CJP HIGHLIGHTS 2020-21 In the spring and summer of 2020, CJP quickly and successfully moved the Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) fully online. Our response to the pandemic continued through the 2020-21 school year. At their June 2021 meeting, the EMU Board of Trustees encouraged CJP to continue exploring ways to move online in order to “maximize our global impact at a time of heightened demand and relevance.”
HOW DID WE DO IT? WE RECOGNIZED THAT THE PANDEMIC WOULD DISRUPT HIGHER EDUCATION FOR YEARS TO COME, SO WE...
WE PACED OURSELVES BY…
• Moved all existing degrees and graduate certificates online and committed to those who opted to enroll online that we would get them through a degree or certificate online. • Launched the newly approved Master of Arts in Transformational Leadership (MATL), a mostly online program for working professionals, in SPI 2020 instead of SPI 2021. Our message was “Join us for the kind of learning and support that can prepare you to lead in challenging times. If you commit to us, we will commit to you.”
• Postponing the 25th Anniversary Celebration from June 2020 to June 2021. • Pausing STAR during SPI 2020.
• Using the STAR pause for a long-desired curriculum revision as well as a redesign for online delivery. WE NOTICED AND MAXIMIZED OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DISRUPTION BY…
Lead Trainer Katie Mansfield PhD and STAR’s advisory group deepened the curriculum’s emphasis on multiple types of violence and injustice and further integrated the wisdom of varied communities of practice. The advisory group includes educators, community leaders, artists and activists who address systemic racism, domestic violence, and historical harms, integrate restorative and transformative justice approaches, and cultivate spaces for healing and truth-telling: Ram Bhagat EdD, Meenakshi Chhabra PhD, Lisa Collins EdD, Johonna McCants-Turner PhD, Donna Minter PhD, and Crixell Shell MS.
• Creating a new “Winter SPI” online training program delivered in February-March 2021. 42 participants took four courses, joining from nine countries, 13 states, and the District of Columbia.
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