Conflict Transformation Program of Eastern Mennonite University
1200 Park Road, Harrisonburg, Viriginia 22802

Spring 1999 Volume 1, No. 1

Footpaths

The journey towards peace is one in which the
end is not
known at the beginning.

Frequently, the journey cannot be made by flying over the conflict,
or by driving past
the conflict.
Those paths are tempting, but in the end often futile.

It's only by walking
through the conflict,
with the people who
are living it,
sharing the dust,
and the fatigue,
stumbling on rocks,
and starting again;
weeping with those
who weep,
and rejoicing with those who rejoice
that transformation can be reached.

This newsletter is the story of those people
around the world
Who are walking the footpaths of
Truth and Mercy,
Justice and Peace.

In this Issue:

Reflections
By Jan Jenner

Peace-Building and Jubilee in the Philippines
By Susan May F. Granada

Rethinking "International":
Some Thoughts for the CTP Community
By Lisa Schirch

Restorative Justice: Justice as Peacebuilding
By Thomas W. Porter, Jr

Voices of the Victims in the East African Bombings
By Joseph Ayindo Babu

The Dynamics of Linguistic Identity in Belgium
By Robert Olbrechts

Echoes in the Reservations of Palestine
By Saliba Tawil

Editor: Janice Jenner,
jennerjm@emu.edu
(540) 432-4238