Of the 12 peacebuilding training centers around the world developed by alumni of EMU’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI), only one focuses exclusively on conflict within… Read more about Bridge Builders, 1996: Working Exclusively Within a Faith Tradition
When the Church of England installed its first woman bishop, 48-year-old Libby Lane, on March 8, 2015 – on International Women’s Day – it represented… Read more about Enabling Difficult Conversations to Be Respectful
Two decades before Bishop Dinis Matsolo journeyed from Mozambique to the United States to take three courses at EMU’s 2005 Summer Peacebuilding Institute, he was… Read more about JustaPaz, 1996: Lifting Mozambique from the Rubble of War
The news coming out of Burkina Faso worried Emmanuel Bombande, MA ’02, in late October 2014 as he boarded a flight for Europe. For months,… Read more about WANEP/WAPI, 1998: Keeping Tensions from Escalating into Chaos
Much of the information on Emmanuel Bombande’s early life was culled from an article by Augustina Tawiah published in The Junior Graphic, 2008. In March… Read more about Emmanuel Bombande: ‘I remember soldiers holding guns, forcing us to sing’
“I’m not here to be a tourist,” I protested to Florina Benoit, MA ’04. “I just have 18 hours here. Wouldn’t it be better to… Read more about HMI’s Peace Trainings, 1999: Promoting Cross-Faith Civility, Justice
When Ramesh Prakashvelu, the Henry Martyn Institute’s associate director of praxis, was asked what he learned from Ron Kraybill, a former CJP professor who spent… Read more about What Ramesh Learned from Ron Kraybill
Weeks of xenophobic attacks in spring 2015 on migrants living in South Africa deeply affected Mulanda Jimmy Juma, though he was not threatened personally. Not… Read more about API, 2000: Birthing Peace Clubs in African Schools
Flora Bringi Francis of South Sudan wrote these reflections after attending the 2013 session of the Africa Peacebuilding Institute (API). Her words have been slightly… Read more about Flora Bringi Francis: ‘My Breakdown Became a Breakthrough’
The origins of the first peacebuilding institute in Asia can be traced to a conversation in the home of John Paul and Wendy Lederach when… Read more about MPI, 2000: Growing Branches from a Healthy Tree Trunk