JM Stratford

Pace e Bene Blogger

JM is a recent graduate of Bluffton University (Ohio) with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, minor in biblical studies. JM was serving as an intern with Pace e Bene through Mennonite Voluntary Service, taking over coordination of the Nonviolence Stories Project. Currently He is a Pace e Bene blogger

JM’s passion for social justice and peace are rooted in the Mennonite tradition which he encountered and then embraced while a student at Bluffton University. JM’s main experience in the peace and justice field comes from two summers spent in Palestine (West Bank, Israel), first as a volunteer and participant in the Palestine Summer Encounter program and then as a coordinator of the program.