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Eastern Mennonite Missions president discusses challenges of global mission engagement in Augsburger Lecture series

March 30, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

To explain the dramatic changes in missions engagement over the last half-century, Nelson Okanya, MDiv ’03, president of Eastern Mennonite Missions, utilizes a stark image: a sturdy bridge, spanning a

Harrisonburg police and community members join hands in offering restorative justice option

March 19, 2015Last updated April 2, 2015 by Andrew Jenner

If one particular young man in Harrisonburg had stolen from his employer a few months earlier, he might have found himself standing before a judge, facing a possible jail sentence.

25 years of Shenandoah Valley Youth Symphony to be celebrated on March 22

March 13, 2015Last updated March 23, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

For many attending the upcoming celebration of the Shenandoah Valley Youth Symphony’s 25 years at Eastern Mennonite University, the event will bring back memories. The concert, which is Sunday, March

New STAR director brings vast experience with trauma, from 9/11 in Manhattan, through Kenya, to Swiss grad studies

February 26, 2015Last updated March 16, 2015 by Steve Shenk and Bonnie Lofton

The first leg of her journey toward directing Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) began in 2001 when Katie Mansfield, then a divisional vice president of Goldman Sachs, lived

CJP student Fabrice Guerrier is one of 24 selected for prestigious fellowship, studying in D.C., Berlin and Paris

February 20, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by Bonnie Price Lofton

As he nears completion of his graduate degree in conflict transformation at Eastern Mennonite University, 23-year-old Fabrice J. Guerrier just marked another accomplishment of many since his formative years in

People of color have good reasons for viewing police as racist, law as arbitrary, says University of Kansas expert

February 20, 2015Last updated March 2, 2015 by Randi B. Hagi

The reasons and ways in which police stop and investigate citizens indicate a racial hierarchy, argued Charles R. Epp in a lecture coinciding with Black History Month at Eastern Mennonite

Expert on racial profiling by law enforcement officers to speak at EMU

February 13, 2015Last updated February 18, 2015 by Randi B. Hagi

“Overall, black drivers are nearly three times more likely than whites to be subjected to investigatory stops,” write University of Kansas Professors Charles R. Epp and Steven Maynard-Moody in an

Author of The Dumbest Generation tells young people to stash their digital tools, discover quiet time

February 11, 2015Last updated March 2, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

Digital tools in the hands of the young “generally serve an anti-intellectual purpose,” Mark Bauerlein told the crowd in a packed lecture room during last week’s Writers Read event at

Nobel winner headlines EMU international student fundraiser for Ebola orphans

February 10, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by Steve Shenk

Leymah Gbowee, co-winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, loves small local initiatives that fight the problems of the world. So when she heard that a group of international students

Local colleges partner to teach nonviolence at Boys & Girls Clubs of Harrisonburg-Rockingham County

February 6, 2015Last updated November 10, 2016 by Amelia Brust

Some children can struggle to channel their frustrations effectively, but a local program is trying to change that. The agape-satyagraha internship, a partnership between the Boys & Girls Clubs of

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