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Seeing ‘the cage’: EMU race and gender classmates explore inequality, systemic injustice

January 10, 2018Last updated January 15, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

In their last Fall 2017 class together, the students in SOWK 360 “Race and Gender” stood and linked arms, a living symbol of solidarity and connection after a semester of

Sharon Washington Risher to speak as part of EMU’s week of MLK remembrance

January 2, 2018Last updated January 15, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

The Rev. Sharon Washington Risher knows hate: Among the nine black worshippers killed by a white supremacist at a prayer meeting at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston,

Civil rights activist, pastor and social work professor Titus Bender was a catalyst for social change

December 13, 2017Last updated December 15, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

When African American civil rights activist Vincent Harding and his wife visited Meridian, Mississippi, in the early 1960s, they met Titus Bender for the first time. Bender, then a Mennonite

Watch: EMU DACAmented student Keyri Lopez-Godoy calls for DREAM Act

December 7, 2017Last updated December 7, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

For at least one Eastern Mennonite University student in particular, the Wednesday, Dec. 6 march in Harrisonburg from the city hall to Representative Bob Goodlatte’s office was for a deeply

Take Back the Night events honor survivors, highlight diverse impacts of sexual violence

November 15, 2017Last updated February 5, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

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

DACA campus committee hosts outdoor ‘story exhibit,’ continues advocacy

November 13, 2017Last updated December 7, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

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

EMU receives $1.2 million grant to increase behavioral health treatment in region

November 1, 2017Last updated November 6, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz and Lauren Jefferson

A $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has been awarded to Eastern Mennonite University’s MA in Counseling program to provide increased behavioral health treatment

Fall ’17 Washington Community Scholars find insight, wisdom, inspiration

October 6, 2017Last updated October 9, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Eight students this fall are exploring life in Washington D.C. and gaining experience through internships in fields ranging from music therapy to journalism to immigration law as part of studies

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