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Annette Lantz-Simmons named CJP’s 2018 Peacebuilder of the Year

February 23, 2018Last updated February 27, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Annette Lantz-Simmons has been named 2018 Peacebuilder of the Year by the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University. The annual award recognizes “alumni who have demonstrated exceptional

‘Be the community you wish to see in the world’: Center for Justice and Peacebuilding graduates 37

May 2, 2016Last updated July 8, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

The Center of Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University celebrated their 2016 graduates in a Sunday evening ceremony at Martin Chapel with singing, short speeches and recognition of each

Contingent of EMU educators to present at annual Peace and Justice Studies Conference in Harrisonburg

October 6, 2015Last updated June 29, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

As peace and justice studies educators from around the country converge on James Madison University for the Oct. 15-17 Peace and Justice Studies Conference, a large contingent of faculty and

Zehr Institute restorative justice experts tapped by media in the aftermath of Charleston church shooting

June 25, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

With the complex concepts of forgiveness and healing at the forefront in recent media coverage of the Charleston church shooting, Eastern Mennonite University professors Howard Zehr, PhD, and Carl S.

Everyone invited to celebrate Howard Zehr by attending his May 23 “roast”

March 18, 2015Last updated April 1, 2015 by Randi B. Hagi and Bonnie Price Lofton

Eastern Mennonite University is spotlighting restorative justice pioneer Howard Zehr on May 23, 2015, a date chosen to coincide with the 25th anniversary of his groundbreaking work, Changing Lenses: A

Four I.T. Entrepreneurs

January 1, 2015Last updated February 13, 2015 by Randi B. Hagi

Starting in refugee camps Philip Borkholder’s ’89 journey to information technology began by majoring in fields that had little to do with computer science: biology and international agricultural development. This led

President of Somalia welcomed “home” as alumnus of EMU’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute

August 7, 2014Last updated August 29, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud topped off attendance at the historic U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit hosted by President Obama with a visit to Harrisonburg, Virginia, on Aug. 7, where he renewed

Consultations launched in conjunction with SPI

June 22, 2014Last updated August 22, 2014 by

In late May, 2014, 35 people from 11 countries gathered on campus to discuss their ongoing work with EMU’s Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) program. It was the

PBS segment features Byler’s insights on situation of Christians in Jordan

February 15, 2014Last updated February 26, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

PBS correspondent Kim Lawton turned to J. Daryl Byler, executive director of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, when she needed someone to provide context for a televised report on

Candlelight vigil seeks nonviolent solution to Syrian conflict

September 17, 2013Last updated September 27, 2013 by Alex Rohr

Um Ghadeer arrived in Aman, Jordan, after a 300-mile journey with her husband and four children from Aleppo, Syria, after their home was destroyed in the country’s civil war. In

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