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CJP grad helps pilot restorative justice program in nation’s second-largest school system

June 13, 2014Last updated August 11, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

Joseph Luciani, MA ’13, has spent the last year leading a restorative justice pilot program in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second-largest school system in the United States.

Desire to address, heal, traumatic legacy of U.S. slavery sparks growth in Coming to the Table group

June 5, 2014Last updated June 25, 2014 by David Yoder

Sessions at Coming to the Table are rarely easy. Despite the time separating current Americans from the era of legal slavery in the United States, the wounds of racial injustice

Kenyan group begins Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program at EMU

June 4, 2014Last updated June 25, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

Among the 200 people studying at the 2014 Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) are eight Kenyan women in the Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program (WPLP). Ranging in age from 23 to 51,

Volunteers discover power of playback theater to shift painful stories toward path of healing

June 2, 2014Last updated June 20, 2014 by Lauren Jefferson

When volunteers were solicited, nobody immediately stepped forward. It was a tough request: tell a painful personal story before an audience of maybe 40, many of them strangers to each

Iranian-Islamic women scholars embrace model of interactive teaching at Summer Peacebuilding Institute

May 23, 2014Last updated June 29, 2016 by Bonnie Price Lofton

For two women from an Islamic seminary in Iran, one of the best parts about attending the 2014 Summer Peacebuilding Institute at Eastern Mennonite University is experiencing an interactive style

Joshua Mensah emerges as strong communicator, innovator, fulfilling hopes of his Nobel-winning mother in his own way

April 25, 2014Last updated May 9, 2014 by Paul Souder

Joshua Mensah landed at Eastern Mennonite University because his Nobel prize-winning mother, Leymah Gbowee, wanted him to go to a Christian college that emphasizes community and peacebuilding. “Coming from an

Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee to speak at 2014 commencement

March 31, 2014Last updated September 24, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

Leymah Gbowee, co-winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, will give the address at Eastern Mennonite University’s 96th commencement on Sunday, April 27. Gbowee is a 2007 graduate of EMU,

Award-winning filmmaking shows powerful role of media in sparking deep conversations and social change

March 28, 2014Last updated April 9, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

In a new approach to promoting peaceful communities, graduate students at Eastern Mennonite University are leading conversation around an award-winning documentary about people who collaborated to paint massive murals in

EMU, MCC leaders nurture warm relationship with Islamic scholars in Iran

March 8, 2014Last updated March 21, 2014 by Lauren Jefferson

J. Daryl Byler’s 11th trip to Iran marks the culmination of nearly a quarter-century of bridge-building efforts between North American Mennonites and Iranians. Byler, who is executive director of the

Two pioneers of Playback Theatre – evoking understanding, empathy and change – will be teaching at SPI 2014

February 20, 2014Last updated March 7, 2014 by Paul Souder

Imagine a theatrical performance with no starting script. Several actors listen intently to a volunteer from the audience tell a first-person story. On the cue, “Let’s watch,” the actors interpret

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