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CJP 25+1 Anniversary Celebration session recordings available for viewing

June 25, 2021Last updated July 27, 2021 by Moderator

After two years in the making, CJP’s 25+1 Anniversary is in the history books. Read on for a quick overview of presenters and their topics. Then visit www.emu.edu/cjp/anniversary to view

Alicia Garza talks power and empowerment during CJP’s 25+1 Anniversary Celebration keynote

June 9, 2021Last updated June 9, 2021 by Randi B. Hagi

Alicia Garza opened her keynote address at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding’s (CJP) 25+1 anniversary celebration with a moving introduction to her life’s work as a community organizer and

‘We are a Storytelling Species’: Host Patience Kaumau featured in ‘Peacebuilder’ podcast final episode

June 3, 2021Last updated June 9, 2021 by EMU communications

On this week’s episode of “Peacebuilder” podcast, host Patience Kamau MA ’17 is interviewed by Lindsay Martin, associate director of development for the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. The podcast

Join the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding’s 25+1 Anniversary Celebration June 4-6

June 1, 2021Last updated June 3, 2021 by EMU communications

The global and domestic impact of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding will be celebrated June-4-6 at the 25+1 Anniversary Celebration. The event was originally planned for summer

Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza to headline CJP’s 25+1 Anniversary Celebration

May 25, 2021Last updated June 1, 2021 by Randi B. Hagi

Co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement Alicia Garza will speak at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) during the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding’s 25th Anniversary Celebration banquet on June 5,

‘Peacebuilder’ podcast: Ben Bergey and the peacebuilding powers of music

May 19, 2021Last updated June 9, 2021 by Randi B. Hagi

On this week’s episode of Peacebuilder podcast, Professor Benjamin Bergey speaks with host Patience Kamau MA ’17 about peacebuilding through music, and how working with intercultural youth ensembles inspired him

The call to CJP’s 2021 grads: ‘The world needs each and every one of you and everything you learned’

May 10, 2021Last updated May 11, 2021 by EMU communications

At the end of one journey and the beginning of another, Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding hosted its annual Celebration of Blessings for the 2021 graduates on

EMU After the Verdict: Where We Go From Here

April 23, 2021Last updated April 28, 2021 by President Susan Schultz Huxman and contributors

On Tuesday evening, just a short time after the verdict was announced, I sent a message to our campus community. I named the value of a cathartic, collective exhale on

CJP joins 23 organizations to oppose regional jail expansion

April 6, 2021Last updated April 9, 2021 by EMU communications

Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding has joined 23 organizations in Staunton, Augusta County, Waynesboro, Harrisonburg, and Rockingham County to formally state their opposition to the proposed Middle

‘Peacebuilder’ podcast hosts Tim Seidel, professor and director of EMU’s Center for Interfaith Engagement

March 24, 2021Last updated May 18, 2021 by EMU communications

Professor Tim Seidel, this week’s guest on the “Peacebuilder” podcast, has played an integral role in the fields of strategic peacebuilding, global studies and interfaith engagement at Eastern Mennonite University.

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