Larisa Zehr is a 2011 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University, where she majored in peacebuilding and development, and minored in pre-law, history and social sciences, and political studies. Since graduation, she has worked for the non-government organization (NGO) Sembrandopaz in Colombia – first with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), then directly as a staff member. She … Continue reading Grad School Q & A: Larisa Zehr ’11 heads to law school after six years of peacebuilding work in Colombia
ICPF Conference & Restorative Justice by Caleb Schrock-Hurst
This past weekend I jumped into a car with four other EMU students from Peace Fellowship Club and drove 10 hours north to Conrad Grebel University College in Kitchener/Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. About an hour and a half southwest of Toronto, Conrad Grebel is a sister school of EMU’s and was the host of this year’s … Continue reading ICPF Conference & Restorative Justice by Caleb Schrock-Hurst
After “Unite the Right”: a Nonviolent Direct Action Training at EMU by Anna Messer
Nation-wide fear, hostility, and anger peaked on August 11th and 12th 2017, when activists, including white supremacists and counter-protestors, violently clashed at the ‘Unite the Right’ rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. In part, the white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups came out to protest and rally against the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue, one of … Continue reading After “Unite the Right”: a Nonviolent Direct Action Training at EMU by Anna Messer