Dekha Ibrahim Abdi Archives

President of Somalia welcomed “home” as alumnus of EMU’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute

August 7, 2014Last updated August 29, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud topped off attendance at the historic U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit hosted by President Obama with a visit to Harrisonburg, Virginia, on Aug. 7, where he renewed

Inspired by their peacebuilding mothers, two undergrads come alone from Kenya and meet each other at EMU

June 27, 2014Last updated August 27, 2014 by Paul Souder

Their neighborhoods in Nairobi, Kenya, were only 30 minutes apart. Yet these two students traveled more than 7,500 miles to meet for the first time at Eastern Mennonite University, where

First graduates of EMU’s Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program recognized in Somaliland ceremony

February 6, 2014Last updated February 20, 2014 by Paul Souder

As she boarded the first flight of her globe-circling journey, Jayne Docherty, PhD, program director at EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP), carried a clutch of certificates she would

USAID-Supported Somali Women Gain Peacebuilding Skills

June 4, 2013Last updated June 19, 2013 by Bonnie Price Lofton

It’s a diverse group of five women. Among their many roles and areas of expertise, one can find law, information technology, business administration, political advocacy, rehabilitating youth with the UNDP,

EMU Peace Profs Go to Women in Somaliland

November 20, 2012Last updated December 7, 2012 by Chris Edwards

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

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

Nobel Laureate Helps Spark Women’s Program at EMU

December 12, 2011Last updated March 27, 2012 by Bonnie Price Lofton

In her Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech on Dec. 10, 2011, Leymah Gbowee called on women around the world “to unite in sisterhood to turn our tears into triumph, our

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

EMU Grieves Peacebuilder’s Death in Kenya

July 15, 2011Last updated February 3, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

HARRISONBURG, VA. – Dekha Ibrahim Abdi, a former student and instructor in the Eastern Mennonite University’s (EMU) Summer Peacebuilding Institute, died Thursday, July 14, in Nairobi, Kenya, from injuries sustained

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