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Season II of Peacebuilder podcast begins!

February 24, 2021Last updated February 24, 2021 by Lauren Jefferson

The “Peacebuilder” podcast, hosted by Patience Kamau MA ‘17, releases the debut episode of its second season today. This announcement will come as a delight to the more than 6,500

U.S. Institute of Peace taps CJP professor

February 16, 2021Last updated February 16, 2021 by EMU communications

After a decade of service at Eastern Mennonite University and the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, Professor Carl Stauffer has accepted a new position as senior expert in reconciliation at

Samuel Doe MA ’98 moves to new position with UNDP South Sudan

January 31, 2021Last updated February 1, 2021 by EMU communications

The United Nations Development Programme welcomed Samuel Gbaydee Doe to South Sudan as the agency’s new Resident Representative. The conflict, peace, and development professional has wide ranging international policy advisory

CJP’s Top News of 2020

January 7, 2021Last updated January 14, 2021 by Lauren Jefferson

Famous visitors, unique creative contributions and impactful work were among the highlights of the year’s top news stories from EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. Click here to view the

Raised amid violence, Congolese man dedicates life to building peace

December 15, 2020Last updated December 21, 2020 by Linda Espenshade/MCC

Read more about Mulanda “Jimmy” Juma’s long connection to EMU and to the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding in this letter written by former executive director Daryl Byler in 2015.

Expanded online degree programs attract largest class in the history of EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding

October 26, 2020Last updated October 30, 2020 by EMU communications

Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding welcomed thirty graduate students from around the United States and across the world to their first full semester in master’s degree or

CJP: A Look Back At 2019-20

October 8, 2020Last updated October 15, 2020 by EMU Communications

For a more streamlined read, note the following: –links to each CJP program are omitted. To learn more about the specific programs named here, please visit the CJP website. —

SPI course brings peacebuilding into the post-truth internet arena

August 11, 2020Last updated August 16, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

If two people walk up to the same bench in a park, they’re generally going to be nice to each other. They’ll allow one another the room to sit down;

Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute in demand for racial justice trainings

August 6, 2020Last updated August 11, 2020 by Lauren Jefferson

Donna Minter, Crixell Shell, and the Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute (i.e. MN Peacebuilding) are finding new audiences and growing interest at the “epicenter” of the racial justice movement in the

Minnesota institute at ‘epicenter’ of training on racial restorative justice

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Requests for training from Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute have skyrocketed since the death of George Floyd. Donna Minter, the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding's 2019 Peacebuilder of the Year, is the organization's founder and executive director. ... read more about Minnesota institute at ‘epicenter’ of training on racial restorative justice from Star Tribune

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