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STAR Marks 10 Years of Trauma Healing

March 8, 2012Last updated March 26, 2012 by Andrea Schrock Wenger

Hurt people hurt people. For 10 years, Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience — the STAR program at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) – has been helping to break that cycle.

Young Anabaptists Consider Mission in an “Occupied” World

March 2, 2012Last updated March 14, 2012 by Laura Amstutz

How do Anabaptists do mission in a world with an “occupy” mentality? Young Anabaptist scholars will gather at Eastern Mennonite Seminary (EMS) April 13-14 to discuss this at a conference

Writing with Fire

February 9, 2012Last updated January 18, 2013 by Samantha Cole

Courtesy Daily News Record, Feb. 7, 2012 A scroll through David Kreider’s website is like a trip around the world: guest book entries from the Netherlands and France to Vermont

Disney Heir to Speak at Commencement

February 6, 2012Last updated September 24, 2014 by Marcy Gineris and Mike Zucconi

Her ties to the first family of entertainment are strong but this Disney focuses on brave women in peacebuilding rather than cartoons and children’s films. Abigail Disney, a philanthropist, scholar

Laying Down the Law at Harvard

November 9, 2011Last updated September 18, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

Graduating with a liberal arts degree and a minor in pre-law from Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) in 2010, Karissa Sauder wanted to challenge herself in the legal field but maintain a

Restorative Justice Forefront of Online Course

October 31, 2011Last updated December 16, 2011 by Lora Steiner and Mike Zucconi

The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) at Eastern Mennonite University will offer an online course that will explore the principles, values and challenges of restorative justice. “Restorative justice has

Humility Links Nobel Winner and Alum Who Was Killed

October 19, 2011Last updated December 22, 2011 by Bonnie Price Lofton and Mike Zucconi

Being humble in the face of adversity and joy intertwined two alumni honored for their devotion to peace and relief of suffering on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, at Eastern Mennonite

Nobel Prize Winner Connected to Peace-Church Tradition

October 7, 2011Last updated March 27, 2012 by Bonnie Price Lofton

One of the three women receiving the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, Leymah Gbowee, is closely connected with the “peace-church tradition” of the Mennonites. Gbowee, who shares the prize with Liberian

STAR e-Book Chronicles Trauma Healing Program

September 8, 2011Last updated September 26, 2011 by Mike Zucconi

The tragedies of 9/11 sparked the development of a unique approach to trauma-healing at Eastern Mennonite University—an acclaimed series of trainings called Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR), refined

Forum to Probe Women’s Peace Efforts

June 3, 2011Last updated June 6, 2011 by Jim Bishop

The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University is hosting an event, “Women, War and Peace,” 7 p.m. Friday, June 10 in the MainStage Theater of the University

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