Iraq – Page 2 – EMU News

Symbol of Suffering and Death Offers New Life

March 22, 2005 by Jim Bishop

I can feel it in the air, in my face, in my creaky bones. It’s still cool, even wintry-like at times, but change is happening – slowly, quietly, surely. Around

Veteran Peaceworker to Speak at EMU

December 1, 2004 by Jim Bishop

Peggy Gish, speaking during a peace vigil. The Common Grounds Coffeehouse at Eastern Mennonite University will host Peggy Gish, an Athens, Ohio, native who recently returned from her fourth trip

Silent Vigil Remembers War Losses

November 10, 2004 by Jim Bishop

A thousand grave markers on the lawn in front of the EMU Campus Center bear silent testimony to the loss of human life in the Iraq conflict. Photo by Jim

On Abu Ghraib and war itself: See through relativism of abuse

June 22, 2004 by Earl Martin and Pat Hostetter Martin

By Earl Martin and Pat Hostetter Martin As religious pacifists, we have grieved deeply – with the rest of the world – over the images of dehumanization that have emerged

Waco and Iraq – Parallels in Bloodshed

June 14, 2004 by admin

By Michael Hudson, The Roanoke Times Jayne Docherty, associate professor of conflict studies at EMU Jayne Docherty, an associate professor of conflict studies at EMU, spent three years studying what

Iraqi Group Extends ‘Thanks’ to EMU

June 2, 2004 by Jim Bishop

A group from the Summer Peacebuilding Institute that includes several Iraqi citizens plants a Southern magnolia in front of the Hillside Suites residence at EMU. Photo by Jim Bishop Reformation