Civil rights activist Bob Zellner is at it again—working for justice and equality. Zellner, 77, was the first white southerner on staff of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)—the influential ... read more about Legendary civil rights activist and Republican mayor team up for health reform, kick off speaking tour at EMU
“You are welcome here” is the emphatic message offered by Eastern Mennonite University students, faculty and staff in a new “blockbuster” video released just after President Donald Trump’s travel ban. ... read more about EMU joins #YouAreWelcomeHere campaign with record-setting video
Alumna Claudette Monroy ‘10 made Washington Post front-page news on Feb. 9, sharing her story among the 11 million undocumented immigrants who are waiting and watching as President Donald Trump ... read more about Educator and DREAMer Claudette Monroy ’10 featured in Washington Post
Charles Kwuelum MA '14, legislative associate for international affairs at Mennonite Central Committee U.S. Washington Office, writes about Boko Haram: "An enemy is one whose story we have not heard." ... read more about My Neighbor, Boko Haram from Sojourners magazine
Staunton News Leader covers the 'Welcome Your Neighbor' sign. ... read more about The welcoming sign ‘a message at the heart of Mennonite theology’ from Staunton News Leader
Journalist, radio producer, professor and author Deborah Jian Lee will visit Eastern Mennonite University on Wednesday, Feb. 15. The 10 a.m. chapel in Lehman Auditorium and a 4 p.m. colloquium, ... read more about ‘Rescuing Jesus’ author and journalist Deborah Jian Lee to speak about counter-cultures reclaiming evangelicalism
With high rates of suicide attempts among lesbian, gay and bisexual youths, Matt Hunsberger, assistant director of housing and residence life at Eastern Mennonite University, asks non-affirming Christians to think, and "at least acknowledge," the damage such beliefs cause to young lifes. ... read more about An honest challenge to LGBTQ-non-affirming Christians from Mennonite World Review
At his farewell reception in early January, outgoing Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students Ken L. Nafziger characterized his 13-plus years at Eastern Mennonite University as “a ... read more about Ken L. Nafziger honored for his many contributions to EMU
Melody M. Pannell, assistant professor of social work at Eastern Mennonite University, talks about marching with her family members from New York City, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania and Harrisonburg, Virginia — "North, South, Liberal, Conservative, White and Black all marching together." ... read more about Marching From the Margins: A perspective on the Women’s March on Washington as a radical Anabaptist womanist from Mennonite Church USA
When Jonathan Swartz thinks of residence life at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), he thinks of the idea behind home, a space from which and in which students learn, grow and ... read more about Jonathan Swartz named first director of residence life, student accountability and restorative justice