Najeeha Khan came to Friday\u2019s Summer Peacebuilding Institute Community Day at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) to gain organizing skills and learn about facilitating dialogue. The senior international affairs and religion major at nearby James Madison University says she and a friend with the university’s Muslim Student Association are \u201ctrying to organize an event that addresses Islamophobia for a conservative audience.\u201d<\/p>\n
Khan was among the 72 participants to participate in the second annual event, which offered a full day of networking, workshops and seminars modeled after the Summer Peacebuilding Institute<\/a>, a program of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding<\/a> (CJP).<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m getting the tools to move my vision forward \u2026 it is really inspiring,\u201d Khan said.<\/p>\n