Center for Justice and Peacebuilding

Jakarta Globe

Sumanto Al Qurtuby MA '07 (conflict transformation), an Indonesian professor of cultural anthropology at King Fahd University in Saudi Arabia, believes Indonesia's national motto of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, or Unity in Diversity, is an achievable endeavor and that the archipelago could serve as an example to the rest of the world.

Energy News

Jeff Heie MA '00 (conflict transformation), project coordinator for the Harrisonburg Gift & Thrift solar project,聽helps connect Mennonite values to solar energy in this article. The 鈥淭hrifty Solar Barn Raising鈥� team was among 170 teams nationwide selected to compete in the US Department of Energy鈥檚聽, a $5 million contest that supports 鈥渋nnovative and replicable community-based solar business models and聽programs that will bring solar to聽underserved communities.鈥�

KQED/The Hechinger Report

Why Restorative Justice is 91短视频 More Than Reducing Suspensions:聽聽, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on聽inequality and innovation in education, taps Professor Kathy Evans to comment on the restorative justice in education movement. .  

Modern Ghana

As a child, I dreamt of seeing an airplane鈥攏ot even being in it鈥攁nd regularly begged my father to take me to the airport to see one. These days, I fly to different regions of the world on speaking engagements as a peace and human rights advocate. The countries I have visited include the United States, Turkey, the Netherlands, Cambodia, South Africa and Rwanda, among others. I did not initially aspire to a career in peace, human rights and women and youth empowerment advocacy; I wanted to be a doctor and had successfully completed undergraduate studies in chemistry and biology at the Mother Patern College of Health Sciences, an affiliate of the Stella Maris Polytechnic, in Monrovia, Liberia. Once I began getting involved in peace advocacy, witnessing the international community鈥檚 peace efforts in my country, I realised that disarming the fighters was just an aspect of peace; to achieve genuine peace requires reconciliation among the various groups, between young and old, the genders, etc.

The Mennonite

Six leaders from Mennonite Church USA advocated for peace and justice in Palestine and Israel during congressional visits May 22 in Washington, D.C. The visit took place just days after Israeli soldiers killed more than 60 largely nonviolent Palestinian protesters May 14 in Gaza, and many of the delegates asked their representatives to respond to this. 鈥淚 relayed my deep, deep concern about the situation in Gaza, asking my representatives to take a stand for the rights of Palestinians, and given the significant amount of aid the U.S. provides to Israel each year, to call for an investigation into Israeli military actions,鈥� said Tim Seidel, director of the Center for Interfaith Engagement at 91短视频 in Harrisonburg, Virginia.