Barry Hart, professor emeritus at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, completed a one-year project with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in South Sudan. He and colleague Bena Mark, lecturer of psychology at Juba University, trained 45 psychosocial support facilitators in trauma awareness, resilience, psychosocial support, psychological first-aid, peacebuilding, restorative justice and trustbuilding, as well as a range of related subjects that are context-specific to South Sudan, but can be applied to other settings. They also produced a training manual on these subjects.
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“Therapy helps folks live much richer, deeper, and fuller lives. It also helps to address some of the acute places of suffering,” grant coordinator Michael Horst said in an interview. "Teaching and counseling are life-giving and I’m so grateful to be able to do both." He directs EMU's MA in Counseling program.
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Owner Heather Brubaker Benin, a native of Rockingham County who got a master's degree in counseling from Eastern Mennonite University, started Sugar and Bean at the Bridgewater Farmers Market in 2015 after she became a stay-at-home mom. The business moved to the Harrisonburg market shortly after and the Bridgewter café opened in February 2020 after a yearlong restoration took place.
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