What's Happening [08.28.12]

Work it (out)! Mediation Training Amidst Fabulous Fall Fashions

By Brad Heckman- Folks, here's an article in the big fat fall fashion edition of ELLE magazine...about New York Peace Institute's Mediation Training. Bob Morris, author of Assisted Loving, recently took our training, and put it to good use on the homefront with his hubby, Ira.

In the room with grayish-green walls and slate-gray carpet (a very gray area indeed), many hands go up. Not mine. Controlling people don’t listen; they script. When someone’s talking, I’m usually fashioning a response before hearing a full sentence. It’s like being a talk-show host 24-7, always angling to produce the most potent observation or the snappiest comeback...

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Conflict Resolution Day - October 18 2012

Each Year ACR celebrates Conflict Resolution Day the third Thursday of October.

Our logo of the tree was designed as a symbol to celebrate growth in Conflict Resolution. The first year, start small, but just like the tree the seeds you plant one year, will continue to grow and blossom each year.

Conflict Resolution Day was conceived in 2005 by ACR to:

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Foreclosure mediation angers bankers, pleases housing advocates

The mortgage industry is in an uproar over a proposal that would require banks to participate in professional mediation before foreclosing on St. Louis County homeowners.

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