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Averted school shooting shows value of conflict transformation skills

August 23, 2013Last updated September 17, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

In a Huffington Post commentary, EMU research professor Lisa Schirch praised the conflict transformation skills used spontaneously by the school staffer who, on Tuesday, talked a gunman into surrendering rather ... read more about Averted school shooting shows value of conflict transformation skills

Nigerian Grad Has Had Huge Impact on Peace in West Africa

August 2, 2013Last updated June 11, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

After decades spent establishing a network of Muslim and Christian peacebuilders in Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, Gopar Tapkida says he is ready to leave his home country ... read more about Nigerian Grad Has Had Huge Impact on Peace in West Africa

Massive Knitting Project (to Cover a Bridge) Aims at Building Community in Pittsburgh

July 3, 2013Last updated August 18, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

On the weekend of August 10, Pittsburgh’s famous Andy Warhol Bridge will begin wearing a massive knitted sweater of sorts, designed, created and installed (save for high-altitude stuff left to ... read more about Massive Knitting Project (to Cover a Bridge) Aims at Building Community in Pittsburgh

“Where There Was Despair, They Saw Hope” – Summer Peacebuilding Institute 2013 Wraps Up

June 24, 2013Last updated July 26, 2013 by Chris Edwards

Many of the 196 attendees at this year’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) had survived devastating loss and trauma. Yet the final week of that gathering at Eastern Mennonite University began ... read more about “Where There Was Despair, They Saw Hope” – Summer Peacebuilding Institute 2013 Wraps Up

Resiliency After Trauma of War

June 18, 2013Last updated July 15, 2013 by Andrew Jenner

After he got back from the war, Mark Lauro couldn’t pick up his young son without thinking about that night in Iraq. He was an Army National Guard sergeant with a ... read more about Resiliency After Trauma of War

Mexican pastor lobbies for religious tolerance

June 10, 2013Last updated April 21, 2015 by Kara Lofton

“In order to survive we have to do a lot of things,” explains Carlos Martinez-Garcia, as he responds to a reporter’s question by listing the various hats he wears: human ... read more about Mexican pastor lobbies for religious tolerance

Anonymous Donor Enables Liberian to Enhance His Organizational Leadership

June 7, 2013Last updated January 6, 2016 by Kara Lofton

Liberia is country of complexity and turmoil in which 85 percent of the population of 3.7 million people live under the international poverty line. Colonized in 1820 by freed blacks ... read more about Anonymous Donor Enables Liberian to Enhance His Organizational Leadership

On finding peace through working at forgiveness

May 31, 2013Last updated April 21, 2015 by Kara Lofton

Steven Hakizimana was 8 when his parents and siblings were murdered before his eyes during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. For the next nine years Hakizimana struggled both to simply survive ... read more about On finding peace through working at forgiveness

Genocide Survivor Teaches Trauma Healing at Summer Peacebuilding Institute

May 29, 2013Last updated June 19, 2013 by Phoebe Kilby

Jean Claude Nkundwa came to the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) at Eastern Mennonite University with a desire to help his country address its history of violence. Most people in ... read more about Genocide Survivor Teaches Trauma Healing at Summer Peacebuilding Institute

Students Earn Credits Off Campus, Learning in New Ways and New Places

May 15, 2013Last updated September 18, 2014 by Steve Shenk

Bekah Enns’ great-grandparents would not recognize the way she is pursuing an academic degree in 2013. For one thing, the senior history major at Eastern Mennonite University spent last semester ... read more about Students Earn Credits Off Campus, Learning in New Ways and New Places

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