Three representatives from Eastern Mennonite University attended the seventh annual Hope for the Future conference hosted by Mennonite Church USA (MC USA). Melody Pannell, professor of social work, M. Esther ... read more about EMU representatives join fellow leaders of color at seventh annual MC USA Hope for the Future conference
Eastern Mennonite University students teamed up with the Northeast Neighborhood Association to begin renovations to the Dallard/Newman House on Saturday. About a dozen people worked through snow flurries to strip ... read more about BSU helps prep historic home to be future museum site
Eastern Mennonite University has named Leda Werner as the project coordinator of a new grant funded by the U.S. Department of Justice that focuses on connecting with community partners to ... read more about EMU awarded $300,000 Department of Justice grant
The Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice announces a four-session course about police and community justice partnerships this spring. The course will be co-taught by Officer Vanessa Westley, a 25-year veteran ... read more about Chicago police officer to co-teach Zehr Institute online course on police and community justice partnerships
In 1967, Sharon Washington Risher heard The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak in Charleston, South Carolina. Then a little girl, she remembers being summoned with a phone call ... read more about Rev. Risher urges MLK celebration attendees to ‘stay woke through this revolution’
In their last Fall 2017 class together, the students in SOWK 360 “Race and Gender” stood and linked arms, a living symbol of solidarity and connection after a semester of ... read more about Seeing ‘the cage’: EMU race and gender classmates explore inequality, systemic injustice
The Rev. Sharon Washington Risher knows hate: Among the nine black worshippers killed by a white supremacist at a prayer meeting at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, ... read more about Sharon Washington Risher to speak as part of EMU’s week of MLK remembrance
An innovative new program at Eastern Mennonite University will provide scholarships for academically talented students with financial need studying in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The ... read more about New STEM scholarships, funded by the National Science Foundation, encourage issues-based local exploration, inter-disciplinary skill-building
For at least one Eastern Mennonite University student in particular, the Wednesday, Dec. 6 march in Harrisonburg from the city hall to Representative Bob Goodlatte’s office was for a deeply ... read more about Watch: EMU DACAmented student Keyri Lopez-Godoy calls for DREAM Act
In a widespread, fast-moving field such as restorative justice (RJ), how does a major grant-funding organization discern where to allot funds? One answer: engage with the Zehr Institute for Restorative ... read more about Zehr Institute releases research on best funding opportunities to build sustainable restorative justice projects