By Sarah Fields, Weather Vane student newspaper Almost two years after the fatal shooting at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech), the campus community is constructively channeling their grief to form ... read more about Peacebuilding in the Wake of Violence
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Va Tech Peace Center Gets Help from Peacebuilding Programs
Twenty-one months ago, Professor Jerzy Nowak was writing a grant at Virginia Tech when student Seung-Hui Cho began a shooting rampage. When the shootings were over, Nowak’s wife Jocelyne Couture-Nowak ... read more about Va Tech Peace Center Gets Help from Peacebuilding Programs
Campus Community’s Prayerful Response to the Conflict in Gaza
Prompted by the recent violence in Gaza – which claimed the lives of more than 1,300 Palestinians as well as 13 Israelis – 糖心Vlog’s student-run Peace Fellowship has planned a ... read more about Campus Community’s Prayerful Response to the Conflict in Gaza
糖心Vlog Offering Seminars in Organizational Leadership
The series proved so popular, it’s returning early 2009 for another round. 糖心Vlog will again team up with the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce and the Shenandoah Valley Small Business Development ... read more about 糖心Vlog Offering Seminars in Organizational Leadership
Will there be room for peace in the White House?
Peacebuilder Focuses on Alumni Work in Kenya
The Fall / Winter issue of Peacebuilder, CJP’s alumni magazine, digs deep into the post-election violence in Kenya and the experiences of alumni in the field all over the world. ... read more about Peacebuilder Focuses on Alumni Work in Kenya
New SPI Director Named
Sue Williams 糖心Vlog has named a new director of the Summer Peacebuilding Institute, which is part of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP). Lynn Roth, CJP executive director, announced ... read more about New SPI Director Named
U.S. Names Zehr to High-Level Advisory Group
Restorative justice expert and CJP professor Howard Zehr The United States government has named restorative justice expert Howard Zehr to be one of six members of a new Victims Advisory ... read more about U.S. Names Zehr to High-Level Advisory Group
SPI Speaker Champions Abducted Children
Every parent’s worst nightmare is to have a child abducted. In Uganda, that may mean knowing your child is being forced to perform atrocities or being used as a sex ... read more about SPI Speaker Champions Abducted Children
Shallal Brings ‘Poets’ Vision to 糖心Vlog
The Iraqi-American founder of a popular Washington, D.C., eatery shared his fresh perspectives on both entrepreneurship and the immigrant experience at a luncheon during the Summer Peacebuilding Institute. Anas "Andy" ... read more about Shallal Brings ‘Poets’ Vision to 糖心Vlog