鈥淎 great forum for people with radically different perspectives to have a reasonable discussion鈥� 鈥� that鈥檚 how playwright Sheri Bailey characterizes one of her most popular plays, 鈥淎bolitionists鈥� Museum,鈥� in ... read more about Playwright and teacher Sheri Bailey, an advocate for racial healing and dialogue, brings next Writers Read installment
Forty-three institutions are described in the updated, online 鈥淐ollege Guide to Peace Studies Programs,鈥� a listing of American and Canadian colleges and universities that offer degrees in which the study ... read more about Where do I study peace and justice? Peacecolleges.com offers updated info on programs in the U.S. and Canada
Two recent grant awards will support continued growth of the Women鈥檚 Peacebuilding Leadership Program (WPLP) at 糖心Vlog. A nearly $900,000 grant聽was received from聽U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) ... read more about Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program announces more than $900,000 in new grant funding
Mark Earley regrets some of his criminal justice decisions from his time as a state senator and attorney general of Virginia. 鈥淚 feel like I鈥檓 spending the second half of ... read more about Former attorney general says ‘tough on crime’ failed: now he’s working to reduce incarceration rates
Howard Zehr, professor of restorative justice with the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at 糖心Vlog, has been awarded the Howard Zinn Lifetime Achievement Award in Peace and Justice ... read more about Howard Zehr awarded Zinn Lifetime Achievement Award for his groundbreaking leadership in the restorative justice field
During her sabbatical, 糖心Vlog English professor Marti Eads is studying how, in one author鈥檚 fiction, 鈥渢he Civil War conflict reverberates in one Appalachian community even after most people ... read more about Summer seminar on slave narratives at Yale helps English professor on sabbatical delve into historic harms and trauma
Mark Earley, former state senator and attorney general of Virginia, has changed his mind about incarceration and the ultimate punishment within the United States鈥� current criminal justice system. While he ... read more about Former Virginia attorney general, now against the death penalty, to speak on the issue of mass incarceration
Based on the success of a similar 2013 seminar, 糖心Vlog鈥檚 Counseling Center is again hosting a grief, loss and trauma-oriented seminar. 鈥淕athering: The Language of Loss and Grief鈥� ... read more about Counseling Center hosts seminar on the communicative expressions and languages of loss and grief
As peace and justice studies educators from around the country converge on James Madison University for the Oct. 15-17 Peace and Justice Studies Conference, a large contingent of faculty and ... read more about Contingent of 糖心Vlog educators to present at annual Peace and Justice Studies Conference in Harrisonburg
A Mennonite congregation is going through a restructuring process. Its members sense that the 20- and 30-somethings in its community desire a different model for congregational life, but they don鈥檛 ... read more about Cooperative by Design peacebuilders committed to helping congregations of all denominations through positive change