“I was raised in an Iowa farm town,” says Brian Gumm, 33. “The borders of my imaginative world were pretty tightly drawn. At EMU those borders exploded in a good ... read more about Alum Connects MDiv and Conflict Transformation Graduate Studies
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Undergrads Are Key Players in Peace Institute
For the second year in a row, college senior James Souder has a summer job that wins him friends from dozens of countries. They are men and women aged 20 ... read more about Undergrads Are Key Players in Peace Institute
Surprise! Kenyan Women’s Leader and Soldier Reconnect at EMU
Amina Hassan and Samson Sorobit looked at one another across the room at Park View Mennonite Church with a mixture of surprise and recognition. Could it really be? In 2008, ... read more about Surprise! Kenyan Women’s Leader and Soldier Reconnect at EMU
First Women’s Peace Leadership Program at EMU’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute
Little more than six months after alumna Leymah Gbowee won the Nobel Peace Prize, Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) has hosted its first participants in a program designed to train more ... read more about First Women’s Peace Leadership Program at EMU’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute
Liberian Seeks Peace Skills at EMU After War Rips Up His Family
Togar Tarpeh had hardly started school when, in 1989, the civil war in Liberia reached the capital, Monrovia. His family fled the city before he’d finished second grade, and they ... read more about Liberian Seeks Peace Skills at EMU After War Rips Up His Family
Iraqi Returns For Grad Degree After 8-Year Absence
In the eight years since first attending the Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) at Eastern Mennonite University, Ala Ali, an Iraqi-Kurdish civil society activist and peacebuilder, has put the lessons she ... read more about Iraqi Returns For Grad Degree After 8-Year Absence
27 Nationalities at Summer Peace Institute
On the week that Bill Goldberg welcomed 67 people from 27 countries to the first session of the 2012 Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI), he pondered the changes he has seen ... read more about 27 Nationalities at Summer Peace Institute
A Justice System at its Best
Courtesy Peacebuilder, Des Moines Register In March of 1994, in my former role as Bureau Chief in the Criminal Bureau of the Polk County (Iowa) attorney’s office, I read a ... read more about A Justice System at its Best
CJP, Baptist Theological Seminary Partner for Justice and Peacebuilding Degree
Courtesy Religious Herald, Apr. 10, 2012 A concentration in justice and peacebuilding will be available to master of divinity degree students at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond (BTSR) beginning this ... read more about CJP, Baptist Theological Seminary Partner for Justice and Peacebuilding Degree
STAR Marks 10 Years of Trauma Healing
Hurt people hurt people. For 10 years, Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience — the STAR program at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) – has been helping to break that cycle. ... read more about STAR Marks 10 Years of Trauma Healing