What's Happening in Conflict Resolution" is a weekly roundup of the all the ADR news, jobs, events and more. Check it out each week and view past versions [HERE].
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Conflict Engagement and ADR in the News
New app to boost land conflict resolution
By Densye Tuyishime (12/19/16. Rwanda Eye).
The work of mediators (Abunzi) on land related conflict resolution has now been made easy with a new smart mobile phone application dubbed ICT4D (ICT for Development).The application launched by Rwanda Initiative for Sustainable Development (RISD) will enable mediators to file a case using a smart phone unlike in the past when they had to fill files.
Abunzi are local community volunteers who sacrifice their time to handle conflicts within the community. The government doesn’t pay them but facilitates them with basic needs to perform effectively.
“It will now take less than a day for a land conflict case to be submitted to the responsible authorities for a resolution to be found. We used to have to make reports to each authority and this was a lot of work for a volunteer” said Joselyne Ingabire, the president of mediation committee at Kimironko sector. To see how the data from this app will be used click HERE.
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School Discipline in a Post-Obama World
By Emily Deruy (12/20/16; The Atlantic. Photo from Pixaboy).
Education Secretary John King is a generally soft-spoken, thoughtful guy. It’s hard to imagine him as a kid giving his teachers any trouble. But the topmost education official in the United States actually got booted from Phillips Andover Academy, an elite boarding school north of Boston, back when he was a high-school student there in the early 1990s. King, whose parents had both passed away by the time he was 13, felt “unhappy and overwhelmed” by the school’s unfamiliar culture and strict rules.
After boarding school, he went to live with his aunt and uncle, a former Tuskegee Airman who provided a sense of stability. Always strong academically, King, who grew up in Brooklyn, rebounded, and ultimately completed his undergraduate work at Harvard before earning a law degree from Yale, and a master’s in social studies and education from Columbia; he worked full-time and raised two small girls with his wife, Melissa, while he was getting his advanced degrees. Agree with his progressive politics or not, he’s clearly achieved some level of personal and professional success.
But things could’ve gone so differently. Find out how second chances helping Sec. King, how this relates to restorative justice, and what might happen to such processes in the future HERE.
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On criminal justice issues at least, principles are trumping partisanship
By Greg Deroche (12/19/16. The News & Observer)
At a recent Washington Post live forum on juvenile justice, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said he may not run for re-election in 2020 if Congress can’t rally together enough to pass common-sense reforms on issues like criminal justice. Tillis was joined at the event by Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del) to raise a united front for smarter sentencing. His comments highlight the vital importance of the battle now being fought for the future of America’s criminal justice system.
Despite the political turbulence of the past year, criminal justice reform is proving to be too important to be squelched by partisan squabbling. No matter where you sit, it’s easy to agree that sentences should be proportionate to the crime, and lowering crime rates through prisoner rehabilitation is good for society. Click HERE to see how questions of justice and rehabilitation cut across partisan lines.
Good Reads: Blogs, Books, and More!
In a Dialogue: In a Dignilogue
By Carol Smaldino (12/20/16; The Huffington Post. Image from Pixabay)
Circulating on the web this week is a piece by Maria Popova from her very creative, exciting and timely web site www.brainpickings.org that includes some thoughts of the renowned physicist David Bohm on the subject of communication. They come together in a series of essays from the 1970s and 80s, called “On Dialogue”. Due to the extraordinary impasse that we seem to be encountering within our own country, the subject is of crucial importance.
I have in my own writing, (in a book “Talking out Loud about the Human Climate”, expected release by Dignity Press in Fall of 2017) been discussing a concept that I’m referring to as “talking out loud” and which is about establishing the climate of freedom and curiosity, that seems hard to come by at this moment in time. Just over a week ago, I attended a conference held every year at Columbia University Teachers College by the Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies Group, an international organization devoted to peaceful conflict resolution, dignity and a world without humiliation.
HDHS has created what they are calling “dignilogues”, that basically reinforce the presence of dignity within a dialogue.... Click HERE to learn more about dignilogues!
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How healthy families resolve conflict
By Linda Lewis Griffith (12/20/16. The Tribute)
Every family experiences trying moments. Even emotionally healthy clans have their share of drama, misunderstandings and hurt feelings.
What’s different about healthy families is how they handle their inevitable struggles. They don’t allow them to undermine the foundation of the household. Rather, they take steps to solve them quickly and completely.
There’s nothing magic about what they do. The strategies are free and available to all. But they do require respect, diligence and commitment. Click HERE to find out the answer to how healthy families resolve conflict.
Movie Review
Review: 'Loving' by Brian Tallerico Click HERE to read the review.
Upcoming Events
ACR Live Presents: Post US Election Conversation, Part 1
Bernie Mayer and Sharon Press, Facilitating
Wednesday, December 21, 2:00 - 3:15 PM (EST)
The webinar is complimentary and registration is required.
Click HERE to learn more.
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Symposium – 50 Years of Loving: Seeking Justice Through Love and Relationships
March 23-24, 2017
The Werner Institute and the 2040 Initiative
at the Creighton University School of Law
invite you to a symposium exploring how the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Loving v. Virginia has influenced society institutionally, demographically and relationally. Participants will also develop strategies for moving from thought to action by building relationships across difference.
The Creighton Law Review seeks submissions exploring issues related to this landmark case. Please visit our call for submissions page.
In partnership with Kutak Rock LLP
Register for the symposium Here
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