Additional grant funding from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women will allow the Safer Together program at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) to continue to offer a
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Say you’re at a restaurant when you notice two women sitting at the bar. They look uncomfortable – an apparent stranger has been talking to them for about 10 minutes,
... read more about Learn de-escalation and intervention techniques at Green Dot bystander training
Student leaders at Eastern Mennonite University have begun receiving Green Dot proactive bystander training. During their week-long orientation, 34 community advisors and pastoral assistants participated in the training. This was
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Eastern Mennonite University is gearing up for implementation of Green Dot, a proactive bystander training. Five staff will attend a multi-day instructor training this month. The phased roll-out will begin
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Eastern Mennonite University has named Leda Werner as the project coordinator of a new grant funded by the U.S. Department of Justice that focuses on connecting with community partners to
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Katie Mansfield, director of STAR, was among the speakers from the US, Ghana and Pacific Island countries at the first-ever Pacific Peace Conference in Suva, Fiji. Leda Werner, Women's Peacebuilding Leadership Program director, was also in attendance.
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Eight women who comprise the fourth cohort of Eastern Mennonite University’s Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program will return to Kenya this week after intensive studies at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute. The
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Doreen Ruto Jemutai, MA ’06, an integral supporter and partner of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. Doreen’s peacebuilding work, anchored in her
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Ruth Nalyanya works at a university in Kenya where ethnic conflicts regularly spilled over into campus life. She decided to address this negative pattern by conducting training sessions about acceptance
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Gwendolyn Myers, a graduate of the Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program at Eastern Mennonite University, has been appointed regional coordinator for West and Central Africa by the United Network of Young
... read more about Founder of Messengers of Peace-Liberia to head regional advocacy for the United Network of Young Peacebuilders