SPI 2024 has ended. Please check back in October for information about SPI 2025.
SPI 2024
If you have questions about a particular course that are not answered in the information below, please feel free to contact the SPI office at spi@emu.edu.
Welcome to SPI 2024
This summer SPI will offer 3 in-person sessions with at least four courses per session. Courses are offered for academic credit or audit/training. Audit/training students are expected to participate fully in classes as outlined in the course syllabus. Proficiency in spoken and written English is required.
If you are interested in taking a course for academic credit, please contact cjp-registrar@emu.edu
If you are interested in taking a course for audit/training, please complete the SPI Application.
Courses for Graduate Credit and Professional Development
Most courses are available for 2 or 3 credits. Please see the course syllabi for more information.
Session 1: May 13 - 21, 2024
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Analysis: Understanding Conflict - PAX 533
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Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR), Level 2 - PAX 640 (Prerequisite: STAR 1)
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Transformational Leadership for Effective Change - PAX 568
Session 2: May 23 - 31, 2024
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Formation for Peacebuilding Practice: PAX 532
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Global Challenges, Local Struggles, Transnational Solidarities - PAX 635 (Prerequisite: Analysis and Formation)
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Forgiveness and Reconciliation - PAX 563
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RJ: Principles, Theories, Applications - PAX 571
Session 3: June 3 - 7, 2024
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Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR), Level 1 - PAX 540 (This course is Full)
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Circle Processes - PAX 672(This Course is Full)
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Unsettling Antiracism - PAX 693
Workshops in Collaboration with Eastern Mennonite Seminary: May 22 and June 13
As part of the ongoing collaboration between the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding
and Eastern Mennonite Seminary, the Shalom Collaboratory will host a series of half- and full- trainings geared toward pastoral and lay leaders
in faith-based communities. Registration for these events is separate from the application
and registration process for the SPI courses listed above. Find more information here:
Shalom Collaboratory Workshops
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May 22: Becoming Resilient Leaders with Trauma-Aware Practices
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May 22: Healing Harm and Repairing Relationships within Churches and Beyond
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June 13: Navigating Tough Conversations with Adaptive Leadership Skills
Special Seminars: June 10-12 & 26-28, 2024
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June 10 - 12: Climate STARR: Strategies for Climate Trauma, Action, Resilience, and Regeneration
Cosponsored by the Humanitarian Development Partnerships International (HDPI) and EMU's STAR program
Continuing Education Credits are available.
For more information and registration, go to climate STARR
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June 26 - 28: Addressing the Impact and Trauma of Migration (AITM)
Cosponsored by the Humanitarian Development Partnerships International (HDPI) and EMU's STAR program
Continuing Education Credits are available.
For more information and registration, go to AITM
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