Restorative justice ‘gives people a voice’ in the justice system

Most justice systems focus solely on law and order, but that’s not enough, Carl Stauffer, an associate professor of justice and development studies at Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, said during a Saturday morning presentation in Winchester sponsored by the Shenandoah Valley Chapter of Coming to the Table. ... read more about Restorative justice ‘gives people a voice’ in the justice system from Winchester Star

Graduate program in restorative justice, building on Howard Zehr’s legacy, is the first of its kind in North America

In the fall of 2016, Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) debuted an expanded course catalog featuring its new MA in Restorative Justice program. In keeping with
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‘Restorative Justice In Motion’ conference provides practitioners with space for meaningful dialogue about race, power, privilege and identity

To the outsider, the June 15-18 Restorative Justice in Motion conference at Eastern Mennonite University may have looked like any other summer gathering of intellectuals, ready to share, network and
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CJP partners with Kellogg Foundation’s new national initiative on truth, racial healing and transformation

Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding has been invited to partner with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in a new initiative aimed at truth, racial healing and transformation in
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‘Justice in the Margins’: Professors Carl Stauffer and Johonna Turner to speak at Bridgewater College

Dr. Carl Stauffer and Dr. Johonna Turner of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University will address “Justice from the Margins” at Bridgewater College on Tuesday, Nov.
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