Professor Katherine Bassard brings her expertise in African American literature to Eastern Mennonite University on Thursday, Nov. 10. She will give a presentation titled ‘Truly a Christian Act’: Freedom and ... read more about VCU professor, expert on African American women and the Bible to speak on ‘Sketches of Slave Life’
More than a dozen police departments from across the country plan to meet in the Shenandoah Valley to discuss restorative justice practices. The Harrisonburg Police Department (HPD) and Eastern Mennonite ... read more about Restorative justice retreat for police departments set for November
Former EMU All-American Hannah Chappell-Dick (Bluffton, Ohio/Bluffton) has been named one of the top 30 honorees for the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. She is the first-ever woman ... read more about Chappell-Dick named Top 30 For NCAA Woman Of The Year
In 2014, the Frazier family planted a field of sunflowers along well-traveled Va. 33. They didn’t quite anticipate the impact of the flowers on passers-by, who stopped cars, gawked, took ... read more about Sunflower field east of Harrisonburg opens for Walk for Hope fundraiser
“The last will be first and the first will be the last: This is what equality looks like, this is what justice is about.” Dr. Christena Cleveland, a social psychologist ... read more about ‘The last will be the first’: social psychologist Christena Cleveland shares a new paradigm of privilege at faculty/staff conference
Aubrey Bauman, marking manager and sustainability lead at AMERIgreen Energy, enrolled in the Collaborative MBA program for “the opportunity to learn with professors and classmates from across the country and ... read more about Collaborative MBA program’s global classroom meets for week-long residency
Scholars, activists, students and literary, performing and visual artists alike are invited to submit proposals for consideration to “Crossing the Line: Women of Anabaptist Traditions Encounter Borders and Boundaries,” a ... read more about Interdisciplinary conference on women of Anabaptist traditions, slated for June 2017, announces call for proposals
Jonathan Stith invoked civil rights leader Ella Baker in his keynote address at Eastern Mennonite University’s Restorative Justice in Education Academy last week. Stith, who is national coordinator at the ... read more about Restorative Justice in Education Academy draws educators from six states for introduction into creating socially just, equitable learning environments
To the outsider, the June 15-18 Restorative Justice in Motion conference at Eastern Mennonite University may have looked like any other summer gathering of intellectuals, ready to share, network and ... read more about ‘Restorative Justice In Motion’ conference provides practitioners with space for meaningful dialogue about race, power, privilege and identity
Eastern Mennonite University will offer a Restorative Justice in Education Academy June 27-28 on the Harrisonburg, Virginia, campus. The event, sponsored by EMU’s Master of Arts in Education program, will ... read more about Two-day academy offers introductory training in restorative justice in education