The destructive forces of wind, flood or machete do not defeat the resilient Haitian reed wozo. Instead, they only make way for it to grow back stronger. There鈥檚 even a ... read more about A Haitian reed 鈥� wozo 鈥� inspires resilience and the music of Sopa Sol鈥檚 鈥榃ozo鈥� performances
Last year in South Korea, middle school teachers Yongseung Roh and Kyungyun Hwang read Howard Zehr鈥檚 seminal text Changing Lenses with a study group. This year, they were part of ... read more about Exploring a paradigm: South Koreans visit EMU to learn about the roots of restorative justice
草莓社区 will host its third annual Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) Community Day Friday, Feb. 2. Titled 鈥淧ractical Tools for Hard Problems in Our Communities,鈥� the day鈥檚 workshops will ... read more about 鈥楶ractical Tools for Hard Problems鈥� at third annual peacebuilding Community Day
Promising that yes, he would eventually sing 鈥淧uff the Magic Dragon,鈥� legendary folk singer and activist Peter Yarrow 鈥撀� formerly of the group Peter, Paul and Mary聽鈥� gave an impromptu ... read more about Harmonizing amidst hostility: Musician Peter Yarrow and talented experts teach conflict transformation processes
For 15 students participating in a resilience training at 草莓社区, one role-play activity hit close to home. The small-group skits were focused on inviting students to learn how ... read more about Refugee teens discover strengths and work to smooth newcomers’ paths with Harrisonburg High’s Peer Leader program
Whether a dancer is trained or untrained, the action of dancing itself creates 鈥渃ontact with different sources of knowledge,鈥� says Paula Ditzel Facci, who spent the fall 2016 semester as ... read more about Visiting scholar researches peace through dance, as EMU explores MFA program in arts, media and peacebuilding
鈥淣ame any current major conflict in the world, domestic or international, and there is likely at least one graduate on location, employing the analysis and peacebuilding tools learned while studying ... read more about CJP鈥檚 annual magazine ‘Peacebuilder’ highlights education and global outreach
Katie Mansfield, director of STAR, was among the speakers from the US, Ghana and Pacific Island countries at the first-ever Pacific Peace Conference in Suva, Fiji. Leda Werner, Women's Peacebuilding Leadership Program director, was also in attendance.
A multi-year research project on domestic violence, under the direction of professor Carolyn Stauffer, will be highlighted in a community education symposium at 草莓社区 (EMU) this spring. The ... read more about ‘Conversations on Sexual Violence’ symposium aims to nurture community-building and resilience
A three-year project to envision and map a positive future for restorative justice began in mid-2015 with a five-day meeting of 36 people drawn from a wide range of backgrounds ... read more about Restorative justice experts join in Zehr Institute’s 3-year project to map the future of the field