Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Conflict mediation and transformation

Feb. 8 issue

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  Seminar teaches how to talk about difficult issues

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — David Brubaker believes the congregation is the best place to discuss and respond constructively to important community issues.

  But for that to happen, a congregation must be a safe haven where people listen to each other respectfully and speak with love.

Feb. 1 issue

• More use of statement on conflict encouraged

  Lavonne van der Zwaag and her 16-year-old daughter, Anna, wore pink last July at the Mennonite Church USA convention.

Nov. 30, 2009 issue

• Book on Gandhian nonviolence addresses today’s global issues

  ELKHART, Ind. — A book that broke new ground in 1963 provides fresh insights for today.

Feb. 9, 2009 issue

• Mediation is a calling on large, small scales

  OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Without conflict, there is no progress, Siaka Traoré told a group of West African church leaders and expatriate missionaries attending the Institut Missiologique du Sahel, an interdenominational mission training school.

June 23, 2008 issue

• EMU peacebuilders talk with military, government

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — What would representatives from organizations like the Army War College, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Norfolk’s Joint Forces Command, Catholic Relief Services and the U.S. Defense Department be doing at Eastern Mennonite University?

Dec. 24, 2007 issue

• Hesston alumnus honored for defusing hostage crisis

  HESSTON, Kan. — Sadi Othman, a civilian contractor in Iraq since 2003 and a 1993 graduate of Hesston College, has received a Civilian Award for Humanitarian Service from the U.S. Army for his role in defusing a dangerous hostage situation involving Iraq and Turkey.

Dec. 3, 2007 issue

• Northern Ireland native discusses mediator’s role in conflict

  BLUFFTON, Ohio — Inspired by the events of the infamous “Bloody Sunday” massacre of 1972, Michael Doherty, Bluffton University Pathways scholar-in-residence and director of the Peace and Reconciliation Group in Northern Ireland, reflected on his role as a community mediator Nov. 13.

Aug. 27, 2007 issue

• Philadelphia teen promotes peace, reconciliation among his peers

  PHILADELPHIA — Every day at school was a kind of mission trip for Keith Pretlow.

Aug. 20, 2007 issue

• Tanzanian leaders reconcile

  LAKE DIOCESE, Tanzania — After years of estrangement, some differences within Tanzania’s Mennonite conference have been reconciled.

July 30, 2007 issue

• CMU helps ease cultural tensions in Winnipeg

  WINNIPEG, Man. — Canadian Mennonite University is helping ease tensions between newcomers to the city and aboriginal residents.

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