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Former diplomat discovers STAR

June 22, 2014Last updated August 25, 2014 by David Yoder

Angela R. Dickey spent 25 years promoting the policies of the United States while working for the U.S. Department of State in Washington DC and in a number of countries

Consultations launched in conjunction with SPI

June 22, 2014Last updated August 22, 2014 by

In late May, 2014, 35 people from 11 countries gathered on campus to discuss their ongoing work with EMU’s Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) program. It was the

Alumni couple are movers and shakers in southern India

June 22, 2014Last updated August 22, 2014 by

Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, move over. Ditto for Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. CJP has its own version of a “power couple” – but the two truly represent “power

Alumni relish returning to SPI

June 22, 2014Last updated August 22, 2014 by

Instead of returning for EMU’s “homecoming” celebration – always held over one weekend each October – degree-holding alumni of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) often show up for

The First and the Foremost: Summer Peacebuilding Institute

June 22, 2014Last updated August 22, 2014 by

In the summer of 1994, about 40 peace and development workers gathered on the campus of Eastern Mennonite University for a one-week seminar called “Frontiers in International Peacebuilding.” It was

Syrian archbishop leaves EMU abruptly to rally his flock to return to their historic, destroyed city and rebuild their lives

June 18, 2014Last updated July 22, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Two days of arduous traveling from war-torn Syria to peaceful Harrisonburg, Virginia. Four days in a class called “PeaceTalk: English Language Skills for Peacebuilders.” Then suddenly rushing back to Syria,

Mediations guided by Hizkias Assefa yield comprehensive peace accord for a broad swath of South Sudan

June 17, 2014Last updated July 3, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Professor Hizkias Assefa responds here to questions about his successful efforts as a mediator to bring peace in early May 2014 to one large swath of South Sudan. Assefa’s key

Kenyan group begins Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program at EMU

June 4, 2014Last updated June 25, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

Among the 200 people studying at the 2014 Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) are eight Kenyan women in the Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program (WPLP). Ranging in age from 23 to 51,

Volunteers discover power of playback theater to shift painful stories toward path of healing

June 2, 2014Last updated June 20, 2014 by Lauren Jefferson

When volunteers were solicited, nobody immediately stepped forward. It was a tough request: tell a painful personal story before an audience of maybe 40, many of them strangers to each

Iranian-Islamic women scholars embrace model of interactive teaching at Summer Peacebuilding Institute

May 23, 2014Last updated June 29, 2016 by Bonnie Price Lofton

For two women from an Islamic seminary in Iran, one of the best parts about attending the 2014 Summer Peacebuilding Institute at Eastern Mennonite University is experiencing an interactive style

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