Ken and Ellen Peachey Lawrence show an example of the Salvadoran refugee children’s drawings they have donated to EMU’s Conflict Transformation Program.Photo by Jim Bishop The art is simple, stark, ... read more about Refugee Children’s Artwork Given to EMU
Center for Justice and Peacebuilding
Seminary Announces Evening Classes
For some night life of a different sort, consider taking an evening class at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, a graduate school of theological education on the Eastern Mennonite University campus. The ... read more about Seminary Announces Evening Classes
How to make justice work
RESTORATIVE justice entails the need for victims and perpetrators to understand each other in order for them to be accepted in society, an expert says. Professor Howard Zehr said people ... read more about How to make justice work
Silent Vigil Remembers War Losses
A thousand grave markers on the lawn in front of the EMU Campus Center bear silent testimony to the loss of human life in the Iraq conflict. Photo by Jim ... read more about Silent Vigil Remembers War Losses
CTP Open House Makes Peace ‘Big News’
By Melvin Mason, Daily News-Record An EMU program is aiming to turn the world around and make it a much more boring place. Students are hoping to reverse anger and ... read more about CTP Open House Makes Peace ‘Big News’
EMU Students Helping Out At Florida Polls: International Observers Hope All Votes Count
Anne Nyambura from Kenya is among four Eastern Mennonite University students who will monitor election polls in Florida today. Nyambura will be joining 21 other international observers assembled in the ... read more about EMU Students Helping Out At Florida Polls: International Observers Hope All Votes Count
Students Head to Florida to Monitor Polls
Four foreign nationals pursuing a masters degree in Conflict Transformation at EMU have volunteered to be posted as election monitors in four counties of Florida where the voting process was ... read more about Students Head to Florida to Monitor Polls
CTP Program Plans Open House
EMU’s Conflict Transformation Program will hold its annual open house 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, in Martin Chapel and the adjacent reception area of the seminary building. The event ... read more about CTP Program Plans Open House
Rights Worker to Speak on Impact of War
A native of the northwestern Colombian province of Choco who has been active most of her life in the struggle for women’s rights in Colombia will make two speaking appearances ... read more about Rights Worker to Speak on Impact of War
Security through Construction, Not Destruction
Ron Kraybill By Ron Kraybill We read recently of yet more findings about torture conducted by American soldiers at Abu Ghraib. One wonders about the sickness of people who use ... read more about Security through Construction, Not Destruction