Fall 08 / Winter 09
Peacebuilder is the official alumni magazine of EMU's Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. The fall/winter 08 issue addresses many topics:
- the work of CJP alumni and staff like Doreen Ruto, Babu Ayindo and Hizkias Assefa in Kenya after post-election violence erupted in early 2008
- the healing of Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) alumnus David Works and his family after losing two daughters in the 2007 Colorado Springs church shooting
- New SPI leadership as Pat Hostetter Martin retires and Sue Williams moves in
- the launch of a groundbreaking new national initiative Fambul Tok encouraging truth-telling and healing within the extended family in war-torn Sierra Leone. This article was written by SPI alum Libby Hoffman, president and founder of Catalyst for Peace. Robert Roche, a 2008 CJP graduate, is a field program officer for the U.S.-based Catalyst for Peace, and he serves as an advisor to the Fambul Tok process. Amy Potter, a CJP graduate and current associate director of CJP's Practice and Training Institute, is the overal Fambul Tok program officer for Catalyst.
- CJP Professor Barry Hart's local and global leadership
