The central Shenandoah Valley landscape may be parched for lack of rain in September, but at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds a flood of volunteers, donors and buyers joined together to
... read more about Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale sets record pace
Name any current major conflict in the world, domestic or international, and there is likely at least one graduate on location, employing the analysis and peacebuilding tools learned while studying
... read more about Annual Peacebuilder magazine highlights Center for Justice and Peacebuilding’s growing influence in healing justice work
Inter-Faith Peace Camp at King’s University College mingles in London, Ontario, Canada, mingles faith and friendship. ... read more about Ontario peace camp, based on the EMU model, mingles faith and friendship from London Free Press
Two graduates of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University are finalists for an award honoring women working to resolve water-related conflicts. Amina Abdulkadir and Naema “Nimo”
... read more about EMU grads among finalists for Women Peacebuilders for Water Award
Three women working in peacebuilding were honored during a special Daughters for Life Foundation gala dinner on Saturday, Sept. 16 at Busboys and Poets in Washington D.C. to support scholarships
... read more about Women peacebuilders and ‘a true hero’ honored at gala to support future scholars
Musica Harmonia, a chamber group including Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) music professor Joan Griffing, is slated to perform at EMU and as part of the Forbes Center for the Performing
... read more about Musica Harmonia to perform at EMU and in the Forbes Center Masterpiece Season
In the first of six Suter Science Seminars this fall at Eastern Mennonite University, Eastern Mennonite University biology professor Doug Graber Neufeld will discuss sustainable solutions to water-related challenges in
... read more about Water issues in Kenya on tap for first Suter Science Seminar with Professor Doug Graber Neufeld
The Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice offers “Transforming Historical Harms,” a four-part webinar series in the fall of 2017. Using case histories from Virginia, the series will highlight narratives that
... read more about Webinar series focuses on transforming historical harms of slavery and racial injustice
Kevin King '81, executive director of Mennonite Disaster Service, participates in a PeaceLab podcast from Texas. King was part of an assessment team in Texas last week beginning to assess damage from Tropical Storm Harvey. ... read more about Kevin King ’81, executive director of Mennonite Disaster Service, is on site in Texas after Tropical Storm Harvey from PeaceLab
Twenty years ago, Howard Zehr published "Doing Life," a book of photos and interviews of nearly 60 lifers in Pennsylvania prisons. He’s been revisiting about two dozen of those men and women in preparation for a follow-up, which he’s calling “Coping with Life.” ... read more about Twenty years later, photographer and author Howard Zehr revisits people serving life sentences from WMRA/NPR