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Community leader Stan Maclin connected EMU to local activism

January 17, 2021Last updated January 22, 2021 by Randi B. Hagi and Lauren Jefferson

Stan Maclin GC ’01 (ministry studies), the community organizer, pastor, educator, and tireless advocate for racial and social justice in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and beyond, died Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2021, at

CJP: A Look Back At 2019-20

October 8, 2020Last updated October 15, 2020 by EMU Communications

For a more streamlined read, note the following: –links to each CJP program are omitted. To learn more about the specific programs named here, please visit the CJP website. —

Professor Johonna Turner among contributors to ‘Colorizing Restorative Justice’

July 9, 2020Last updated July 13, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

Colorizing Restorative Justice: Voicing Our Realities is a collection of 18 essays penned by various authors of color: practitioners and scholars of restorative justice who “explore the issues of racism

EMU’s free summer course ‘Imagining the Future after COVID-19’ open to all

June 17, 2020Last updated June 29, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

What will a post-pandemic world look like? How is COVID-19 affecting each of us differently, and what are our responsibilities to one another in the face of those disparities? What

2020 Excellence in Teaching awards honor professors Daniel Showalter, Johonna Turner and Bonnie Yoder

May 21, 2020Last updated June 2, 2020 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University announces three honors of the annual Excellence in Teaching Awards: in the Tenured Faculty category, Daniel Showalter PhD, associate professor of mathematics; in the Pre-tenure Faculty category,

Faculty join AMBS for theology and peacebuilding consultation

April 16, 2020Last updated April 22, 2020 by Institute of Mennonite Studies staff

Theology and peacebuilding faculty from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary and Eastern Mennonite University as well as other invited guests and students, gathered in Elkhart, Indiana, for a theology and peacebuilding

Peacebuilder Podcast: “Colorizing Restorative Justice” with Johonna Turner

April 14, 2020Last updated April 15, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

Johonna Turner, assistant professor of restorative justice and peacebuilding at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP), is the featured guest of episode six of the Peacebuilder podcast. Turner speaks

Tune in for the Peacebuilder ‘CJP at 25’ podcast!

December 10, 2019Last updated January 29, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

Listen to the trailer to Peacebuilder, a podcast by the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) at Eastern Mennonite University, by clicking on the “play” button below. A time capsule

STAR program works with National Park Service on restorative justice, trauma and healing

November 20, 2019Last updated August 25, 2020 by Lauren Jefferson and Randi B. Hagi

“It takes courage to try to address harms at the systemic level, such as the land theft that is at the foundation of the service; at the institutional level, like

University of Richmond RJ symposium to feature Zehr Institute co-director, two CJP alums

September 9, 2019Last updated August 25, 2020 by EMU communications

Professor Johonna Turner will give the keynote address and two alumnae of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding will contribute to an October 4 symposium on restorative justice

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