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New graduate certificate in faith-based peacebuilding to launch in fall 2022

July 25, 2022Last updated July 22, 2022 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite Seminary announces a new Graduate Certificate in Faith-Based Peacebuilding, launching in fall 2022. The certificate is designed for faith community leaders who want to more effectively respond to

CJP grads facilitate discussions at MC USA Delegate Assembly

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Graduates of EMU's Center for Justice and Peacebuilding Sidney Morgan MA '21 and Matt Tibbles MA '18 provided professional facilitation services at the Special Session of the Delegate Assembly in Kansas City, Missouri in May. Morgan graduated from the transformational leadership program and is the CEO of Red Sea Road Consulting. Tibbles, who earned his degree in conflict transformation, directs the transformational leadership program at CJP and is the co-founder of Generative Futures Consulting. ... read more about CJP grads facilitate discussions at MC USA Delegate Assembly from MCUSA

STAR lead trainer urges churches to consider disability justice first

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Katie Mansfield, lead trainer of EMU's STAR (Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience) program, shares this blog post is part of Mennonite Church USA’s Welcoming EveryBODY: Learn, Pray, Join initiative. ... read more about STAR lead trainer urges churches to consider disability justice first from MCUSA

Mennonite Central Committee establishes Michael J. Sharp Global Peacemaker Award

June 7, 2022Last updated June 10, 2022 by EMU Communications

Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) announced the establishment of the annual Michael J. Sharp Global Peacemaker Award, which will recognize and encourage courageous peacebuilders across the world. The award will be

‘Healing from Racial Trauma’: SPI instructor Lisa Collins shares how STAR training moved her forward

May 31, 2022Last updated June 1, 2022 by Moderator

“You are the subject of your own research.” Listening to that inner voice sent Lisa Collins, EdD, on her own journey of autoethnography. Collins is co-teaching Strategies for Trauma Awareness

Lisa Schirch to speak on decolonializing peacebuilding at Summer Peacebuilding Institute

May 11, 2022Last updated August 24, 2022 by EMU Communications

Lisa Schirch, the Richard G. Starmann Sr. Professor of the Practice in Peace Studies at Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, will be the first speaker in the

CJP’s 29 peacebuilding graduates from the Class of ‘22 are ‘already changing the world’

May 8, 2022Last updated June 13, 2022 by Lauren Jefferson

The day before acclaimed human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson gave the Commencement address at Eastern Mennonite University, 29 graduates of the university’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding gathered virtually for

EMU Honors, Awards and Recognitions – 2021-22

May 4, 2022Last updated May 5, 2022 by EMU Communications

More than 100 Eastern Mennonite University students were recognized for accomplishments and achievements during the 2021-22 academic year during a special recognition ceremony Tuesday. View the livestream recording. Academics Academic

Office of DEI announces 2022 Inclusive Excellence Grant awardees

April 25, 2022Last updated May 2, 2022 by EMU Communications

Eastern Mennonite University’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion announces the recipients of the inaugural Inclusive Excellence Grants. The program, which started this academic year, offers EMU faculty, staff, and

ACE Festival keynote speaker Reuben Jonathan Miller to address mass incarceration

April 17, 2022Last updated April 21, 2022 by Moderator

Reuben Jonathan Miller PhD, the author of Halfway Home: Race, Punishment and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration, is the keynote speaker for EMU’s Academic and Creative Excellence (ACE) Festival. Join us Wednesday, April 20,

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