If the criminal justice system as we know it transforms dramatically, shrinks, or becomes obsolete … then what? Injustice Today reports on the myriad alternative visions of justice in the U.S. and Canada. ... read more about In Justice Today on the Zehr Institute’s Listening project from Injustice Today
In a widespread, fast-moving field such as restorative justice (RJ), how does a major grant-funding organization discern where to allot funds? One answer: engage with the Zehr Institute for Restorative
... read more about Zehr Institute releases research on best funding opportunities to build sustainable restorative justice projects
With #metoo and #Ibelieveyou circulating through social media feeds and news digest, Eastern Mennonite University’s Nov. 7-10 Take Back the Night events focused the community on reflection, listening and frank
... read more about Take Back the Night events honor survivors, highlight diverse impacts of sexual violence
In the gray cold of early November on Thomas Plaza at Eastern Mennonite University, eleven chairs called attention to the plights of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the
... read more about DACA campus committee hosts outdoor ‘story exhibit,’ continues advocacy
He may be a newly-minted PhD, but a recently-named program director at Eastern Mennonite University is no newcomer to distinguished scholarship. This fall Professor Timothy Seidel received the 2017 Dissertation
... read more about New Center for Interfaith Engagement director wins dissertation award
An Eastern Mennonite Seminary graduate and two other organizers of the clergy protest against the August “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, will be honored by the National Council
... read more about Congregate Charlottesville co-founders to be honored by National Council of Churches
Jessica Sarriot is a 2011 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), where she majored in peacebuilding and development with minors in pre-law and political studies. Since earning her bachelor’s degree,
... read more about Grad School Q & A: Jessica Sarriot ’11, pursuing a master’s in public affairs at Princeton
Marike Janzen presents “Reading about Refugees in Germany: A National Project to Become World Citizens” as part of Eastern Mennonite University’s Writers Read series. The reading is Thursday, Nov. 2, at
... read more about Does reading develop empathy? KU professor Marike Janzen presents a case study from Germany
A novel by Professor Kimberly Schmidt of Eastern Mennonite University has been honored by Women Writing the West, an organization that supports authors who promote women’s contribution in western United
... read more about ‘Magpie’s Blanket,’ a novel by Professor Kimberly Schmidt, named WILLA Literary Award finalist
Hannah Mack-Boll, a 2017 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University, from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, took second place in the 2017 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest administered by Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
... read more about EMU graduate places second in 2017 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest