One thing haiku calls for, and what is often least found but most needed in times of war or its aftermath, is the ability to pause and be in the moment. Read more on the art of haiku and peacebuilding with poet John Paul Lederach , founding director of EMU's Center for Justice and Peacebuilding,
... read more about John Paul Lederach on the power and pause of pandemic haiku from Notre Dame
Doug Graber Neufeld, professor of biology at Eastern Mennonite University and director of the Center for Sustainable Climate Solutions, has been appointed the chair of the Mennonite World Conference’s new
... read more about Biology professor and CSCS director to chair Mennonite World Conference’s new Creation Care Task Force
When the Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) moved online this year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it lost some of the aspects that attract people to the Eastern Mennonite University
... read more about From Jamaica to the UK, SPI’s online move expands global access to training
Colorizing Restorative Justice: Voicing Our Realities is a collection of 18 essays penned by various authors of color: practitioners and scholars of restorative justice who “explore the issues of racism
... read more about Professor Johonna Turner among contributors to ‘Colorizing Restorative Justice’
SPI FUN FACT: This summer’s institute included 184 participants from 27 different countries and 29 U.S. states. They resided in 60 percent of the time zones on the planet. In
... read more about SPI Online 2020 holds fast to community-building traditions
Professor Doug Graber Neufeld, director of the Center for Sustainable Climate Solutions, and James Kanyari, food security field officer for MCC Kenya, look at the past and future of sand dams.
... read more about Sand dams in Kenya: translating past successes to address future challenges from MCC Intersections
Although schools across the country have closed their buildings during the COVID-19 pandemic, educators have not stopped teaching our children. And as they have transitioned to various distanced forms of
... read more about Attend EMU’s annual Restorative Justice in Education conference, now online
Nearly 15 years after its original publication, a new edition of the Little Book of Trauma Healing: When Violence Strikes and Community Security is Threatened was released by SkyHorse Publishing
... read more about New edition of ‘Little Book of Trauma Healing’ is a timely release of a peacebuilding classic
Eastern Mennonite University announces three honors of the annual Excellence in Teaching Awards: in the Tenured Faculty category, Daniel Showalter PhD, associate professor of mathematics; in the Pre-tenure Faculty category,
... read more about 2020 Excellence in Teaching awards honor professors Daniel Showalter, Johonna Turner and Bonnie Yoder
Right now, many Eastern Mennonite University students and alumni – wherever they’re waiting out the coronavirus pandemic – are observing the month of Ramadan. The ninth and holiest month in the
... read more about Students, grads reflect on Ramadan
