Eastern Mennonite University’s Inside Out playback theater group is the recent recipient of two grants to expand their work with racial healing and marginalized populations. [Editor’s note 4/3/2018: Inside Out ... read more about Inside Out playback theater group awarded Catalyst Initiative, Justpax grants
Violet Muthiga has seen the impact of extremist activities on women in Kenya’s recent history, including in the marginalization of mothers whose children had been arrested on charges of suspected ... read more about Kenyan women earn graduate certificates in peacebuilding leadership
As tensions between nations rise and world leaders threaten war, peacemakers all over the world work to make peace on Earth a reality. Jae Young Lee and Karen Spicher, Mennonite Mission Network mission associates in Namyangju, South Korea, are two of those peacemakers. ... read more about Alumni build peace in South Korea, piece by piece from Mennonite World Review
Eastern Mennonite University professor Jerry Holsopple made seven appearances, including one on a television talk show, when he traveled to Serbia earlier this month to be a featured international lecturer ... read more about VACA professor appears on Serbian news talk show
Coming to the Table (CTTT) president Jodie Geddes MA '16 responds to a racist viral video created by high school students, as a pair of CTTT volunteers visited Weber County this week, invited by parents of Weber High School students and others to lead two discussions on “dismantling racism." ... read more about CTTT representatives invited to help community wrestle with racism in wake of viral video from Standard Examiner
Huda Abu Arquob, regional director of the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP), appears in an article on President Donald Trump's recent decision to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem.
... read more about Huda Abu Arquob MA ’06 on ‘Keeping Israeli-Palestinian Relations on Track Two’ from World View
CJP alumni Frances Crowhill Miller and Daryl Snider, with Nathan Bontrager, released Free Range Hymns, an album putting new spins on European Mennonite hymns. ... read more about Trio Sopa Sol, with CJP alumni musicans, showcases new forms for traditional hymns on new album from The Mennonite
When African American civil rights activist Vincent Harding and his wife visited Meridian, Mississippi, in the early 1960s, they met Titus Bender for the first time. Bender, then a Mennonite ... read more about Civil rights activist, pastor and social work professor Titus Bender was a catalyst for social change
My wife and I have led 13 groups of college students to the Middle East since 1991 as part of Eastern Mennonite University’s required cross-cultural program. During the semester-long immersive ... read more about ‘Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem’: Longtime cross-cultural leader Linford Stutzman on Trump’s U.S. embassy move
During the Dec. 8 Fall Recognition Chapel, the following students were honored: Academic Success Center Linda Gnagey, director of the Academic Success Center, and Professor Vi Dutcher, with the Writing ... read more about Students honored at fall recognition chapel