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Why I marched for 10 hours with farmers in Colombia

September 19, 2013Last updated October 10, 2013 by Lani Prunés

This essay by senior writing major Lani Prunés pertains to an experience she had while on her EMU cross-cultural in the spring of 2013. Lani is a native of Philadelphia,

Candlelight vigil seeks nonviolent solution to Syrian conflict

September 17, 2013Last updated September 27, 2013 by Alex Rohr

Um Ghadeer arrived in Aman, Jordan, after a 300-mile journey with her husband and four children from Aleppo, Syria, after their home was destroyed in the country’s civil war. In

Carnival highlights concern for earth, community and social justice, with EMU support

September 13, 2013Last updated September 27, 2013 by Emily Sharrar

A free arts carnival coming to Harrisonburg this week will highlight the connections between environmental stewardship and theology and shed a light on “cutting edge” environmental work being done in

Zehr covered by major media in United Kingdom

August 20, 2013Last updated September 5, 2013 by Bonnie Price Lofton

The BBC World News Service turned to a world-renowned expert on restorative justice, Dr. Howard Zehr of Eastern Mennonite University, in asking, “How are people able to forgive a crime

Provost Argues for Valuing “Tributaries” Beyond the Religious Mainstream

August 12, 2013Last updated August 29, 2013 by Andrew Jenner

Provost Fred Kniss ’79 encouraged an international cross-section of academics hearing his keynote address to the Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR) to consider the religious “tributaries, eddies and

Resiliency After Trauma of War

June 18, 2013Last updated July 15, 2013 by Andrew Jenner

After he got back from the war, Mark Lauro couldn’t pick up his young son without thinking about that night in Iraq. He was an Army National Guard sergeant with a

Egypt Trip Shows Common Ground of Seminary and Peacebuilding

February 25, 2013Last updated March 8, 2013 by Laura Lehman Amstutz

Ever since 2011, Egypt has featured prominently in U.S. news. But what do U.S. citizens, especially Christians, really know about the country? Matthew Bucher and Greta Shenk are teaming up

Gather at the Table, a Book on Race Relations, Takes Off Nationwide

January 10, 2013Last updated January 23, 2013 by Bonnie Price Lofton

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

Paintings, Pottery and Photography Combine in a “Beautiful Peace”

November 2, 2012Last updated January 18, 2013 by Mike Zucconi

Paintings, pottery, photography and art come together in a show by Lisa Schirch, peacebuilding artist and practitioner-in-residence, on Saturday, Nov. 3, at 4 p.m., in the Eastern Mennonite University (EMU)

Succumbing to EMU’s Magnetism, Once, Twice, Thrice

October 25, 2012Last updated November 9, 2012 by Andrew Jenner

If Joelle Hackney had had her way when she was 18, she would have started college 2,400 miles from Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), at Humboldt State in Arcata, California. But

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