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Summer Peacebuilding Institute
To our South Asia alumni, students and friends
To all Conflict Transformation Program (CTP) alumni, students and friends. Here at CTP in Harrisonburg we are very aware of the great suffering that has befallen the South Asia region ... read more about To our South Asia alumni, students and friends
CTP Open House Makes Peace ‘Big News’
By Melvin Mason, Daily News-Record An EMU program is aiming to turn the world around and make it a much more boring place. Students are hoping to reverse anger and ... read more about CTP Open House Makes Peace ‘Big News’
Middle Eastern Christians Add to Diversity of SPI
By Rachel B. Miller Moreland The MCC-sponsored Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) participants from the Middle East, from left: Suzanne Dababne, Bassem Thabet, Rita Sawaya, Nabil Korieh (Father Daniel), and Rev. ... read more about Middle Eastern Christians Add to Diversity of SPI
On Abu Ghraib and war itself: See through relativism of abuse
By Earl Martin and Pat Hostetter Martin As religious pacifists, we have grieved deeply – with the rest of the world – over the images of dehumanization that have emerged ... read more about On Abu Ghraib and war itself: See through relativism of abuse
Toward A More Peaceful World
By Luanne Austin, Daily News-Record Fiji ... read more about Toward A More Peaceful World
Peacebuilding Groups Gather From Around the World
(L. to r.): Elizabeth Nsarkoh from Wast Africa Peacebuilding Institute (WAPI); Manjrika Sewak (partially hidden) and Ameet Dhakal, both from the Asian-Pacific partnership for Peace; and Emmanuel Bombande, also of ... read more about Peacebuilding Groups Gather From Around the World
Iraqi Group Extends ‘Thanks’ to EMU
A group from the Summer Peacebuilding Institute that includes several Iraqi citizens plants a Southern magnolia in front of the Hillside Suites residence at EMU. Photo by Jim Bishop Reformation ... read more about Iraqi Group Extends ‘Thanks’ to EMU
Widow of Nairobi Bombing Helps Others Heal
Doreen Ruto from Nairobi, Kenya, now a student in EMU’s Conflict Transformation Program, tells her story at a Summer Peacebuilding Institute luncheon meeting. Photo by Jim Bishop As her husband ... read more about Widow of Nairobi Bombing Helps Others Heal
Restorative Justice Workshop Looks at Faces in Prison
Allyson Holtz and Howard Zehr discuss one of Holtz’s mixed media portraits of inmates on exhibit during the Summer Peacebuilding Institute at EMU. Photo by Jim Bishop In a one-of-a-kind ... read more about Restorative Justice Workshop Looks at Faces in Prison