{"id":4790,"date":"2016-04-21T08:37:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T13:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=4790"},"modified":"2016-04-21T08:37:42","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T13:37:42","slug":"brethren-collaborate-on-nigeria-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2016\/04\/21\/brethren-collaborate-on-nigeria-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Brethren Collaborate on Nigeria Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tAs part of the Church of the Brethren\u2019s work on Nigeria through Global Mission and Service, Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS), the Office of Public Witness, and students at Elizabethtown College have partnered to begin data collection and analysis of Boko Haram violence in northeastern Nigeria. The Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN) has a strong presence in the northeast, an area terrorized<\/span> by Boko Haram. Because of the Brethren presence in<\/span> northeast<\/span> Nigeria, the Church is in a unique position to shed light on the impact of Boko Haram\u2019s violence, especially as it targets Christian communities in the northeast.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Using data gathered by Dr. Rebecca Dali, Center for Caring, Empowerment, and \u00a0Peace Initiative (CCEPI), BVSers John and<\/span> Pat Krabacher initiated organizing Dr. Rebecca\u2019s raw data last year to display the 9745 killed by<\/span> Boko Haram in the northeast in a \u201cWall of Healing\u201d seen at Annual Conference 2015. Pat Krabacher is updating the \u201cWall\u201d data with the latest data from CCEPI and integrating short stories of victims into new visual data displays with assistance from Justin North (CoB Columbus, OH). \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At Elizabethtown College, a Church of the Brethren institution, Religious Studies and Interfaith Leadership Studies majors will supplement Dr. Dali\u2019s data by gathering a comprehensive collection of existing news reports about Boko Haram. Advised by Assistant Professor Dr. Richard Newton, they are charting the role of geography, demography, and religion in the conflict. By capturing these two data sets, we hope this research can better represent the impact of Boko Haram violence which can be communicated to U.S. and international humanitarian aid organizations .<\/span><\/p>\n

Nathan Hosler, Director of the Office of Public Witness, and BVS worker Jesse Winter will work to create a report of this data to be shared with church members and potential advocacy partners. Visual representations of preliminary data should be available through Global Mission and Service at Annual Conference in Greensboro, NC. As we look at the persisting crisis in Nigeria, now two years after Chibok and nearly seven years after the beginning of Boko Haram\u2019s insurgency in 2009, we hope this partnership and analysis can help communicate the pain and suffering of our EYN and Muslim neighbors and bring about meaningful peacemaking initiatives. <\/span><\/p>\n

In Christ’s peace,<\/h4>\n

\nJesse Winter<\/h4>\n

Peacebuilding and Policy Associate<\/h4>\n

Office of Public Witness<\/h4>\n

Washington, DC<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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