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UPCOMING EVENTS
Induction
Ceremony
Monday Oct. 26, 2009
Stone Prayer Chapel
Carter Center
6:00pm
Fall Banquet
Monday November 9, 2009
Boitnott Room
Kline Campus Center
Featured Speaker:
Dr. Laura Yordy
Spring Banquet
Monday March 22, 2010
Boitnott Room
Kline Campus Center
Featured Speaker:
Dr. Philip C. Stone,
President Bridgewater College
RECENT PAST EVENTS
Bridgewater College Annual
Awards Convocation
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Katie Harding and Kara
Heatwole won our annual scholarships!!!
Monday, April 20, 2009
Spring
Banquet
Bridgewater Retirement Community
6-8pm
Keynote Speaker:
Doing Justice on the Healing
Edge
Dr. Howard Zehr
Using stories and photos from his documentary books and projects,
Dr. Zehr described his efforts to integrate his photography, faith
and justice concerns. He
also discussed the concept of restorative justice and draw some
implications for our lives.
About the Speaker*:
Dr. Howard Zehr (B.A., Morehouse College, 1966;
M.A., University of Chicago, 1968; Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1974)
is Professor of Restorative Justice at the Center for Justice &
Peacebuilding, Eastern Mennonite University.
Before arriving at EMU
in 1996, Dr. Zehr served for 19 years as director of the Office on
Crime and Justice for Mennonite Central Committee U.S. His book,
Changing Lenses: A New Focus for Crime and Justice has been a
foundational work in the growing restorative justice movement; in
their book Restoring Justice, Dan Van Ness and Karen
Heederks Strong cite him as the “grandfather of restorative
justice.” He is also the author of numerous other books and
articles.
Dr. Zehr lectures and consults internationally on topics related to
restorative justice including victim offender conferencing, which he
helped pioneer. He has also worked professionally as a photographer
and photojournalist; a current involvement, with Lorraine Stutzman
Amstutz, is a photo/interview project,
When a Parent is in Prison.
In May, 2008, he was appointed to the Victims Advisory
Group of the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
Dr. Zehr is currently involved in the Koru Project which brings
together 25 CJP graduates who are involved
in restorative justice practice in an effort to compile, discuss and
share what they are learning about the practice and future of
“real-world” restorative justice.
* from:
http://www.emu.edu/personnel/people/show/zehrh See this
link also for more detail about Dr. Zehr and his scholarship.
Restorative Justice at the EMU
Center for Justice and Peacebuilding
Dr. Zehr's blog
on Restorative Justice
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
Dean's List Reception
co-hosted with
the Dean for Academic Affairs, Dr. Carol Scheppard
at President Stone's home
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