Nobel peace prize winner and EMU alumna Leymah Gbowee offered her thoughts on forgiveness and reconciliation during the 2011 Homecoming weekend at Eastern Mennonite University. Leymah holds a master’s degree ... read more about Leymah Gbowee at EMU: On Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Center for Justice and Peacebuilding
Promoting Social Cohesion in Peacebuilding and International Development
John Katunga Murhula (CJP MA ’05) works at Catholic Relief Services where he is the regional technical advisor for peacebuilding and justice in East Africa. Katunga is based in Nairobi, ... read more about Promoting Social Cohesion in Peacebuilding and International Development
Jebiwot Sumbeiywo (CJP MA ’04)
Jebiwot Sumbeiywo (MA ’04), Chief of Party, Peace II, PACT, Inc., talks about her peacebuilding work on the horn of Africa, especially the Kenya/Somalia borer, and how CJP equipped her ... read more about Jebiwot Sumbeiywo (CJP MA ’04)
Roy Hange, Faith-based Peacebuilding
Mennonite pastor and peacebuilder, Roy Hange, describes the “Faith-based Peacebuilding” class that he facilitates at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute, a program of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. ... read more about Roy Hange, Faith-based Peacebuilding
EMU’s Homage to Glen D. Lapp ’91, Health Worker Killed in Afghanistan
EMU leaders speak of the life and lessons of an alumnus, Glen D. Lapp ’91, whose body was found in Afghanistan on August 6, 2010. He was an unarmed health ... read more about EMU’s Homage to Glen D. Lapp ’91, Health Worker Killed in Afghanistan
Dr. Barry Hart, Identity & Conflict Transformation
Dr. Barry Hart describes his course, “Identity & Conflict Transformation,” taught at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute, a program of the Center for Justice & Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University in ... read more about Dr. Barry Hart, Identity & Conflict Transformation
Dr. Carl Stauffer, Conflict-Sensitive Development
Dr. Carl Stauffer describes his class, “Conflict-Sensitive Development,” which he teaches at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute, a program of the Center for Justice & Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University in ... read more about Dr. Carl Stauffer, Conflict-Sensitive Development
Dr. Hizkias Assefa, Philosophy & Praxis of Reconciliation
Dr. Hizkias Assefa describes his course, “Philosophy & Praxis of Reconciliation,” which he teaches at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute, a program of the Center for Justice & Peacebuilding at Eastern ... read more about Dr. Hizkias Assefa, Philosophy & Praxis of Reconciliation
Dr. Howard Zehr, Restorative Justice: The Promise, the Challenge
Dr. Howard Zehr describes “Restorative Justice: The Promise, the Challenge,” the class which he teaches with Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute, a program of the Center for ... read more about Dr. Howard Zehr, Restorative Justice: The Promise, the Challenge
Dr. Jayne Seminare Docherty & Sam Rizk, Theory: Frameworks for Peacebuilding
Dr. Jayne Seminare Docherty and Sam Rizk reflect on “Theory: Frameworks for Peacebuilding,” a class which they teach together at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute, a program of the Center for ... read more about Dr. Jayne Seminare Docherty & Sam Rizk, Theory: Frameworks for Peacebuilding