Alumni Profile: Bethany Daman, BA Communications (’17)
For many, work and passion necessarily become parallel pursuits. But for 2017 grad Bethany Daman, working at Manitoba's Green Action Centre (GAC) enabled her to fuse the two, developing her professional gifts in direct service of her passion for social justice.
Daman, who earned her CMU degree in Communications and Media, has spent the last 18 months working for GAC as its Living Green, Living Well Coordinator—a job centred around community outreach and education regarding the many ways that living greener improves individual and community wellness.
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CMU in review: Peace and Justice Studies Association annual conference
Looking around her neighbourhood coffeeshop, graduate student Lauri Eagles (46) says the chief impact of this year's Peace and Justice Studies Association annual conference, was to refresh her awareness of the people, places, and events that move around her every day.
"My world can feel very small: kids, groceries, laundry, errands, schoolwork. Rinse, repeat. Same people, same roads, same coffeeshop. But attending this conference was a stark reminder that the world is so much bigger than my world—and there's a lot going on!"
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Roméo Saganash visits CMU
Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) students, staff and faculty gathered on Oct. 16 to hear Roméo Saganash speak on how Indigenous political leaders are keeping up the fight to see the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) implemented into Canadian law.
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Sunday@CMU: November 2019
Theme: Elijah the Prophet
Speaker: Moses Falco
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Meet Our Fall 2019 Pastor in Residence
When Michael Pahl received CMU's invitation to join us as fall 2019's Pastor in Residence, he immediately said yes.
"I absolutely love what CMU is about. It's such a palpably Jesus-centric, community-minded place, and the peace and reconciliation emphasis here, the rich Anabaptist roots—they're so tangible in how this place operates. CMU does not shy away from the big, difficult issues. The faculty and the students here engage, and they do so creatively, with joy and boldness. I love it, and I'm delighted to be a part of it for a while."
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