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Conflict Resolution Day

Conflict
Resolution Day is an international celebration
held annually on the third Thursday in October.
The date for Conflict Resolution Day 2008 is
October 16. Join in and promote conflict
resolution in your community!
For
a list of Conflict
Resolution Day 2008 events, click here.
For
a list of
Conflict Resolution Day 2007 events, click here.
For a list of
Conflict Resolution
Day 2006 events,
click here.
For
a list of
Conflict Resolution
Day 2005 events,
click here.
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Conflict Resolution Day Event Resources
For
a general list of event ideas,
click here.
Posters are available for your use and now
available in four languages. To download a copy of a poster,
please click on the links below. You may also
purchase a glossy, 12 x 18 reproduction of the
Conflict Resolution Day Poster in English. The image
costs $5.00 (shipping included). To order,
download
a product order form and fax or mail with
payment to ACR.
Conflict
Resolution Day Poster - English
Conflict
Resolution Day Poster - Spanish
Conflict
Resolution Day Poster - French
Conflict Resolution Day Poster - Japanese
For
ideas on holding events in K-12 schools or with
K-12 students, check out conflict resolution lessons
and activities for elementary, middle and high
school classrooms in the book
Peaceful
Schools Build Peaceful Communities,
produced by the Florida
Law Related Education Association, Inc. and the
Florida Dispute Resolution Center. Additional
resources for the classroom include
School
Activity Suggestions,
also produced by the Florida Dispute Resolution
Center.
For
a toolkit on planning school-based Conflict Resolution
Day events, including sample proclamations,
click here.
Interested in securing
a proclamation in your state? To view a request
letter that helped secure the Pennsylvania gubernatorial
proclamation,
click here.
To see the Mediation Week
Proclamation from the Governor of Florida, click
here
How to Get Involved
Interested in working
on Conflict Resolution Day 2008? Have an event
planned or in progress that you’d like ACR
to know about and promote? Send an email to
acr@ACRnet.org.
History
In 2005, in order
to increase public awareness about conflict resolution
and its many benefits, ACR’s Board of Directors
adopted a resolution designating October 20, 2005
as Conflict Resolution Day. ACR coordinated its
efforts with other conflict resolution organizations
and reached out to local, state and international
groups to build interest in holding local celebrations
in conjunction with Conflict Resolution Day. Events
were held in Canada, Portugal, and 22 U.S. states.
Also in the United States, a number of counties,
cities and states adopted proclamations designating
day- or week-long conflict resolution celebrations.
In March 2006, ACR’s Board of
Directors adopted a resolution designating the
third Thursday in October as Conflict Resolution
Day. Going forward, Conflict Resolution Day will
always be held on the third Thursday of October.
This year the event will be on October 16, 2008.
To read the resolution,
click here.
In 2006,
World Mediation Forum (WMF) joined
ACR in co-sponsoring Conflict Resolution
Day. To read the WMF resolution,
click here.
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