On a warm late-March evening, two young Sierra Leonean men gathered at a village bonfire, surrounded by family members, elders, and neighbors. Once close friends,… Read more about Path to Healing In War-Torn Sierra Leone
Robert Roche, MA ’08, brings unique qualifications to his role as field program officer for U.S.-based Catalyst for Peace, serving as a “technical advisor” to… Read more about ‘Outsider’ Suited To Fambul Tok
When the previous issue of Peacebuilder went to the printer on January 7, 2008, it contained uplifting thoughts from Jebiwot Sumbeiywo, a 2004 MA graduate… Read more about Kenyan Peacebuilders Show Way Out Of Election Violence
EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) has more MA graduates in conflict transformation in Kenya than in any other country of the world, except… Read more about CJP People Took Action
The race leading up to the December 2007 election between presidential incumbent Mwai Kibaki and opposition candidate Raila Odinga was tight. Early returns showed Odinga… Read more about Towards Understanding the Violence in Kenya
In recent years, Kenya looked as if it were going to be among those African countries in the forefront of finding their way toward national… Read more about What Future for Kenya?
Four students from Kenya are at CJP now, pursuing an MA in conflict transformation. One of these students (Jeannine Cinco) is American, but she was… Read more about Students at CJP Note Role of Media
For more than 25 years, Barry Hart has exerted quiet leadership in the field of conflict transformation – it’s the kind that attracts little attention… Read more about Barry Hart: Local and Global Leadership
On September 8, 2007, Thaddeus Hicks, MA ’08, was handing out bottles of water and sandwiches from a Salvation Army emergency canteen in downtown Atlanta,… Read more about From Cop to Servant: Paying Penance to the Needy
The Salvation Army began in 1865 when English clergyman William Booth decided to take his message of God’s redemptive love for everyone, including the most… Read more about What is the Salvation Army?