Lingering Impressions
Of CJP’s First Graduates 1. More impact than they foresaw In the booklet When You Are the Peacebuilder, published just nine years ago [2001], the… Read more about Lingering Impressions
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Ten Steps Toward Ending the Chaos
These are excerpted, sometimes paraphrased, from the concluding chapter of Descent Into Chaos – The U.S. and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia… Read more about Ten Steps Toward Ending the Chaos
Advancing Peace & Mitigating Crises
Dr. Lisa Schirch, director of the 3D Security Initiative and EMU professor of peacebuilding, and Chic Dambach, president and CEO of the Alliance for Peacebuilding,… Read more about Advancing Peace & Mitigating Crises
The First D: Economic Development in Afghanistan
I was invited to Afghanistan for a week-long consultancy in June 2009 with an organization funded by USAID to bolster Afghan-run businesses. The organization is… Read more about The First D: Economic Development in Afghanistan
The Power of STAR (Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience)
Of all the programs offered by EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP), the 8-year-old STAR program is emerging as the must-do one. Willroy Grant… Read more about The Power of STAR (Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience)
Expanding Galaxy of STARs
Founded initially as a program to assist religious leaders and other caregivers in New York after 9/11, the demand for STAR is growing so fast,… Read more about Expanding Galaxy of STARs
National Focus on Historic Trauma Of Slavery
Coming to the Table (CTTT) is on the cusp of becoming a national movement. Thanks to an infusion of funding from the Kellogg Foundation and… Read more about National Focus on Historic Trauma Of Slavery
Howard Zehr’s Capital Introduction to Restorative Justice
On Oct. 16, 2008, the United States Sentencing Commission held a “working luncheon” in Washington D.C., where EMU restorative justice professor Howard Zehr was the… Read more about Howard Zehr’s Capital Introduction to Restorative Justice
Howard Zehr Keeps Planting Restorative Justice Seeds
At age 65, Howard Zehr muses with friends and colleagues about retiring and spending more time on his photography and kayaking, but he shows no signs of… Read more about Howard Zehr Keeps Planting Restorative Justice Seeds
How Effective Is Restorative Justice?
Though contemporary restorative justice began only about 30 years ago, the effectiveness of these practices in reducing violence, incarceration, recidivism, and suspensions and expulsions in… Read more about How Effective Is Restorative Justice?