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Two SPI learners/teachers who keep coming back

May 25, 2011Last updated July 7, 2011 by Chris Edwards

For both Sam Gbaydee Doe and Al Fuertes, the vocation of peacebuilding was forged in the trauma of civil war. In Doe’s native Liberia, 10 percent of the population perished.

Play Explores Peace, Justice Themes

May 23, 2011Last updated June 9, 2011 by

Ted & Company TheaterWorks and the Summer Peacebuilding Institute at Eastern Mennonite University will present “I’d Like to Buy an Enemy” 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 3, in the MainStage Theater

SPI Learners Bring Hope from 23 Nations

May 12, 2011Last updated June 9, 2011 by Chris Edwards

Those entering the opening session of Eastern Mennonite University’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) were handed felt markers and circles of fabric. Their assignment: “Tell what you bring here.” Faisa Loyaan’s

EMU professor Lisa Schirch with Pakistani graduates of EMU's masters program in conflict transformation, Ali Gohar (l.) and Jennifer Jag Jivan (right).

Fuel for Extremism Is Beyond Bin Laden, EMU Prof Says

May 4, 2011Last updated September 17, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Pakistan-based graduates of Eastern Mennonite University say U.S. military policy in their country has fed extremism and that, sadly, such extremism may not subside with the death of Osama bin

Campus Peace Pole Celebrates ‘Call to Peacebuilding’

June 24, 2010 by Jim Bishop

EMU dedicated a peace pole as a symbol of its core values and commitment to diversity in a ceremony held Thursday evening, June 17, on campus. Dr. Anil Solanki of

Three Generations of Peacebuilding Family from Argentina Study at SPI

June 22, 2010 by Chris Edwards

Lilian Burlando and grandson Matias Echazu of Argentina between class sessions at EMU’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute. Photo by Jon Styer Three generations of a family have recently attended EMU’s Summer

Numbers and Spirits Rise for 15th Peacebuilding Institute

May 17, 2010Last updated November 11, 2013 by Chris Edwards

Enrollment numbers have climbed back for EMU’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute, which brought most of the 112 learners enrolled from 37 nations together for a jubilant May 10 opening. That morning,

African priest-educator delivers ‘justice’ lectures Nov. 10

November 7, 2009 by Jim Bishop

The future of justice, limitations and possibilities, in the continent of Africa will be the focus of two lectures on campus Nov. 10. Dr. Emmanuel Katongole Emmanuel Katongole will speak

Peacebuilder alumna tells her story at EMU

October 27, 2009 by Jim Bishop

Leymah Gbowee, a 2007 graduate of EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (photo by Jon Styer) Her name is Leymah Gbowee, a 2007 graduate of EMU’s Center for Justice and

Renowned peacebuilder and EMU alumna back on campus

October 19, 2009 by Jim Bishop

“Pray the Devil Back to Hell,” a gripping film account of a group of brave and visionary women who demanded peace for the African nation of Liberia, will be shown

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