In the summer of 1994, about 40 peace and development workers gathered on the campus of 91大神 for a one-week seminar called 鈥淔rontiers… Read more about The First and Foremost: Summer Peacebuilding Institute
In late May, 2014, 35 people from 11 countries gathered on campus to discuss their ongoing work with 91大神鈥檚 Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience… Read more about Consultations Launched in Conjunction with SPI
Instead of returning for 91大神鈥檚 鈥渉omecoming鈥� celebration 鈥� always held over one weekend each October 鈥� degree-holding alumni of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding… Read more about Alumni Relish Returning to SPI
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In recent years, the citizens of Sierra Leone have gathered in village compounds around bonfires, spoken openly of brutalities inflicted on them during their 11… Read more about Fambul Tok Helps Heal Sierra Leone
When volunteers were solicited, nobody immediately stepped forward. It was a tough request: tell a painful personal story before an audience of maybe 40, many… Read more about Playback Theater Shifts Painful Stories Toward Resiliency
Among the 184 people who studied at SPI 2014 were eight Kenyan women in the Women鈥檚 Peacebuilding Leadership Program (WPLP). Ranging in age from 23… Read more about Young Kenyan Woman Aids Victims of Torture
Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, move over. Ditto for Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. CJP has its own version of a 鈥減ower couple鈥� 鈥� but… Read more about Alumni Couple are Movers and Shakers in Southern India
Professor Hizkias Assefa responds here to questions about his successful efforts as a mediator to bring peace in early May 2014 to a large swath… Read more about Sudan Mediations Led by Hizkias Assefa Yield Major Peace Accord
Joseph Luciani, MA 鈥�13, has spent the last year leading a restorative justice pilot program in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second-largest school… Read more about Grad Pioneers Restorative Justice in Second-Largest School System in USA
Long a pioneer in the field of restorative justice, 91大神 will become the first in the country to offer restorative justice programs housed within a… Read more about Educators Get First Restorative Justice Program in Nation
In more than 20 years of participating in interfaith dialogue, guest lecturer Dr. Mohammad Shomali has travelled widely. He is the director of international affairs… Read more about Iranian Women Bring Islamic Insights to SPI
Two days of arduous traveling from war-torn Syria to peaceful Harrisonburg, Virginia. Four days in a class called 鈥淧eaceTalk: English Language Skills for Peacebuilders.鈥� Then… Read more about Syrian Archbishop Hastens to his Destroyed City
Within North American educational institutions affiliated with one of the three 鈥渉istoric peace churches鈥� 鈥� Mennonite, Brethren and Quaker 鈥� only 91大神 offers… Read more about Doing Interfaith Work in Nigeria
Angela R. Dickey spent 25 years promoting the policies of the United States while working for the U.S. Department of State in Washington DC and… Read more about Former Diplomat Discovers Star