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EMU Alum to Head Reconciliation Efforts in Liberia

December 6, 2011Last updated January 4, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

When Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) alum Leymah Gbowee won the Nobel Peace Prize she expressed a desire to “promote peace and reconciliation” in her home country of Liberia. She now

EMU Alum Leymah Gbowee on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Video: EMU Alum Leymah Gbowee on The Daily Show

November 15, 2011Last updated December 1, 2011 by

By Sheldon C. Good, Mennonite Weekly Review Jon Stewart interviewed Leymah Gbowee of Liberia on The Daily Show on Nov. 14. The two-part video is available below. Gbowee is one of

Can Restorative Justice Improve Prison Statistics for African Americans?

October 28, 2011Last updated October 31, 2011 by Rebecca M. Stone

Article by Rebecca M. Stone – Women News Network – WNN Opinion CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Darryl is a 12-year-old African American boy whose mother, Ariel, is a single parent. Ariel

Nobel Prize Winner Connected to Peace-Church Tradition

October 7, 2011Last updated March 27, 2012 by Bonnie Price Lofton

One of the three women receiving the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, Leymah Gbowee, is closely connected with the “peace-church tradition” of the Mennonites. Gbowee, who shares the prize with Liberian

EMU Alum Wins Nobel Peace Prize

October 7, 2011Last updated March 27, 2012 by

Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) alumna Leymah Gbowee is one of three women jointly awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Oct. 7. She shares the prize

WVPT to Broadcast “Pray the Devil Back to Hell”

September 14, 2011Last updated October 24, 2011 by David Mullins and Mike Zucconi

HARRISONBURG, Va. – The Center for Justice & Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) and WVPT-TV are co-sponsoring a special public screening of the documentary “Pray the Devil Back to

EMU Grieves Peacebuilder’s Death in Kenya

July 15, 2011Last updated February 3, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

HARRISONBURG, VA. – Dekha Ibrahim Abdi, a former student and instructor in the Eastern Mennonite University’s (EMU) Summer Peacebuilding Institute, died Thursday, July 14, in Nairobi, Kenya, from injuries sustained

Goldberg, Helbert Named Co-Directors of EMU’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute

July 1, 2011Last updated September 17, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Beginning July 1, 2011, Eastern Mennonite University’s (EMU) annual Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) gained two new directors, both of whom hold graduate degrees in conflict transformation – William (Bill) Goldberg,

Disney Unveils “Women, War & Peace” Documentary

June 15, 2011Last updated July 18, 2011 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Filmmaker Abigail Disney says she learned “to look at war through women’s eyes,” as a result of visiting Liberia in 2006 and meeting Leymah Gbowee, who now holds a masters

Forum to Probe Women’s Peace Efforts

June 3, 2011Last updated June 6, 2011 by Jim Bishop

The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University is hosting an event, “Women, War and Peace,” 7 p.m. Friday, June 10 in the MainStage Theater of the University

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