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JMU’s Gandhi Center honors Howard Zehr and Vida Huber

September 20, 2013Last updated October 14, 2013 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Six years after conferring its first award for “global nonviolence” work on Desmond Tutu, followed by a second award in 2009 to Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, the Mahatma Gandhi Center

Zehr covered by major media in United Kingdom

August 20, 2013Last updated September 5, 2013 by Bonnie Price Lofton

The BBC World News Service turned to a world-renowned expert on restorative justice, Dr. Howard Zehr of Eastern Mennonite University, in asking, “How are people able to forgive a crime

Webinar on Restorative Justice in High-Profile Murder Case Attracts Worldwide Viewers

February 5, 2013Last updated February 21, 2013 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Sujatha Baliga, who was featured in the New York Times Magazine (Jan. 4, 2013) for her role as a restorative justice practitioner in a Florida murder case, offered an insider’s

Coverage in NY Times and NBC Sparks EMU Webinar on Restorative Justice

January 11, 2013Last updated January 24, 2013 by Bonnie Price Lofton

When the mother of a young man who murdered his girlfriend in Florida contacted restorative justice pioneer Howard Zehr for assistance in 2010, Zehr did what he typically does in

Howard Zehr Shifts to Leading Role in New Restorative Justice Institute

December 21, 2012Last updated September 21, 2013 by Lora Steiner, Bonnie Price Lofton

Howard Zehr, widely known as the “grandfather of restorative justice,” will step aside from his teaching role at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) after the spring 2013 semester and begin co-leading

Pickups: A Love Story

December 20, 2012 by

Well-known photographer and restorative justice expert Howard Zehr explores the bond that pickup truck owners have with their vehicles in his new book, Pickups: A Love Story (Good Books). Here

A Justice System at its Best

April 23, 2012Last updated May 1, 2012 by Fred Van Liew

Courtesy Peacebuilder, Des Moines Register In March of 1994, in my former role as Bureau Chief in the Criminal Bureau of the Polk County (Iowa) attorney’s office, I read a

A Brief History of Restorative Justice

March 2, 2012 by

Howard Zehr, Professor of Restorative Justice at Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, and Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz, Restorative Justice Coordinator at Mennonite Central Committee U.S., present “A Brief

Restorative Justice Forefront of Online Course

October 31, 2011Last updated December 16, 2011 by Lora Steiner and Mike Zucconi

The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) at Eastern Mennonite University will offer an online course that will explore the principles, values and challenges of restorative justice. “Restorative justice has

Can Restorative Justice Improve Prison Statistics for African Americans?

October 28, 2011Last updated October 31, 2011 by Rebecca M. Stone

Article by Rebecca M. Stone – Women News Network – WNN Opinion CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Darryl is a 12-year-old African American boy whose mother, Ariel, is a single parent. Ariel

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