Join a network of 400 alumni working to reduce violence, promote justice, and bring positive changes to their settings by embarking on graduate studies at the Center for Justice and ... read more about Be a Skilled Worker for Peace and Justice, Supported by Proven Leaders in the Field
On a crisp January morning, Barbara Robbins makes the daily rounds at her Linville farm — scooping food to the cats, dogs and horses that nicker and shift in the ... read more about Conflict Transformation Leads Alum to a HALT
Messy disputes in divorces can have lasting impacts on spouses and their children. Sometimes, litigation in a courtroom is the best way to go, says Harrisonburg attorney P. Marshall Yoder, ... read more about CJP Grad Awarded Virginia Business Magazine “Legal Elite” for 2012
When the mother of a young man who murdered his girlfriend in Florida contacted restorative justice pioneer Howard Zehr for assistance in 2010, Zehr did what he typically does in ... read more about Coverage in NY Times and NBC Sparks EMU Webinar on Restorative Justice
Gather at the Table, a book about two individuals exploring their vastly different histories – one being an African-American woman descended from slavery and the other a European-American man descended ... read more about Gather at the Table, a Book on Race Relations, Takes Off Nationwide
Howard Zehr, widely known as the “grandfather of restorative justice,” will step aside from his teaching role at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) after the spring 2013 semester and begin co-leading ... read more about Howard Zehr Shifts to Leading Role in New Restorative Justice Institute
Six of the women who planned to study at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) in the summer of 2012 in the brand-new Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program were unable to enter the ... read more about EMU Peace Profs Go to Women in Somaliland
A graduate of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), as well as the center’s Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) program, is playing a ... read more about Ripple Effect: Grad Leads STAR Trainings in Somalia for USAID
With a history of violence linked to colonization, intense poverty and vulnerable geographic location, Haiti has long suffered from natural disasters, social conflict, and other traumatic events. That is one ... read more about Haitians Embrace Trauma-Resilience Program
The new president of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, deepened his understanding of building peace in traumatized societies in three classes taken at the 2001 Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) held at ... read more about New Somalia President Studied Peace at EMU