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Restorative justice experts join in Zehr Institute’s 3-year project to map the future of the field

July 7, 2015Last updated July 16, 2015 by Bonnie Price Lofton

A three-year project to envision and map a positive future for restorative justice began in mid-2015 with a five-day meeting of 36 people drawn from a wide range of backgrounds

Exploring Restorative Justice: Peacebuilders, crime victims and ex-prisoners

June 25, 2007 by Chris Edwards

Crime victims, offenders and communities share a stake in restorative justice. At the just-completed Summer Peacebuilding Institute at EMU, two courses brought stakeholders face-to-face. A former Virginia prisoner studied with

Christmas Lesson: Death Penalty Fuels Crime

December 22, 2006 by Howard Zehr

Howard Zehr I am with a group of men in prison. We are in a seminar I have been leading for some weeks. Most are many years into serving life

‘YPCA’ Celebrates 85 Years of Ministry, Service

October 23, 2006 by Andrea Schrock Wenger

Nearly 250 people – current students, former members, local church members gathered to celebrate 85 years of ministry, service and outreach through the Young People’s Christian Association Saturday, Oct. 14,

On Abu Ghraib and war itself: See through relativism of abuse

June 22, 2004 by Earl Martin and Pat Hostetter Martin

By Earl Martin and Pat Hostetter Martin As religious pacifists, we have grieved deeply – with the rest of the world – over the images of dehumanization that have emerged