Switzerland - The Graduate Institute, Geneva

EASTERN MENNONITE UNIVERSITY, CENTER FOR JUSTICE
AND PEACEBUILDING
Address
Phone (540) 432-4490
Fax (540) 432-4449
Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, Eastern
Mennonite University, 1200 Park Road,
Harrisonburg, VA 22802 - 2462
Web http://www.emu.edu/ctp/
E-Mail cjp@emu.edu
Category Research & Knowledge
MISSION STATEMENT
Rooted in the Mennonite historic peace church tradition of Christianity, CJP prepares and supports individuals and institutions of
diverse religious and philosophical backgrounds in the creation of a just and peaceful world.
Founding year 1994.
BACKGROUND AND ACTIVITIES
The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) was founded to further the personal and professional development of individuals as
peacebuilders and to strengthen the peacebuilding capacities of the institutions they serve. The program is committed to supporting
conflict transformation and peacebuilding efforts at all levels of society in situations of complex, protracted, violent or potentially
violent, social conflict in the United States and abroad. Open to people from all parts of the world and all religious traditions, CJP
builds upon EMU's Christian/Anabaptist faith commitments and strengths. The rigors of academic specialization are combined with
practical preparation for a life of nonviolence, witness, service, and peacebuilding in the larger society and world. The program also
builds upon Mennonite domestic and international service experience in disaster response, humanitarian relief, restorative justice and
socioeconomic development.
The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding includes a Graduate Program in Conflict Transformation, a Summer Peacebuilding Institute
and a Practice Institute (previously the Institute for Justice and Peacebuilding).
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Docherty, J. S. (2001). Learning Lessons from Waco: When the Parties Bring Their Gods to the Negotiation Table. New York,
Syracuse University Press.
Evans, A. F. and R. Evans (2001). Peace Skills: Leader's Guide. New Jersey, Jossey-Bass.
Jenner, J. M. and J. P. Lederach (2002). A Handbook of International Peacebuilding: Into the Eye of the Storm. San Francisco,
Jossey-Bass.
Lederach, J. P. (1998). Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies. Washington, DC, United States Institute of
Peace Press.