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Our man in Mexico – Howard Zehr – gets mistaken for a famous Mexican poet, so they decide to meet …

July 16, 2014Last updated August 1, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Settling in before a major public appearance in Mexico, restorative justice expert Howard Zehr was strolling through the market in Victoria, Tamaulipas. It was July 2, a day before he

County needs to ask more questions regarding alternatives to jail before building another facility

July 7, 2014Last updated July 30, 2014 by Howard Zehr

Restorative justice expert Howard Zehr is the author of the following op-ed piece on the need to examine alternatives to constantly building more space in EMU’s home region to incarcerate

Desire to address, heal, traumatic legacy of U.S. slavery sparks growth in Coming to the Table group

June 5, 2014Last updated June 25, 2014 by David Yoder

Sessions at Coming to the Table are rarely easy. Despite the time separating current Americans from the era of legal slavery in the United States, the wounds of racial injustice

EMU mourns death of Vincent Harding, a Mennonite compatriot of MLK, a friend to all oppressed peoples

May 20, 2014Last updated June 11, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Eastern Mennonite University joins millions of people worldwide in grieving the passing of Vincent Harding, sorrowing that we will no longer hear his prophetic voice in person – reminding us

Center for Justice and Peacebuilding announces new restorative justice certificate

April 3, 2014Last updated April 16, 2014 by Aaron Kishbaugh

This summer, Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) will introduce a new certificate program for restorative justice practitioners. The program is open to all interested in furthering

Student-led auction on April 5 will benefit science center campaign

March 31, 2014Last updated January 6, 2016 by Paul Souder

EMU’s Thomas Plaza will be buzzing with activity on Saturday, April 5, when the Student Government Association (SGA) hosts an auction to benefit the Suter Science Center Campaign. The auction,

Award-winning filmmaking shows powerful role of media in sparking deep conversations and social change

March 28, 2014Last updated April 9, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

In a new approach to promoting peaceful communities, graduate students at Eastern Mennonite University are leading conversation around an award-winning documentary about people who collaborated to paint massive murals in

Restorative justice and talking circles: JMU embraces EMU’s teachings

March 8, 2014Last updated August 11, 2014 by

Not long after he’d come out of the closet, Mark was at a party with his friends. At some point that evening, a group of guys approached Mark and told

Vincent Harding, close friend of MLK, urges EMU community to meet challenge of building a true democracy

March 4, 2014Last updated September 22, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

More than 50 years after his first visit to campus, social activist and scholar Vincent Harding returned to EMU on Feb. 26 and 27, where he urged packed audiences to

Restorative justice highlighted by Gandhi Center award and state-wide mediation conference

October 3, 2013Last updated October 25, 2013 by Andrew Jenner

More than 100 members of the Virginia Mediation Network (VMN), the state’s largest professional association for mediators and mediation scholars, gathered on campus for a September 28-29 conference co-hosted by

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