IRIS DE LE脫N-HARTSHORN MA 鈥�05 has served Mennonite Central Committee (1996-2007) and Mennonite Church USA (2007-present) in various leadership roles. Previously the church鈥檚 director of… Read more about Q & A with Iris De Le贸n-Hartshorn MA ’05
IN EARLY FEBRUARY 2018, 20 scholars from five leading Iraqi universities and a representative from Iraq鈥檚 Ministry of Education gathered in Beirut, Lebanon, for a… Read more about Developing Peace Education Curriculum in Iraq
The full-tuition scholarship for an international or indigenous person 鈥渘ew to peacebuilding鈥� requires an application from the individual and a partnering organization. A six-week internship… Read more about 2017 Winston Fellows
Although the roughly two dozen Kenyan women in the room worked in diverse contexts across the country, they had much in common. All of them… Read more about WPLP Graduates In Kenya Form Women’s Peacebuilding Network
Representatives from six police departments across the country attended a law enforcement retreat on restorative justice in November 2016 near Harrisonburg, Virginia. The retreat was… Read more about RJ Retreat Brings Together Law Enforcement Practitioners
In the late 1990s, Brazilian judge Isabel Lima traveled to a conference in New Zealand to talk about her work with juvenile offenders. After her… Read more about Visiting CJP Scholar Plans Restorative Justice Seminar for Brazilian Practitioners in October
LENORE BAJARE-DUKES AND SAMANTHA LAWLER, then-MA candidates, spent their spring 2017 semester practicum with Richmond-based social justice theater company The Conciliation Project. For both women,… Read more about Mapping Truth-Telling: National map will help organizations to network their truth and reconciliation efforts
By the time Fulbright Scholar Myriam Aziz arrived from Lebanon to start her master鈥檚 degree at CJP in fall 2015, the U.S. presidential primary was… Read more about Recent CJP Grad Produces Documentary Humanizing Syrian Refugees, Returns To Campus As Teaching Fellow
NEW FACES, SAME COMMITMENT TO INNOVATION CJP innovates. Co-founding director John Paul Lederach challenged conflict resolution advocates to focus on relationships. Howard Zehr pioneered restorative… Read more about Creative Change at CJP
Recently I asked a handful of CJP supporters why they give to CJP. I think you may be as amazed by the breadth and depth… Read more about Why Do You Support CJP?
Around the world, communities are hungry for justice that addresses root causes and fosters healing. For too long, justice narrowly focused on punishment through prisons,… Read more about From the Executive Director: Justice That Heals
WHEN GREGORY WINSHIP MA 鈥�17 begins teaching a new course of conflict transformation training at United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, he waits until the second session… Read more about First Master’s In Restorative Justice Graduate
FOR 15 STUDENTS participating in a resilience training at 91大神, one role-play activity hit close to home. The small-group skits invited them to… Read more about High School Refugees Learn From STAR Training
LYDELL STEINER鈥橲 VOCATION came calling in the form of a persistent acquaintance who recognized his skills might fit a community need. The Ohio native was… Read more about Entrepreneurship in the Peacebuilding World
Jean Claude Nkundwa MA 鈥�14, who works for peace in his native country of Burundi from exile in Rwanda, accepted the CJP鈥檚 Peacebuilder of the… Read more about Jean Claude Nkundwa Earns CJP Peacebuilder of the Year
IN AN IRAQI MALL ON VALENTINE鈥橲 DAY, shoppers were treated to a unique sight. Twenty-eight young people wearing traditional dress from the many cultures in… Read more about Iraqi Youth Work To Build Culture of Peace
TRAUMA AWARENESS SUPPORT IS 鈥楢S IMPORTANT AS BREAD: ONE FEEDS OUR SPIRITS AND THE OTHER OUR BODIES.鈥� 鈥擲yrian Orthodox Church clergy member WHEN DOUG AND… Read more about Transforming the Front Lines: Syrian Caregiving in Crisis
In January 2017, on their first day of winter break, a group of Palestinian teachers, administrators, counselors and other school workers gathered in Bethlehem to… Read more about Palestinian Educators Enjoy Week-Long STAR Training in Bethlehem
IN A WIDESPREAD, FAST-MOVING FIELD such as restorative justice (RJ), how does a major grant-funding organization discern where to allot funds? One answer: engage with… Read more about Maximizing Restorative Justice Impact