{"id":35073,"date":"2017-09-29T09:31:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T13:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=35073"},"modified":"2017-09-29T09:33:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T13:33:31","slug":"annual-peacebuilder-magazine-highlights-center-justice-peacebuildings-growing-influence-healing-justice-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/annual-peacebuilder-magazine-highlights-center-justice-peacebuildings-growing-influence-healing-justice-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Peacebuilder magazine highlights Center for Justice and Peacebuilding\u2019s growing influence in healing justice work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Name any current major conflict in the world, domestic or international, and there is likely at least one graduate on location, employing the analysis and peacebuilding tools learned while studying at Eastern Mennonite University\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/cjp\">Center for Justice and Peacebuilding<\/a> (CJP). As of September 2017, some 603 individuals \u2013 including 78 Fulbright scholars\u00a0\u2013 have received a graduate certificate and\/or MA degree from CJP.<\/p>\n<p>That influence is visible in the 2017-18 issue of the annual Peacebuilder magazine, which highlights CJP\u2019s programs: MA degree programs in conflict transformation and restorative justice, as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/cjp\/star\/\">Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/cjp\/spi\/\">Summer Peacebuilding Institute<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/cjp\/womens-leadership\/\">Women\u2019s Peacebuilding Leadership Program<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/zehr-institute.org\/\">Zehr Institute of Restorative Justice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"highlight highlight-right\"> Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/search?q=peacebuilder\">digital issue<\/a>.<\/aside>\n<p>In his foreword, Executive Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/jb459\">Daryl Byler<\/a> highlights CJP\u2019s growing role in healing justice work, \u201cwhich melds together the biblical themes of truth, grace and restored relationships and systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Healing justice in the United States<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two graduates assisted in a <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/2017\/09\/mapping-truth-telling-national-map-will-help-organizations-to-network-their-truth-and-reconciliation-efforts\/\">national mapping exercise<\/a> to gather data about the nature and extent of current truth-telling, racial healing, memorialization and social transformation initiatives.<\/li>\n<li>The Zehr Institute was awarded a $104,000 grant to <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/2017\/09\/maximizing-restorative-justice-impact\/\">lead a national process<\/a> aimed at identifying the most strategic areas to invest in order to support the restorative justice movement.<\/li>\n<li>New <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/2017\/09\/spi-2017-prepares-u-s-peacebuilders-for-civic-engagement-and-tough-conversations-in-polarized-times\/\">offerings at SPI in 2017<\/a> included four courses that directly addressed how to manage and transform divisive rhetoric and communication; how to bring polarized communities together and organize for change; and how to recognize and analyze systems of oppression. Additionally Carl Stauffer\u2019s truth-telling, reconciliation and restorative justice course \u2013 co-taught with Dr. Nicholas Rowe \u2013 drew 24 participants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>More articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mennonite Central Committee representatives talk about how STAR (Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience) trainings have \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/2017\/09\/transforming-the-front-lines-syrian-caregiving-in-crisis\/\">transformed the front lines<\/a>\u201d of Syrian and Lebanese staff, church leaders and other caregivers working with refugees.<\/li>\n<li>Graduates of the Women\u2019s Peacebuilding Leadership Program in Kenya form a <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/2017\/09\/wplp-graduates-in-kenya-form-womens-peacebuilding-network\/\">network<\/a> to influence middle-level civil society space.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/2017\/09\/recent-cjp-grad-produces-documentary-humanizing-syrian-refugees-returns-to-campus-as-teaching-fellow\/\">Myriam Aziz<\/a> \u201917 returns as a teaching fellow to EMU.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Jayne Seminare Docherty outlines <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/2017\/09\/creative-change-at-cjp\/\">creative change and new learning spaces<\/a> in the academic programs at CJP.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Peacebuilder magazine is housed at <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/\">www.emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder<\/a>. The site also includes <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/alumni\/\">professional profiles of CJP alumni<\/a>, who are encouraged to update their profiles regularly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name any current major conflict in the world, domestic or international, and there is likely at least one graduate on location, employing the analysis and peacebuilding tools learned while studying <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/annual-peacebuilder-magazine-highlights-center-justice-peacebuildings-growing-influence-healing-justice-work\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Annual Peacebuilder magazine highlights Center for Justice and Peacebuilding\u2019s growing influence in healing justice work<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12503,17562,14145,12537,12499],"tags":[13825,10545,17455,17054],"feature":[17424,17241],"class_list":["post-35073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cjp","category-digest","category-peacebuilding-and-development","category-star","category-spi","tag-carl-stauffer","tag-daryl-byler","tag-jayne-seminare-docherty","tag-myriam-aziz","feature-featured-graduate","feature-news-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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