Mazhun Idris, of Nigeria, took "Peacebuilding Approaches to Violent Extremism" with Lisa Schirch at last summer's Summer Peacebuilding Institute. His participation was sponsored by the organization hosting his 1-year appointment, the Center for Islam and Religious Freedom in Washington D.C. ... read more about Atlas Fellow from Nigeria reviews SPI experience from Medium
As it is for many graduate students at EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, the required capstone project was more than just an assignment for Bishop Andudu Adam Elnail MA ... read more about Sudanese refugees in U.S. diaspora explore restorative justice, mediation and trauma healing with CJP grad
The fourth annual Community Day, highlighting workshops and training held at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) and the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, will focus on ... read more about A taste of the Summer Peacebuilding Institute: Community Day slated for Feb. 15
This year’s top news stories from EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding honor treasured professors and alumni, celebrate impactful work, and connect us to the challenging issues of the day. The ... read more about Top CJP News of 2018
An Eastern Mennonite University alumnus named the 2018 Victim Advocate of the Year by the Allegheny County Juvenile Court (ACJC) and the Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission (JCJC) says his ... read more about Double grad Aaron Erb earns county and state Victim Advocate of the Year recognition
Maha Mehanna, a graduate student at Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP), spoke as the invited scholar at the Daughters for Life Foundation’s sixth annual gala dinner ... read more about Scholarship recipient shares journey from Gaza to EMU at Daughters for Life Foundation gala in Toronto
Mennonite Central Committee's peacebuilding work in South Korea has been aided for decades by Hyung Gon Lee and more recently, his son, Jae Young Lee MA '03. ... read more about Jae Young Lee MA ’03, peacebuilding in South Korea and the MCC connection from Mennonite World Review
For some participants, Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) I is an “entry point,” the first opportunity for an extended conversation about trauma and resilience, how traumagenic events can ... read more about The expanding universe of STAR II
Since 1998, undergraduate, graduate and alumni groups from Eastern Mennonite University and Eastern Mennonite Seminary have made the Tent of Nations farm outside of Bethlehem a regular stop on their ... read more about EMU hosts Tent of Nations’ Daoud Nassar, reciprocating hospitality after years of visits to his Palestine farm
THE EMPHASIS at Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding is markedly different from what graduates encounter in PhD programs. Those programs, after all, are known for work done in isolation, ... read more about CJP alumni with doctorates (there are more than 60!) are ‘theorizers, not theorists’