When Jarem Sawatsky wanted to bring trauma coursework to the Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP), he turned to two experts he knew well: Vernon Jantzi,… Read more about Familiar Feeling + Fresh Rituals = Moving Experience
Supported by a grant from the United States Institute of Peace, a couple dozen people gathered at EMU for four days in the summer of… Read more about Institute Leaders Conferred in 2004: Lessons from First and Only Group Gathering
In the years I spent earning my master’s degree in conflict transformation in the early 2000s, the Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) class I took with… Read more about Studying under a Maestro of Peace
Recurring themes emerged as we prepared this Peacebuilder on SPI-inspired initiatives around the world. We have summarized these as 14 calls to action. They are in… Read more about 2014-15 Calls to Action by Peacebuilding Institutes
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
Several years ago I lived and worked in a highly stressful environment with no access to professional support, for over three years. This was one… Read more about e-Therapy and e-Support: An expressive therapist explores how to be supportive from a distance, when face-to-face isn’t an option
We convened a vibrant group of colleagues during SPI 2014 to discuss STAR. This was a first attempt at convening a three-year process of a… Read more about Report on the STAR/Trauma Consultation at SPI 2014
In the summer of 1994, about 40 peace and development workers gathered on the campus of Eastern Mennonite University for a one-week seminar called “Frontiers… Read more about The First and Foremost: Summer Peacebuilding Institute
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
Instead of returning for EMU’s “homecoming” celebration – always held over one weekend each October – degree-holding alumni of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding… Read more about Alumni Relish Returning to SPI