Peacebuilding and development

EMU’s Center for Interfaith Engagement presents free film series featuring social justice leaders from around the world

by Lauren Jefferson

The Center for Interfaith Engagement (CIE) at Eastern Mennonite University presents the film series “Across Cultures: Profiles in Courage and Resilience,” featuring 12 films of various genres, including fiction and
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New humanitarian action leadership programs at EMU meet changing needs of increasingly professionalized field

by Andrew Jenner

Reflecting the Mennonite church’s commitment to development and disaster relief, Eastern Mennonite University has long offered degrees that prepare students to work in those fields. As the priorities, needs and
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Practititioner-in-Residence David Myers shares 30 years experience in government, non-profit and pastoral leadership

by Lauren Jefferson

David Myers last visited Eastern Mennonite University in 2014 for a one-day visit that included a seminary chapel presentation – “not a sermon,” he said at the time, “but a
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Where do I study peace and justice? Peacecolleges.com offers updated info on programs in the U.S. and Canada

by EMU communications staff

Forty-three institutions are described in the updated, online “College Guide to Peace Studies Programs,” a listing of American and Canadian colleges and universities that offer degrees in which the study
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When the Ebola outbreak limited travel, this environmental sustainability major made new internship plans

by Gee Paegar with Lauren Jefferson

Sometimes, the best-made plans fall apart. That’s what happened last summer to senior Gee M. Paegar, Jr., currently in his last semester of environmental sustainability and history studies at Eastern
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New director, a Colombian native and EMU alumnus, now at the helm of popular Harrisonburg International Festival

by Randi B. Hagi

Boris Ozuna, the new director of Harrisonburg’s International Festival, got his first taste of community organizing as a child in Sincelejo, Colombia. His mother was involved in justice work with
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