Peacebuilder Trailer
A trailer to Peacebuilder, a podcast by the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP), at Eastern Mennonite University, in Harrisonburg, Va. We here at CJP… Listen about Peacebuilder Trailer
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Why are we talking about trauma?
Many traumagenic systems, situations and events are routinely minimized, though they generate frustration, pain and profound bodily impacts in everyday life – and affect different bodies in different ways. Below we name a few of these traumagenic – or potentially traumatic – systems, situations or events. Read more about Why are we talking about trauma?
Grad working through RJ to move Catholics to ‘An Entirely Different Way of Thinking’
For Caitlin Morneau, the work of mobilizing the 20 percent of Americans who identify as Catholic began with cowriting a book foreword with Eastern Mennonite… Read more about Grad working through RJ to move Catholics to ‘An Entirely Different Way of Thinking’
At CJP, Learning From and With Others
CJP is a practice-oriented program, preparing students from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds to engage proactively and reflectively in complicated real-world settings of conflict and… Read more about At CJP, Learning From and With Others
‘Changing the Narrative on Sexual Harms’
Eastern Mennonite University professor Carolyn Stauffer is leading the development of a new Strategies for Trauma and Resilience (STAR) curriculum focused on sexual harms. The… Read more about ‘Changing the Narrative on Sexual Harms’
Immediate Impact: Donors Help Fund Special Projects
Like many citizens, retired music professor Marge Maust and her partner Sandy Bahr have been dismayed and disheartened by accounts of increasing violence in communities… Read more about Immediate Impact: Donors Help Fund Special Projects
From the Executive Director: Global Community
For 25 years, CJP has been convening a global community of peacebuilders for mutual learning. The widely publicized case of the Palestinian student coming to… Read more about From the Executive Director: Global Community
‘The Circle Makes Equal Power’: South Korean Educators Learn, Share at CJP
South Korean Educator Eunkyung Ahn MA ‘19 began her CJP studies with an intensive short course about trauma and resilience – and she knew she… Read more about ‘The Circle Makes Equal Power’: South Korean Educators Learn, Share at CJP
Brazil Comes to SPI
For human rights and constitutional law attorney Diego Dall ’Agnol Maia, attending the 2019 Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) alongside more than 50 of his fellow… Read more about Brazil Comes to SPI
Tecla Namachanja Wanjala Honored as CJP’s 2019 Peacebuilder of the Year
Tecla Namachanja Wanjala MA ‘03 was honored as the 2019 Peacebuilder of the Year in May during the Summer Peacebuilding Institute. She accepted the award… Read more about Tecla Namachanja Wanjala Honored as CJP’s 2019 Peacebuilder of the Year