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Zehr Institute webinar and online course focus on police-community partnerships and restorative justice practices

April 6, 2017Last updated July 5, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

This course has been postponed until fall 2017. Please contact the Zehr Institute program director at patience.kamau@emu.edu for more information. The Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice announces a special webinar

Seeing real impact of advocacy work, intern returns for second stint with D.C. housing developer MANNA

April 4, 2017Last updated April 11, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Editor’s note: Within minutes of publishing this article, we were informed that Jonathan Nisly has been offered, and accepted, a job with MANNA. So maybe he really has found his

EMU students see restorative justice principles in action during annual visit to Graterford correctional facility

April 4, 2017Last updated April 26, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Each year, a group of undergraduate and graduate students from Eastern Mennonite University studying restorative justice travel to Graterford State Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania for a unique opportunity to learn

EMU to host June 22-25 conference on border- and boundary-crossing women in the Anabaptist tradition

March 29, 2017Last updated April 11, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

From June 22-25, Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) hosts “Crossing the Line: Women of Anabaptist Traditions Encounter Borders and Boundaries,” a conference on the theme of women in the Anabaptist tradition

Syrian-Lebanese pastor and interfaith peacebuilder still has ‘hope for new Syria’

March 23, 2017Last updated March 23, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson and Randi B. Hagi

Riad Jarjour is a Syrian-Lebanese scholar, pastor and peacebuilder whose work has focused on Muslim-Christian relationships since the 1970s. On March 15 and 16, he visited Eastern Mennonite University to

Learn ethical, responsible interpretation skills at ‘Interpreting for Social Justice’ workshop

March 16, 2017Last updated August 31, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson and Randi B. Hagi

Professor Adriana Rojas knows the demand for professional interpreters has increased in Harrisonburg. Rojas, who teaches Spanish at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), says she often receives emails asking for student

Criminology and restorative justice minor will equip grads for diverse legal system work

March 15, 2017Last updated March 15, 2017 by Andrew Jenner

Students interested in careers in law enforcement, law, social work, forensics or other related fields now have the opportunity to add a criminology and restorative justice minor at Eastern Mennonite

Our Royal Pride: Harrison Horst – jazz band revitalizer, Earthkeepers president, Weather Vane editor … and more

March 3, 2017Last updated December 8, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi

“Our Royal Pride” is an occasional series celebrating Eastern Mennonite University’s undergraduate students who contribute to campus life in extraordinary ways in addition to their academic pursuits. These students enthusiastically create

Author to share of friendship with first nurse-midwife in North Carolina

March 2, 2017Last updated March 15, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi

Author and Munich bookstore owner Lisa Yarger will visit Eastern Mennonite University March 14 as part of the Writers Read series. She’ll read from Lovie: The Story of a Southern

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