Bringing a new sense of justice to multiple city venues – neighborhoods, courts and prisons, schools and more – is a challenge that requires focus, patience and an empowering spirit.
... read more about Peacebuilder of the Year Annette Lantz-Simmons honored at SPI luncheon
Ray Gingerich, a professor of theology and ethics who inspired generations of students to think in new ways about their callings and helped to shape Eastern Mennonite University’s strong ethos
... read more about EMU community mourns death of professor who helped to shape the university’s peace and justice ethos
For many peacebuilders attending Summer Peacebuilding Institute at Eastern Mennonite University, scholarships provide the necessary funds to travel and take courses. Since 2006, the Valley Friends meeting, a group of
... read more about Valley Friends and other organizations support Summer Peacebuilding Institute scholarships
Christine “Chris” Grim ’90, a first-grade teacher at Fulks Run Elementary School for the last 28 years, has been named Lucy F. Simms Educator of the Year by the Rockingham
... read more about Eight alumni educators, including Rockingham County’s Teacher of the Year, recognized for professional excellence
Civil rights attorney Ari Wilkenfeld has spent all of his professional life in the combative, confrontational world of litigation, where even settlements out of court are hard-fought battles. In a
... read more about An ‘eye-opening’ conversation: Veteran civil rights attorney and SPI participants gain new perspectives during campus visit
Johonna Turner, professor of restorative justice and peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, returned to her alma mater, the University of Maryland, in April to give a keynote address at the Summit
... read more about Turner presents keynote at University of Maryland’s restorative justice summit
At 3 p.m. each day, James and Marian Payne would stop their activity, whatever it might be, and share tea-time together. That time became significant on Saturday, May 12, as
... read more about James Payne’s memorial service at EMU celebrates a life well-lived and support generously given
If there’s a common thread that runs through Sabrina Burress’s counseling research, her career passions and her commitment to family, it’s listening and talking openly and intimately. “People must sit
... read more about ‘Intentional sitting down and talking’ is central to research, work and family for counseling graduate Sabrina Burress
From Anita Hill to Chadwick Boseman, these speakers reminded students that they have the ability to improve the world they are entering. ... read more about 10 Commencement speakers who told students to ‘Rise Up for Peace and Justice’ from The Nation
In the first of four Horizons of Change luncheons during the 2018 Summer Peacebuilding Institute at Eastern Mennonite University, screenwriter and author Tiffany FitzHenry traced the collaboration of the American
... read more about At SPI’s Horizons of Change luncheon, a taste of Hollywood and the Pentagon’s mutual exploitation