{"id":36603,"date":"2018-01-23T16:04:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T21:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=36603"},"modified":"2018-01-26T11:29:51","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T16:29:51","slug":"emus-peacebuilding-institute-invites-leaders-u-s-congress-learn-talking-sticks-circle-processes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/emus-peacebuilding-institute-invites-leaders-u-s-congress-learn-talking-sticks-circle-processes\/","title":{"rendered":"EMU’s peacebuilding institute invites leaders of U.S. Congress to learn more about talking sticks and circle processes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eastern Mennonite University\u2019s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding<\/a> has invited leaders of Congress to learn more about using talking sticks in circle processes at its Summer Peacebuilding Institute<\/a> (SPI). <\/span><\/p>\n

The invitation was issued after a group of senators used a talking stick to help negotiate an end to the recent government shutdown. It was extended via an email from Daryl Byler<\/a>, the center\u2019s executive director, on Tuesday \u2013 which will be followed by a mailed letter \u2013 to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas), Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and to House of Representatives Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n