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Geddes, DeWolf offer skills, strategies and an invitation into deep conversation with ‘Little Book of Racial Healing’

June 27, 2019Last updated June 27, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

Co-authors Jodie Geddes MA ‘16 and Tom DeWolf launched The Little Book of Racial Healing (Skyhorse Publishing, 2018) during a webinar hosted by the Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice in

Exiled ‘Good Morning Syria’ radio host Honey Al Sayed speaks on the arts and media in conflict

June 24, 2019Last updated July 1, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

“When art moves and media amplifies, it brings the heart and the mind together,” former “Good Morning Syria” radio host and Syrian expat Honey Al Sayed said during a visit

Fifty-four Brazilian restorative justice advocates attend Summer Peacebuilding Institute

June 14, 2019Last updated June 14, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

For human rights and constitutional law attorney Diego Dall ’Agnol Maia, attending Eastern Mennonite University’s 2019 Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) alongside more than 50 of his fellow Brazilian restorative justice

Honor dignity, change the world: conflict resolution specialist and author Donna Hicks visits SPI

June 6, 2019Last updated June 6, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

Donna Hicks, conflict resolution specialist and author of two books on dignity, returned to Eastern Mennonite University in April to speak at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute. A veteran negotiator who

CJP co-founder Hizkias Assefa named to Ethiopia’s Reconciliation Commission

June 3, 2019Last updated June 4, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

Dr. Hizkias Assefa has been named to the Reconciliation Commission by the Ethiopian government. He is a co-founder of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding and a longtime

Tecla Namachanja Wanjala MA ’03 honored as CJP’s 2019 Peacebuilder of the Year

May 21, 2019Last updated June 21, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

Tecla Namachanja Wanjala MA ‘03 was honored as the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding‘s 2019 Peacebuilder of the Year award during a May 8 luncheon at the first session of Summer

Radio star, authors and peacebuilder of the year highlighted during SPI Horizons of Change luncheons

May 7, 2019Last updated May 14, 2019 by EMU communications

Peace advocates from all around the world attending the 2019 Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) at Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) will not only learn from global

CJP graduates 30 peacebuilders in 2019

May 6, 2019Last updated May 7, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding Class of 2019 includes a teacher from South Korea, a U.S. Army veteran, a former PeaceCorps worker and dancer who plans to

CJP co-founder and first director John Paul Lederach awarded Niwano Foundation Peace Prize

February 19, 2019Last updated February 19, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

Internationally renowned peacebuilder John Paul Lederach, who has committed his life and work to nonviolent approaches to conflict for more than 40 years, has been awarded the 36th Niwano Peace

South Korean educators study trauma and resilience at CJP

February 14, 2019Last updated February 14, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

South Korean educator Eunkyung Ahn began her studies at Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) with an intensive short course about trauma and resilience – and she

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