Sarah Beck Weirich, a 2011 EMU graduate, has taught special education in Rockingham County and Covington, Virginia, and is now teaching in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She shares how her EMU ... read more about Special education teacher Sarah Beck ’11 Weirich on what she values about EMU’s teacher preparation program
A slum in North Africa became home last summer to a group of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) students led by Professor Johonna Turner and her husband, Julian. “They survive off ... read more about Coptic Christian community embraces service learning group
An abundance of cultural, educational, and interactive events about American black history and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will take place in January and February at Eastern Mennonite ... read more about Campus gears up for MLK Jr. Week celebrations and Black History Month
The fall/winter 2016 issue of Crossroads focuses on Eastern Mennonite University alumni who have made conscious choices, whether vocational or avocational, to work in multicultural settings as advocates for social ... read more about ‘Let Your Life Speak’: Fall/Winter 2016 Crossroads features alumni empowering neighbors in multicultural U.S.
Professor Melody M. Pannell shares experiences in researching the effects of racism and sexism, as well as historical trauma, on the mental health of young black girls in this article for the magazine of Mennonite Women USA. ... read more about Young black girls show effects of racism, sexism and historical trauma, writes social work professor Melody M. Pannell from Timbrel
In a time of rapid change and new demographics in the United States, some communities are better equipped to respond to integration of non-English-speaking immigrant and refugee populations. Because of ... read more about English language learners benefit from EMU educators influenced by Anabaptist values in Harrisonburg, Virginia, reports researcher in Sojourners magazine
The global perspective at EMU — considered an institutional leader for the faith — diffuses into the work of Harrisonburg schools. Read more in this Sojourners article by Janie Tankard Carnock, associate with New America. ... read more about Sojourners on The Multicultural Mennonites of Harrisonburg, Va. from Sojourners magazine
Congregations must grapple with the contentious times in which we live. Eastern Mennonite Seminary’s 2017 School for Leadership Training (SLT) will speak to divisions of race, power, privilege and ideology—and ... read more about ‘We don’t want differences to keep us apart’: School for Leadership Training focuses on connecting across divisiveness
Representatives from six police departments across the country attended a law enforcement retreat on restorative justice Nov. 11-13 near Harrisonburg, Virginia. The retreat was co-hosted by the Harrisonburg (Virginia) Police ... read more about Restorative justice retreat draws law enforcement practitioners for networking, resources and planning
It’s Paulette, coming live to you from Cannonball, North Dakota, and I’m at the sacred defenders’, the Water Defenders’ camp. And it’s early-early. I’m just waiting for the sun to ... read more about Former VACA professor of Mohawk heritage now providing media coverage of Standing Rock activists