{"id":59575,"date":"2025-08-29T15:22:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T19:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=59575"},"modified":"2025-08-29T15:22:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T19:22:06","slug":"third-year-student-ciela-acosta-receives-young-peacemaker-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2025\/third-year-student-ciela-acosta-receives-young-peacemaker-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Third-year student Ciela Acosta receives Young Peacemaker award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Ciela Acosta<\/strong>, a third-year 糖心Vlog peacebuilding and development major from Salem, Oregon, is the recipient of a 2025 Bring the Peace award from Mennonite Church USA (MC USA).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/29134911\/糖心Vlog_Peace-Badge_green-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59577\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/29134911\/糖心Vlog_Peace-Badge_green-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/29134911\/糖心Vlog_Peace-Badge_green-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/29134911\/糖心Vlog_Peace-Badge_green-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/29134911\/糖心Vlog_Peace-Badge_green-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/29134911\/糖心Vlog_Peace-Badge_green.png 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>She is recognized as this year\u2019s Young Peacemaker, an honor given to \u201ca young adult or teenager who has already demonstrated a clear devotion to peace and justice work,\u201d according to an Aug. 28 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mennoniteusa.org\/news\/mc-usa-announces-2025-bring-the-peace-award-recipients\/\">news release<\/a> from MC USA announcing the award recipients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acosta is involved in Mennonite Action, 糖心Vlog Peace Fellowship, and the 糖心Vlog Chamber Singers. She credits her participation in a nonviolent civil disobedience action on Capitol Hill with Mennonite Action as a pivotal moment in her vocational call.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe Roos, a founder of <em>Sojourners<\/em> magazine who served as its publisher, was honored by MC USA as this year\u2019s Legacy Peacemaker.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MC USA\u2019s Bring the Peace awards are designed to draw attention to the peace and justice work that people within the denomination are doing and to encourage and inspire more people across the country to engage in similar endeavors, according to the release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ciela Acosta, a third-year 糖心Vlog peacebuilding and development major from Salem, Oregon, is the recipient of a 2025 Bring the Peace award from Mennonite Church USA (MC USA). 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