Six of the women who planned to study at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) in the summer of 2012 in the brand-new Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program were unable to enter the ... read more about EMU Peace Profs Go to Women in Somaliland
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Ripple Effect: Grad Leads STAR Trainings in Somalia for USAID
A graduate of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), as well as the center’s Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) program, is playing a ... read more about Ripple Effect: Grad Leads STAR Trainings in Somalia for USAID
Haitians Embrace Trauma-Resilience Program
With a history of violence linked to colonization, intense poverty and vulnerable geographic location, Haiti has long suffered from natural disasters, social conflict, and other traumatic events. That is one ... read more about Haitians Embrace Trauma-Resilience Program
New Somalia President Studied Peace at EMU
The new president of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, deepened his understanding of building peace in traumatized societies in three classes taken at the 2001 Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) held at ... read more about New Somalia President Studied Peace at EMU
Book on Healing Wounds of Racism To Be Launched at EMU
Looking to come to terms with the history and evolution of racism, two authors logged thousands of miles and explored numerous sites of racial terror, chronicling their journey toward racial ... read more about Book on Healing Wounds of Racism To Be Launched at EMU
Check Out Graduate Studies for Peacebuilding
Interested in a graduate education that increased the knowledge of a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate? The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University invites you to visit campus ... read more about Check Out Graduate Studies for Peacebuilding
Gbowee Carries Olympic Flag at Ceremony
Leymah Gbowee, one of three recipients jointly awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, carried in the Olympic flag with seven other humanitarians during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. ... read more about Gbowee Carries Olympic Flag at Ceremony
EMU Prof Pauses Dialogue With Military To Do Art
One might reasonably expect Lisa Schirch, a research professor with EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP), to believe that the best the American military can do in Afghanistan is ... read more about EMU Prof Pauses Dialogue With Military To Do Art
Alum Connects MDiv and Conflict Transformation Graduate Studies
“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
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