In 1951, Jay “Junior” Lehman, then a 21-year-old farm boy from Ohio, sailed by freighter to Antwerp, Belgium. He was among the first wave of conscientious objectors to participate in ... read more about PAX service program, predecessor to the Peace Corps, recognized by Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence
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 ... read more about Restorative justice highlighted by Gandhi Center award and state-wide mediation conference
It marks the second time the Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir (SVCC) has sung by invitation for a U.S. president. It is also the second time the choir was invited to ... read more about Children’s choir to sing for Carters on Sept. 21
Visiting Harrisonburg, Va., Sept. 21, Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu received a quilt made by two Mennonite sisters, literature on peace and justice by EMU and news about the role of ... read more about EMU Participates in Archbishop Tutu Visit
The Most Rev. Desmond Tutu, recipient of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize, will visit James Madison University to receive the JMU Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence’s top honor, the ... read more about EMU to Participate in Desmond Tutu Recognition