborhoods in Nairobi, Kenya, were only 30 minutes apart. Yet these two students traveled more than 7,500 miles to meet for the first time at Eastern Mennonite University, where ... read more about Inspired by their peacebuilding mothers, two undergrads come alone from Kenya and meet each other at EMU
Helping others find peace. That’s the shared goal of Cristian Quezada and Anita Fonseca-Quezada, Chilean immigrants who were drawn to Eastern Mennonite University because of its emphasis on conflict resolution. ... read more about Couple to facilitate women’s healing workshops in Harrisonburg
In recent years, the citizens of Sierra Leone have gathered in village compounds around bonfires, spoken openly of brutalities inflicted on them during their 11 years of civil war, and ... read more about Fambul Tok helps heal Sierra Leone
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 ... read more about Doing interfaith work in Nigeria
Angela R. Dickey spent 25 years promoting the policies of the United States while working for the U.S. Department of State in Washington DC and in a number of countries ... read more about Former diplomat discovers STAR
In late May, 2014, 35 people from 11 countries gathered on campus to discuss their ongoing work with EMU’s Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) program. It was the ... read more about Consultations launched in conjunction with SPI