The entire month of March at ADRhub.com was dedicated to Mediators Beyond Borders with numerous activities held. This includes guest posts, podcasts, a webinar, and twitter chat.
The motivation behind this collaboration is to raise awareness of the important work Mediators Beyond Borders is engaged in through the technology that ADRhub.com offers. This allows not only information to be provided to MBB membership and the at large dispute resolution community but also allows everyone to engage one another.
A recap of the events are below in case you missed any of it. Even though the events have passed, it's not too late to join in. We invite everyone to have a look and pass along this information to anyone that is interested. We encourage everyone to keep the conversation going by passing along this information to others and also to leave comments in the respective posts below.
When promoting this on twitter, we invite you to use the #ADRhubMBB hastag.
Enjoy!
ADRhub Webinar: MBB Members Reflecting on Recent Programs
Ran Kuttner, Ph.D.- I am excited that March is a MBB month at the ADRHub. Mediators Beyond Boarders (MBB) is doing important work throughout the world and serves as a great ambassador to our field. I am a member of the Israel Project of MBB, as well as a member of MBB’s training committee. The Israel Project, originally known as the Middle East Initiative, has been working for over two years on establishing relations with and assisting organizations that are involved in cross-cultural mediation and community building in Israel, especially in the ‘mixed cities,’ where diverse communities of Jews and Arabs live together, or where other minority groups are part of the community. These cities are dealing with very complex issues and there is a need for innovative conflict engagement interventions. For example, in Akko, where there were severe cross-cultural riots in 2008, the community mediation center has created a program for crisis response. When a truck crashed into a bus stop in 2011, killing two Israeli soldiers, rumors began to fly that it was a deliberate act by an Arab driver. But the mediation center contacted police and established that it was a Jewish driver who had a heart attack. Mediators fanned out across the city neighborhoods in the area to stop the rumors, and Akko had another “riot that didn’t happen.”
Today’s post comes from one of the JAMS Weinstein International Fellows, Ximena Bustamante. Based in Ecuador, Ms. Bustamante is working to develop the field of ADR and train other ADR professionals in her home country. The Weinstein International Fellowship program is an opportunity for fellows from around the world to come to the United States to pursue a project of their own design that serves to advance dispute resolution in their home countries.
Mediators Beyond Borders (MBB) and the JAMS Foundation launched a mediation project inEcuador, providing tools and resources to support growth and professionalization of ADR. At the same time, this project will offer Ecuadorian and American mediators an opportunity for cross-cultural exchange and mutual learning. With these objectives, the Ecuador Projectwas conceived with three main objectives: 1) an online virtual resource, 2) a series of symposiums, and 3) an outreach component....
Join host Jeff Thompson and Charlie Pillsbury, executive director of Mediators Beyond Borders. Charlie explains what MBB does, some of their past work, current projects and upcoming plans. Visit their site [here].
Join host Jeff Thompson and Doug Noll, executive board member of Mediators Beyond Borders.
Doug shares how he got involved in MBB and conflict resolution work. They also discuss international conflict and the role MBB can take in developing peace on a global level. Get moreinformation on Doug's book, Elusive Peace: How Modern Diplomatic Strategies Could Better Resolve World Conflicts [here].
For those that participated, we hoped you enjoyed it. For those who have yet to, it is still not too late to catch up and see the work Mediators Beyond Borders has been doing. Let us know what you thought of this- feedback is always welcome!
Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBB) is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit, capacity-building organization, which brings together mediators and allied professionals to volunteer worldwide to build conflict resolution capacity in underserved areas in order to make local peacebuilding more effective and sustainable. MBB also advocates using mediation in resolving international public policy disputes and other conflicts.
About Mediators Beyond Borders:
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Today’s post comes from one of the JAMS Weinstein International Fellows, Ximena Bustamante. Based in Ecuador, Ms. Bustamante is working to develop the field of ADR and train other ADR professionals in her home country. The Weinstein International Fellowship program is an opportunity for fellows from around the world to come to the United States to pursue a project of their own design that serves to advance dispute resolution in their home countries.
