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<\/a>TOP READ:<\/strong> Zehr Institute hosts restorative justice retreat<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\nBoth the preview<\/a> and the coverage<\/a> of this event, co-hosted by the Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice<\/a> and the Harrisonburg Police Department, drew more than 1,000 readers to our news blog and Facebook posts. We were even contacted by several police departments who wanted to participate in the three-day retreat, which was limited to invitees.<\/p>\nThe attention continued when we moved the article to the most prominent place on our university website, with a photo (above) of Professors Howard Zehr and Carl Stauffer with Harrisonburg Police Department Lieutenant Kurt Boshart.<\/p>\n
The attention shows that restorative justice is on the move! (Check out CJP\u2019s new MA in Restorative Justice program<\/a>.)<\/p>\n2. <\/strong>Pastor Matthew Bucher\u2019s welcome signs spread across the United States<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n![\"welcomesign\"](\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/welcomesign-300x225.jpg\")
<\/a>The sign created by Pastor Matthew Bucher, a 2015 graduate of CJP and Eastern Mennonite Seminary, and his congregation at Immanuel Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg, Va.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMatthew, who earned his Master of Divinity degree and<\/em> a graduate degree in conflict transformation in 2015, has been all over the news lately with a special sign that he and his congregation at Immanuel Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg have created. The signs have been featured on NPR, Huffington Post and several metropolitan television news shows. We’re just waiting for the story to get to Good Morning America!
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n3. <\/strong>Longtime peacebuilding and organizational development professor is named next director of EMU\u2019s MBA program <\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\nDr. David Brubaker\u2019s move, after 12 years of teaching at CJP, to director of EMU\u2019s MBA program drew several hundred readers and comments on Facebook. He continues to provide his organizational expertise to CJP, while fostering continued collaboration between all graduate programs. \u201cI\u2019m excited to see the MBA program keep developing as one of those hubs within a well-integrated, creative and committed-to-excellence graduate division,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
4. CJP Professor Lisa Schirch finishes first-of-a-kind curriculum to improve civilian security sector relations<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nIn March at a conference in The Hague, Dr. Lisa Schirch released her new 300-page training manual, three years in the making, titled Handbook on Human Security: A Civil-Military-Police Curriculum<\/em>. The handbook, with case studies, policy brief and two videos, are available online<\/a>. She\u2019s used the case studies in a new Summer Peacebuilding Class class on \u201cPeacebuilding Approaches to Violent Extremism,\u201d yet another article that generated interest.<\/p>\n5. CJP partners with Kellogg Foundation\u2019s new national initiative on truth, racial healing, and transformation<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nAs the W.K. Kellogg Foundation national initiative gains momentum, look for more news, from EMU and in the national media, on this groundbreaking and exciting movement aimed at truth, racial healing and transformation<\/a> in the United States. Executive Director Daryl Byler is involved in a working group, and Professors Johonna Turner and Carl Stauffer will be connected to future work.<\/p>\n![\"cjp-ceremony-newsfeature-101\"](\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/CJP-Ceremony-NEWSFEATURE-101-300x182.jpg\")
<\/a>Reception for CJP graduates after EMU Commencement ceremonies. Photo by Joaquin Sosa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe goal of the multi-year project, which has garnered significant pledges of financial and moral support from a number of prominent organizations, is \u201cto address and transform present inequities linked to historic and contemporary beliefs in racial hierarchy.\u201d<\/p>\n
6. CJP graduates celebrate at Commencement<\/a><\/h3>\nCommencement articles are always well-read and 2016 was no different. This year, 22 graduates earned master\u2019s degrees in conflict transformation and 15 earned graduate certificates. Of those 15, 11 were members of the Women\u2019s Peacebuilding Leadership Program<\/a> from Kenya and Somaliland who were recognized in a ceremony<\/a> in January in December. Four others earned a graduate certificate in conflict transformation.<\/p>\n7. EMU professors help design grant-funded restorative justice pilot project in Mississippi schools<\/a><\/h3>\nAlong with restorative justice, readers tune in to anything about restorative justice in education. Professors Kathy Evans and Johonna Turner lead this project. Evans was tapped to contribute to an article about the concept in The Atlantic: her advice attracted about 200 readers, who shared the article on Facebook.<\/p>\n
8.\u00a0<\/strong> Doreen Ruto, alumna and peacebuilding partner in Africa, is remembered<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\nDoreen Ruto Jemutai MA \u201906 was an integral supporter and partner of Eastern Mennonite University\u2019s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, When she died in January, the peacebuilding world lost a major partner. Doreen\u2019s work<\/a> spanned multiple countries in Africa, as well as the United States. In 2011, she founded Daima Initiatives for Peace and Development<\/a> (DiPaD) in Kenya, an organization which continues. She will always be remembered warmly for her many gifts.<\/p>\n9. Coming To The Table\u2019s \u2018National Gathering\u2019 marks 10 years of acknowledging the wounds of slavery<\/a><\/h3>\n![\"flint-47\"](\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/Flint-47-300x200.jpg\")
