Members of Peace Fellowship, EMU’s Peacebuilding & Development student organization, recently attended the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) United Nations annual student seminar on “Migration, Faith, and Action” in New York City. This week we feature three reflections from that trip on the PXD Blog (read the first and third posts). The second is a collaborative … Continue reading A Reflection on the 2017 MCC UN Conference by Winifred Gray-Johnson & Noah Haglund
A Reflection on the 2017 MCC UN Conference by Elizabeth Witmer
Members of Peace Fellowship, EMU’s Peacebuilding & Development student organization, recently attended the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) United Nations annual student seminar on “Migration, Faith, and Action” in New York City. This week we feature three reflections from that trip on the PXD Blog (read the second and third posts). The first is a post … Continue reading A Reflection on the 2017 MCC UN Conference by Elizabeth Witmer
Grad School Q & A: Jessica Sarriot ’11, pursuing a master’s in public affairs at Princeton
Jessica Sarriot is a 2011 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), where she majored in peacebuilding and development with minors in pre-law and political studies. Since earning her bachelor’s degree, she has worked for Mennonite Central Committee in Colombia and the Industrial Areas Foundation in Arlington, Virginia. She also traveled to five countries to work on independent research about civil … Continue reading Grad School Q & A: Jessica Sarriot ’11, pursuing a master’s in public affairs at Princeton
Life Goes On: The Importance of Peacebuilding During Conflict by Kaitlin Heatwole
When I accepted a three-year contract as Mennonite Central Committee’s program coordinator for Iraq in fall 2013, I did not expect to be thrown into a conflict setting. At that time Iraq was relatively stable, with US troops withdrawn, sectarian violence in decline, and nothing big on the news. I envisioned applying my PXD degree … Continue reading Life Goes On: The Importance of Peacebuilding During Conflict by Kaitlin Heatwole
The Face of Systematic Racism (Part 2) by Katrina Poplett
This post is the continuation of a reflection I wrote in the midst of my Peacebuilding & Development summer practicum doing restorative justice work in Minneapolis, MN with the organization Restorative Justice Community Action. My reflection centers on my interactions with a woman who had been abused by the U.S. judicial system. To read the … Continue reading The Face of Systematic Racism (Part 2) by Katrina Poplett
The Face of Systematic Racism (Part 1) by Katrina Poplett
Tensions in Minneapolis, Minnesota were elevated this summer, by the trial and acquittal of a police officer who shot Phillando Castille, an innocent black man, and other incidents of police violence. I call Minneapolis my home, and it was challenging to know how to become involved in dismantling a system of discrimination. To fulfill my Peacebuilding … Continue reading The Face of Systematic Racism (Part 1) by Katrina Poplett
Welcome to the (ill-advised) PXD blog! by Ben Bailey
Doesn’t everyone at some point think to themselves “I should start a blog!”? If not a blog then a podcast. Their friends roll their eyes… and for so many good reasons: blogs take a lot of time and energy for one. Two, it seems as though everything that could be written on a blog has … Continue reading Welcome to the (ill-advised) PXD blog! by Ben Bailey