Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, Eastern Mennonite University

The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University offers graduate-level courses and trainings in international development, strategic peacebuilding, trauma, organizational health and restorative justice, for civil society leaders and professionals looking to develop secondary skills to further their work and organizational mission. CJP’s programs offer formal and informal space for organizing and networking with peacebuilders from around the world: The graduate program has nearly 450 alumni from 60 countries and the Summer Peacebuilding Institute welcomes participants from 40 countries each year. CJP’s faculty are practicing peacebuilders with extensive domestic and international experience, who incorporate that experience in the classroom, offering real-life peacebuilding examples, teachings skills and translating practice into theory. CJP includes the graduate program in conflict transformation; the Summer Peacebuilding Institute; and the Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) program. It was founded in 1994 as a practice-oriented institute that would equip individuals, organizations and communities to work for justice and peace.