<\/a>Ryan Beuthin in Flint, Michigan. (Photo by Jon Styer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nFrom Georgia, New York, Oregon, Illinois, Arizona, Colorado, Ohio, Hawaii and around the United States: more than\u00a090 people have come to Eastern Mennonite University for June\u2019s National Gathering of Coming To The Table<\/a> (CTTT), an organization that brings together descendants of the enslaved with the descendants of slave owners. The keynote address was given by Gail Christopher, vice president for policy and senior advisor for the Kellogg Foundation. [CJP is a partner in Kellogg\u2019s national truth, healing and transformation project: see No. 5 above).<\/p>\n10. Ryan Beuthin MA \u201911<\/a> on life and work in Flint, Michigan in the latest Crossroads<\/em> magazine.<\/h3>\nThis article about Ryan Beuthin, a 2011 graduate of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, and his wife Janie is drawing wide-ranging interest. The Beuthins live in Flint, Michigan, where a clean water crisis and economic and racial inequities are challenging all citizens to be both peacemakers and peacebuilders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The attention continued when we moved the article to the most prominent place on our university website, with a photo (above) of Professors Howard Zehr and Carl Stauffer with Harrisonburg Police Department Lieutenant Kurt Boshart.<\/p>\n
The attention shows that restorative justice is on the move! (Check out CJP\u2019s new MA in Restorative Justice program<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Matthew, who earned his Master of Divinity degree and<\/em> a graduate degree in conflict transformation in 2015, has been all over the news lately with a special sign that he and his congregation at Immanuel Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg have created. The signs have been featured on NPR, Huffington Post and several metropolitan television news shows. We’re just waiting for the story to get to Good Morning America! Dr. David Brubaker\u2019s move, after 12 years of teaching at CJP, to director of EMU\u2019s MBA program drew several hundred readers and comments on Facebook. He continues to provide his organizational expertise to CJP, while fostering continued collaboration between all graduate programs. \u201cI\u2019m excited to see the MBA program keep developing as one of those hubs within a well-integrated, creative and committed-to-excellence graduate division,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n In March at a conference in The Hague, Dr. Lisa Schirch released her new 300-page training manual, three years in the making, titled Handbook on Human Security: A Civil-Military-Police Curriculum<\/em>. The handbook, with case studies, policy brief and two videos, are available online<\/a>. She\u2019s used the case studies in a new Summer Peacebuilding Class class on \u201cPeacebuilding Approaches to Violent Extremism,\u201d yet another article that generated interest.<\/p>\n As the W.K. Kellogg Foundation national initiative gains momentum, look for more news, from EMU and in the national media, on this groundbreaking and exciting movement aimed at truth, racial healing and transformation<\/a> in the United States. Executive Director Daryl Byler is involved in a working group, and Professors Johonna Turner and Carl Stauffer will be connected to future work.<\/p>\n The goal of the multi-year project, which has garnered significant pledges of financial and moral support from a number of prominent organizations, is \u201cto address and transform present inequities linked to historic and contemporary beliefs in racial hierarchy.\u201d<\/p>\n Commencement articles are always well-read and 2016 was no different. This year, 22 graduates earned master\u2019s degrees in conflict transformation and 15 earned graduate certificates. Of those 15, 11 were members of the Women\u2019s Peacebuilding Leadership Program<\/a> from Kenya and Somaliland who were recognized in a ceremony<\/a> in January in December. Four others earned a graduate certificate in conflict transformation.<\/p>\n Along with restorative justice, readers tune in to anything about restorative justice in education. Professors Kathy Evans and Johonna Turner lead this project. Evans was tapped to contribute to an article about the concept in The Atlantic: her advice attracted about 200 readers, who shared the article on Facebook.<\/p>\n Doreen Ruto Jemutai MA \u201906 was an integral supporter and partner of Eastern Mennonite University\u2019s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, When she died in January, the peacebuilding world lost a major partner. Doreen\u2019s work<\/a> spanned multiple countries in Africa, as well as the United States. In 2011, she founded Daima Initiatives for Peace and Development<\/a> (DiPaD) in Kenya, an organization which continues. She will always be remembered warmly for her many gifts.<\/p>\n From Georgia, New York, Oregon, Illinois, Arizona, Colorado, Ohio, Hawaii and around the United States: more than\u00a090 people have come to Eastern Mennonite University for June\u2019s National Gathering of Coming To The Table<\/a> (CTTT), an organization that brings together descendants of the enslaved with the descendants of slave owners. The keynote address was given by Gail Christopher, vice president for policy and senior advisor for the Kellogg Foundation. [CJP is a partner in Kellogg\u2019s national truth, healing and transformation project: see No. 5 above).<\/p>\n This article about Ryan Beuthin, a 2011 graduate of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, and his wife Janie is drawing wide-ranging interest. The Beuthins live in Flint, Michigan, where a clean water crisis and economic and racial inequities are challenging all citizens to be both peacemakers and peacebuilders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2. <\/strong>Pastor Matthew Bucher\u2019s welcome signs spread across the United States<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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\n<\/strong><\/p>\n3. <\/strong>Longtime peacebuilding and organizational development professor is named next director of EMU\u2019s MBA program <\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
4. CJP Professor Lisa Schirch finishes first-of-a-kind curriculum to improve civilian security sector relations<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n
5. CJP partners with Kellogg Foundation\u2019s new national initiative on truth, racial healing, and transformation<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n
<\/a>6. CJP graduates celebrate at Commencement<\/a><\/h3>\n
7. EMU professors help design grant-funded restorative justice pilot project in Mississippi schools<\/a><\/h3>\n
8.\u00a0<\/strong> Doreen Ruto, alumna and peacebuilding partner in Africa, is remembered<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
9. Coming To The Table\u2019s \u2018National Gathering\u2019 marks 10 years of acknowledging the wounds of slavery<\/a><\/h3>\n
<\/a>10. Ryan Beuthin MA \u201911<\/a> on life and work in Flint, Michigan in the latest Crossroads<\/em> magazine.<\/h3>\n