A new MA in Education concentration and graduate certificate at Eastern Mennonite University will help educators mitigate the effects of trauma and build resilience in their students. Enrollment opens in January
... read more about EMU to teach educators to respond to trauma and build resilience in students
N.T. Wright – eminent New Testament scholar and Augsburger Lecture Series guest at Eastern Mennonite University – had just made the point that “image-bearing, God-reflecting” humans were put on this
... read more about New Testament scholar N.T. Wright draws standing-room-only crowds in Harrisonburg
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
Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding has announced the winners of its Alumni Storytelling Contest: Spreading the Word of Peace. Entrants were judged in three categories: literature, visual
... read more about CJP recognizes winners of its ‘Spreading the Word of Peace’ storytelling contest
Central Kansas Community Foundation, in partnership with Eastern Mennonite University, the Harvey County Health Department and Offender Victim Ministries hosted two training programs at Dyck Arboretum of the Plains this week. ... read more about STAR provides trauma training in Hesston from The Kansan
The destructive forces of wind, flood or machete do not defeat the resilient Haitian reed wozo. Instead, they only make way for it to grow back stronger. There’s even a
... read more about A Haitian reed – wozo – inspires resilience and the music of Sopa Sol’s ‘Wozo’ performances
Name any current major conflict in the world, domestic or international, and there is likely at least one graduate on location, employing the analysis and peacebuilding tools learned while studying
... read more about Annual Peacebuilder magazine highlights work in peace, justice and resilience by CJP and its alumni
Twenty employees from Grand Canyon National Park attended its first week-long Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) workshop, run by Eastern Mennonite University. ... read more about Outside Magazine: EMU-led STAR trauma training in Grand Canyon National Park from Outside
In Kenya a new social healing and reconciliation program called Kumekucha – Kiswahili for “It’s a new dawn” – is empowering local leaders to create “sacred space” for people dealing
... read more about Trauma healing program ‘Kumekucha’ supports ‘sustainable agents of resilience and community strength’
The Eastern Mennonite University Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) instructor behind a restorative justice pilot program for Richmond Public Schools (RPS) has led an “epic” life, says a July 2018 Richmond
... read more about What’s next in Ram Bhagat’s ‘epic’ life: ‘Massive Resilience’
