peace-building – ݮ Podcast /now/podcast Audio programs from ݮ Mon, 23 Mar 2015 19:48:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 “Interfaith Peacebuilding in Africa” – Bruce Campbell-Janz /now/podcast/2012/10/05/interfaith-peacebuilding-in-africa-bruce-campbell-janz/ Fri, 05 Oct 2012 19:35:03 +0000 http://emu.edu/now/podcast/?p=2145 Hear stories of interfaith peacebuilding as experienced by Bruce Campbell-Janz, Director for , in this pre- chapel.

]]> Pray The Devil Back to Hell /now/podcast/2011/10/14/pray-the-devil-back-to-hell-2/ Sat, 15 Oct 2011 02:45:00 +0000 http://emu.edu/now/podcast/?p=3565 Hear the introduction of and response by .   “Pray the Devil Back to Hell,” is an award-winning documentary about the Liberian women who took on the warlords and regime of dictator Charles Taylor in the midst of a brutal civil war.  The documentary is not included in this podcast, but an introduction to the evening is followed by a response presentation by Leymah Gbowee.

]]> Inspired Peacebuilding – Leymah Gbowee ’11 and Doug Hostetter ’66 /now/podcast/2011/10/14/inspired-peacebuilding-leymah-gbowee-11-and-doug-hostetter-66-2/ Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:43:26 +0000 http://emu.edu/now/podcast/?p=3563 Leymah Gbowee and Doug Hostetter share stories on their experiences with faith-inspired peace building.  Carolyn Stauffer is worship leader.

Carolyn Stauffer is Assistant Professor in the Applied Social Sciences Department.

Doug Hostetter serves as the Mennonite Central Committee Representative to the United Nations and is a EMU alumnus. Doug is the 1966 class president.

Leymah Gbowee is a social activist and alumnus of the EMU Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. She is the 2011 EMU Alumna of the Year and was recently awarded a .

]]> The Faith of a Peacebuilder – Leymah Gbowee /now/podcast/2009/10/23/the-faith-of-a-peacebuilder-leymah-gbowee/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:06:39 +0000 http://emu.edu/now/podcast/?p=3455 Leymah Gbowee, a graduate of the MA in Conflict Studies program at EMU, speaks on how here Christian faith informs her work of peacebuilding – such as leading a group of women in a protest against the civil war in Liberia.

Leymah Gbowee has been working extensively in the field of conflict transformation and peacebuilding for over 12 years. She played a significant role in the Liberian peace process by leading the Liberian Women Mass Action Campaign from 2003-2005. She also worked as the Coordinator of the Liberian Women in Peacebuilding Network, which is part of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding/WANEP. She graduated from the EMU Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) in 2007. Since returning to Africa, she has won numerous awards, including most recently the Gruber Prize.

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