{"id":39141,"date":"2018-08-08T10:21:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T14:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=39141"},"modified":"2018-08-09T09:06:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T13:06:09","slug":"cjp-alumni-faculty-and-staff-present-at-the-2018-caux-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/cjp-alumni-faculty-and-staff-present-at-the-2018-caux-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"CJP alumni, faculty and staff present at the 2018 Caux Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eastern Mennonite University\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/cjp\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Center for Justice and Peacebuilding<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was represented at the Caux Forum in Switzerland this summer by six alumni, faculty and staff. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The forum, which takes place in the Caux Palace overlooking Lake Geneva above the city of Montreux, began in post World War II Switzerland. It welcomes approximately 1,500 people to its annual events from across civil society, government and business sectors to be inspired, equipped and connected, and promotes building bridges across societal and other divides with the aim of building \u201ca just, sustainable and peaceful world,\u201d its website says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Its approach includes reflection and storytelling \u2013 and inviting participants to serve the community by helping with tasks at the center. The sharing of menial tasks at the Caux Forum gives participants \u201ca unique way to connect with each other \u2026, places everyone on equal footing and breaks down silos,\u201d its website says. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39142\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39142\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/08\/20180712-Initiatives-of-Change-001-1000px-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/08\/20180712-Initiatives-of-Change-001-1000px-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/08\/20180712-Initiatives-of-Change-001-1000px-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/08\/20180712-Initiatives-of-Change-001-1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Center for Justice and Peacebuilding professor and Caux Scholars Program academic director <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Carl Stauffer<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was a keynote speaker during the Caux Forum.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The forum\u2019s conferences, which took place between June 28 and August 11, included titles such as \u201cAddressing Europe\u2019s Unfinished Business,\u201d \u201cTowards an Inclusive Peace\u201d (TIPS), \u201cJust Governance for Human Security,\u201d and \u201cEthical Leadership in Business.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CJP professor and Caux Scholars Program academic director <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/faculty-staff\/?show=cds494\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Carl Stauffer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was the restorative justice keynote speaker for TIPS. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other CJP staff and alumni who participated in this summer\u2019s Caux Forum conferences and programs included:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/tag\/mohammed-abu-nimer\/\"><b>Mohammed Abu-Nimer<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a former <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/cjp\/spi\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summer Peacebuilding Institute<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> instructor and a professor at the School of International Service at American University and founder of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/toc\/rjpd20\/current\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Journal of Peacebuilding and Development<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, also spoke at the TIPS conference.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/cjp-alumni\/aaron-oda\/\"><b>Aaron Oda<\/b><\/a> <b>MA \u201816<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was a lead facilitator for the Peace and Leadership Program, which offers training and experience for addressing global change. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/cjp-alumni\/jonathan-rudy\/\"><b>Jonathan Rudy<\/b><\/a><b> GC \u201801, SEM \u201801<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, senior advisory of human security for the Alliance for Peacebuilding, was a speaker during the \u201cJust Governance for Human Security\u201d conference, for which <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/cjp-alumni\/ferdinand-vaweka-djayerombe\/\"><b>Ferdinand Vaweka Djayerombe<\/b><\/a><b> MA \u201806<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, president of Pax Christi Montr\u00e9al, served as a technical liaison.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/faculty-staff\/?show=dmt2232\"><b>Diana Tovar Rojas<\/b><\/a><b> MA \u201817<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, CJP\u2019s peacebuilding network coordinator,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">led a circle processes training in the TIPS conference and represented CJP at a peace fair.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Professor <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/cjp\/spi\/instructors\/barry\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Barry Hart<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> previously served as academic director of the Caux Scholars Program and is a current member of the International Council of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iofc.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Initiatives of Change International<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (IofCI), a worldwide movement seeking the transformation of society. The Swiss IofC organizes the forum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At least eight other CJP graduates have participated in past Caux events, according to Stauffer and Hart.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eastern Mennonite University\u2019s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding was represented at the Caux Forum in Switzerland this summer by six alumni, faculty and staff. 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