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Contingent of EMU educators to present at annual Peace and Justice Studies Conference in Harrisonburg

October 6, 2015Last updated June 29, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

As peace and justice studies educators from around the country converge on James Madison University for the Oct. 15-17 Peace and Justice Studies Conference, a large contingent of faculty and

Harrisonburg police and community members join hands in offering restorative justice option

March 19, 2015Last updated April 2, 2015 by Andrew Jenner

If one particular young man in Harrisonburg had stolen from his employer a few months earlier, he might have found himself standing before a judge, facing a possible jail sentence.

The First and the Foremost: Summer Peacebuilding Institute

June 22, 2014Last updated August 22, 2014 by

In the summer of 1994, about 40 peace and development workers gathered on the campus of Eastern Mennonite University for a one-week seminar called “Frontiers in International Peacebuilding.” It was

First mediation center in state

March 8, 2014Last updated July 8, 2014 by

Harrisonburg’s Fairfield Center– known for most of its 32-year history as the Community Mediation Center – has a long record of leadership in promoting and practicing creative problem-solving in Virginia.

Former Fulbright fellow, nationally known leader in human security, to speak at intercollegiate peace forum

January 15, 2014Last updated September 17, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

Lisa Schirch, PhD, director of human security at the Alliance for Peacebuilding and a former Fulbright fellow in East and West Africa, will give the keynote speech at the 2014

Play Explores Peace, Justice Themes

May 23, 2011Last updated June 9, 2011 by

Ted & Company TheaterWorks and the Summer Peacebuilding Institute at Eastern Mennonite University will present “I’d Like to Buy an Enemy” 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 3, in the MainStage Theater

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