In January, the focus was restorative justice and trauma healing; in February, campus sexual assault. In March, the Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice webinar looked… Read more about Zehr Institute Webinars Explore the Frontiers of Restorative Justice
Tammy Krause, MA ‘99, was selected for CJP’s 2016 Alumni Award for Outstanding Service. Krause, of Harrisonburg, Virginia, has worked on federal capital cases throughout the United… Read more about Defense-Victim Outreach Pioneer Tammy Krause Earns CJP Alumni Award for Outstanding Service
What to do about a world system that rewards greed and views altruism as a personal hobby or (worse) as a weakness? A system in… Read more about Seeking Answers to Structural Violence
In late May, 2014, 35 people from 11 countries gathered on campus to discuss their ongoing work with EMU’s Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience… Read more about Consultations Launched in Conjunction with SPI
In recent years, the citizens of Sierra Leone have gathered in village compounds around bonfires, spoken openly of brutalities inflicted on them during their 11… Read more about Fambul Tok Helps Heal Sierra Leone
When volunteers were solicited, nobody immediately stepped forward. It was a tough request: tell a painful personal story before an audience of maybe 40, many… Read more about Playback Theater Shifts Painful Stories Toward Resiliency
Joseph Luciani, MA ’13, has spent the last year leading a restorative justice pilot program in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second-largest school… Read more about Grad Pioneers Restorative Justice in Second-Largest School System in USA
Long a pioneer in the field of restorative justice, EMU will become the first in the country to offer restorative justice programs housed within a… Read more about Educators Get First Restorative Justice Program in Nation
In more than 20 years of participating in interfaith dialogue, guest lecturer Dr. Mohammad Shomali has travelled widely. He is the director of international affairs… Read more about Iranian Women Bring Islamic Insights to SPI
In 2001, I took a life-altering journey. A cousin, Katrina Brown, had made the startling discovery that the DeWolf family was the largest slave-trading family… Read more about A personal encounter with the legacy of slavery