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Hburg Citizen: City’s groundbreaking restorative justice program offers second chances and accountability as alternative to criminal charges

Harrisonburg Citizen

This Harrisonburg Citizen article focuses on a teenager who has benefited from the Harrisonburg Police Department's restorative justice program and work with practitioner Wonshé MA '04. ... read more about Hburg Citizen: City’s groundbreaking restorative justice program offers second chances and accountability as alternative to criminal charges from Harrisonburg Citizen

New Hampshire alumna Joyce B. Lehman ’65 finds new enterprise helping women abroad

Sentinel Source

Joyce B. Lehman, of Keene, New Hampshire, works as a technical adviser and consultant to international agencies that facilitate what are called financial inclusion and enterprise projects, helping those in poverty start businesses. Her concentration is in helping women-owned operations. Among the groups she works with are the Aga Khan Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Boulder Institute of Microfinance, Mastercard Foundation, Islamic Investment & Finance Cooperative in Afghanistan, World Bank and the U.S. Agency for International Development. ... read more about New Hampshire alumna Joyce B. Lehman ’65 finds new enterprise helping women abroad from Sentinel Source

Dr. Nilofar Sakhi MA ’07 recommends a reconciliation model for sustainable peace in Afghanistan

Al Jazeera

Dr. Nilofar Sakhi is a scholar-practitioner in development, a lecturer at George Mason University and the founder and former executive director of a national NGO WASSA. "While elections would be considered the first preferred option to transfer power peacefully in Afghanistan and build on the institutional gains of the past eighteen years, Taliban’s demand for ultimate power makes an electoral process the least viable option." ... read more about Dr. Nilofar Sakhi MA ’07 recommends a reconciliation model for sustainable peace in Afghanistan from Al Jazeera

In Vietman with MCC, Caleb Schrock-Hurst ’18 visits the site of My Lai

Mennonite World Review

Caleb Schrock-Hurst is a copy editor for Thế Giới Publishers in Hanoi, Vietnam, via Mennonite Central Committee’s Serving and Learning Together program. He is a graduate of Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va., and Hesston (Kan.) College. He blogs at Thoughts and Thinks, where this post first appeared. ... read more about In Vietman with MCC, Caleb Schrock-Hurst ’18 visits the site of My Lai from Mennonite World Review

Felicia Zamora ’02 on her Mennonite faith, EMU education and Micah 6:8

Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

Felicia Zamora, of Managua, Nicaragua, talks about her Mennonite connections and EMU education in this graduate student feature provided by Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. “The University’s logo is from Micah 6:8: ‘What does the Lord require of you?’ My education there made me aware of social justice issues and Jesus’ mandate to love our enemies, our persecutors, and to turn the other cheek,” says Felicia. “We were taught not just to evangelize and save souls but actually to become part of the community in which we lived and ministered.” ... read more about Felicia Zamora ’02 on her Mennonite faith, EMU education and Micah 6:8 from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary