Women hang their traditional skirts, Htamein, over the streets to stop the military forces in their tracks. This creative strategy stopped soldiers in Myanmar as a well-known superstition that a man may lose their power and influence when they walk under women's Htamein. Photo by: STR / AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES This week’s blog contributor … Continue reading #WhatisHappeninginMyanmar
Small Talk for Big Change by James Dunmore
Photo: City Of Churches by Paul Klee College campuses create a unique hub, students, professors and faculty coming together from many different locations and backgrounds, each playing their role to help foster an environment which might be conducive to personal and communal growth. Yet, for this to happen at its best, each individual must be … Continue reading Small Talk for Big Change by James Dunmore
Let Me Rest by Mariana Martinez-Hernandez
Photo by: Rachel Holderman/EMU I’ve been playing around with this poem for months. Studying in the field of peacebuilding has been the most significant step into a beautifully messy deconstruction of my life, beliefs, and emotions. The anger and frustration of this poem, I hope, will one day turn into joy and rest. Let Me … Continue reading Let Me Rest by Mariana Martinez-Hernandez
Both Siding by Naomi Davis
The EMU Black Student Alliance (BSA) reveals their Black Lives Matter mural, painted on the parking lot in front of the University Commons. Photo by: Rachel Holderman/EMU I woke up a couple of weeks ago disturbed by people idolizing compromise in a way that balances perspectives of liberation with anti-liberation. Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther … Continue reading Both Siding by Naomi Davis
PXD Blog: A Re-introduction by Simelwe Dlova and Timothy Seidel
This photo of Simelwe was taken in front of the Campus Center building. (Photo: Lucie Martinot-Lagarde ) PXD Blog: A Re-introduction by Simelwe Dlova and Timothy Seidel It’s been a while--more than a long COVID winter--but we (Simelwe and Tim) are dusting off the PXD Blog with some new energy and new ideas for 2021. … Continue reading PXD Blog: A Re-introduction by Simelwe Dlova and Timothy Seidel
EMU hosts Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship
Keynote speaker Erica Littlewolf, Northern Cheyenne from southeastern Montana, speaks at the Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship conference in February 2020. She works for Mennonite Central Committee's Indigenous Visioning Circle. (Photo by Macson McGuigan) This post was originally published at EMU News. EMU hosted the 2020 Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship February 7-9. The Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship (ICPF) is … Continue reading EMU hosts Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship
Encounter, Self-reflexivity, and Belonging by Timothy Seidel
Regardless of the class I am teaching—whether it’s Social and Political Economy, Globalization and Justice, or even History of the Middle East—I begin and end the semester with a conversation about what I think are really important learning goals. Yes, each class has its own particular learning goals, like “develop an understanding of the complexity … Continue reading Encounter, Self-reflexivity, and Belonging by Timothy Seidel