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CJP alumni with doctorates (there are more than 60!) are ‘theorizers, not theorists’

November 13, 2018Last updated November 13, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

THE EMPHASIS at Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding is markedly different from what graduates encounter in PhD programs. Those programs, after all, are known for work done in isolation,

CJP recognizes winners of its ‘Spreading the Word of Peace’ storytelling contest

October 19, 2018Last updated October 24, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding has announced the winners of its Alumni Storytelling Contest: Spreading the Word of Peace. Entrants were judged in three categories: literature, visual

SPI participant honored by Jamaican government for community peacebuilding

October 17, 2018 by Andrew Jenner

SOME TIME AWAY IN 2003 was exactly what Kenneth Wilson needed to figure out his next move. A longtime activist and organizer in the August Town community on the outskirts of Kingston, Jamaica,

CJP Professor Johonna Turner named co-director of Zehr Institute

October 11, 2018Last updated October 11, 2018 by Andrew Jenner

As it enters its seventh year, the Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice has named a new leader. Johonna Turner, a professor at EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, began serving

Annual Peacebuilder magazine highlights work in peace, justice and resilience by CJP and its alumni

September 18, 2018Last updated September 18, 2018 by Moderator

Name any current major conflict in the world, domestic or international, and there is likely at least one graduate on location, employing the analysis and peacebuilding tools learned while studying

Trauma healing program ‘Kumekucha’ supports ‘sustainable agents of resilience and community strength’

August 21, 2018Last updated August 21, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

In Kenya a new social healing and reconciliation program called Kumekucha – Kiswahili for “It’s a new dawn” – is empowering local leaders to create “sacred space” for people dealing

What’s next in Ram Bhagat’s ‘epic’ life: ‘Massive Resilience’

August 3, 2018Last updated August 3, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

The Eastern Mennonite University Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) instructor behind a restorative justice pilot program for Richmond Public Schools (RPS) has led an “epic” life, says a July 2018 Richmond

EMU community mourns death of professor who helped to shape the university’s peace and justice ethos

June 22, 2018Last updated June 22, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Ray Gingerich, a professor of theology and ethics who inspired generations of students to think in new ways about their callings and helped to shape Eastern Mennonite University’s strong ethos

Valley Friends and other organizations support Summer Peacebuilding Institute scholarships

June 20, 2018Last updated July 19, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

For many peacebuilders attending Summer Peacebuilding Institute at Eastern Mennonite University, scholarships provide the necessary funds to travel and take courses. Since 2006, the Valley Friends meeting, a group of

An ‘eye-opening’ conversation: Veteran civil rights attorney and SPI participants gain new perspectives during campus visit

June 11, 2018Last updated June 13, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Civil rights attorney Ari Wilkenfeld has spent all of his professional life in the combative, confrontational world of litigation, where even settlements out of court are hard-fought battles. In a

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