| ACR Update, September
19, 2001
Published by the Association for Conflict
Resolution,
a merged organization of AFM, CREnet
and SPIDR
http://acresolution.org
WELCOME TO ACR UPDATE!
ACR Update is sent on a regular basis
to share important conflict resolution
news and organizational updates with
our members. We encourage you to scroll
through the items listed below -- we're
sure you'll find this information very
useful and we look forward to your feedback!
CONTENTS OF ACR UPDATE (below)
September 19, 2001
[1] 2001 ACR Conference Update
* 2001 Annual Conference Happening As
Scheduled
[2] Publications Update
* Call for Submissions ACResolution
[3] Section Conferences
* Organizational Conflict Management
* Family Section
[4] Coping with the Tragic Events of
September 11, 2001
* Resources on trauma, terrorism, diversity
in the workplace, racial healing
[5] Featured Product
* "Best Practices for Government
Agencies - Guidelines for Using Collaborative
Agreement-Seeking Processes"
[6] Reader Feedback
* Carl R. Hazen and Brigitte Schmidt
Bell
[7] Featured Article
* "Cultural Issues in Mediation
- A Practical Guide to Individualist
and Collectivist Paradigms" by
Walter A. Wright
[8] ACR Newsbriefs
* New Staff Members
[9] Quotes
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[1] 2001 ACR Conference Update
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Annual Conference Happening as Scheduled!
In light of the tragic events of September
11, 2001, ACR believes it is critical
for the conflict resolution community
to come together to support one another.
Therefore, the ACR conference will be
held as planned, in Toronto, Canada,
October 10-13, 2001. The conference
schedule will include several blocks
of time for facilitated dialogue about
the terrorist attacks, and about our
responses to these events -- as human
beings and as people committed to the
peaceful resolution of conflicts.
Because of the timing of the attacks,
ACR has extended the "second chance"
registration until Friday, September
21. Be sure to register by September
21 to take advantage of the "second
chance" registration rate. Also,
if you have not booked your room at
the Sheraton, rooms in the ACR block
are filling up fast! Please call 416-947-4955,
ext. 4440 to reserve your room. We look
forward to welcoming you to Toronto
for ACR's launch event! The 2001 Conference
Brochure and registration information
is now online at: www.acresolution.org/research.nsf/key/conferences
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[2] Publications Update -- ACResolution
Call for Submissions
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We are eager to receive member contributions
to ACR’s new organizational magazine,
ACResolution, which will launch in October.
The deadline for submissions to the
January 2002 issue is October 5.
We welcome your contributions to the
following departments:
Balancing Act focuses on members who
are committed to ‘walking the
talk’ and developing themselves
as whole persons, both inside and outside
the workplace. Submissions of 150-250
words and photos should highlight an
after-hours activity or hobby that enables
you to feel centered and grounded outside
of your busy life as a conflict resolver.
Please tell us about how this activity
or hobby revitalizes you, helps you
achieve balance in your personal life,
feeds your intellect, and nurtures your
soul.
What Would You Do? Ethical dilemmas?
Seemingly intractable conflicts? Trouble
“walking the talk” with
colleagues, partners, family members?
Your own biases and expectations getting
in the way? Please describe (in 250
words or less) an experience that raised
a question for you regarding effective
conflict resolution practice. Senior
practitioners in the field will respond
to your queries with suggestions and
advice.
Voices is a one-page collection of
quotations about conflict resolution
and peacemaking that relate to a particular
issue’s theme. (The theme of the
January 2002 issue is the changing face
of the family and the impact on conflict
resolution theory and practice.) Please
send us quotes related to our field
that you find compelling and educative.
Letters to the Editor are both welcome
and encouraged as a means of enhancing
the dialogue between ACResolution and
its readers. (ACResolution reserves
the right to edit letters for space.)
If an article or column encourages or
frustrates you, we want to hear about
it!
General interest columns may include:
Section and Chapter news, members in
the news (awards, personnel moves, etc.),
and calendar information (conferences
and other activities or events related
to conflict resolution).
National and Regional Legislative and
Public Policy Updates. Please help us
raise member awareness by submitting
updates and highlights of conflict resolution-related
legislative and public policy news found
in the local, regional, and national
media.
[Note: Feature articles for the January
2002 issue have already been assigned.]
All submissions should be e-mailed with
complete contact information to ACR
Publications Manager Susan Williams
at swilliams@acresolution.org.
Submissions may also be sent on an IBM-compatible
disk to Publications Manager, ACR, 1527
New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Third Floor,
Washington, DC 20036. Please note that
ACR reserves the right not to publish
any submission for any reason, and that
submissions accepted for publication
may be edited for space and conformity
to accepted standards of language usage,
grammar, and punctuation.
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[3] Section Conferences
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Make your plans now to attend the ACR
Organizational Conflict Management Section
Conference at the Sheraton Colony Square
Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, November
29-December 1, 2001. The conference
program has been designed to offer attendees
numerous opportunities for networking,
idea exchanges, theory discussion, and
an in-depth look at issues involving
"Open Space Technology." Located
in Midtown Atlanta, the Sheraton Colony
Square Hotel provides easy access to
restaurants, galleries, and theaters.
Please plan on joining us! For more
information and a copy of the brochure,
please visit the ACR Web site and click
on the "conferences and programs"
icon, or contact Erin Weiss in the ACR
Conferences & Programs Department
at 202-667-9700, ext. 210, or via e-mail
at eweiss@acresolution.org
The ACR Family Section Conference,
"Many Faces of Family Mediation",
will be held in Savannah, Georgia February
28-March 2, 2002. We are pleased to
announce that Carla Garrity and Mitch
Barris, authors of "Children of
Divorce," "Caught in the Middle,"
and the recent publication "Working
with High-Conflict Families in Divorce
- A Guide for Professionals," will
offer the keynote address. In addition,
Mitch and Carla will present an advanced
workshop on working with children in
high conflict situations.
We are excited about the events planned,
as well as all the different possibilities
for workshops. Mock mediations with
expert mediators will not only provide
an opportunity to observe master mediators
at work, but also encourage an interactive
format to find out why mediators do
what they do when they do it. The conference
brochure will be available online at
www.acresolution.org/research.nsf/key/conferences
and in hard copy by early December.
We look forward to seeing all interested
family mediators in Savannah early next
year!
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[4] Coping with the Tragic Events of
September 11, 2001
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The ACR Board of Directors and staff
wish to express our heartfelt sorrow
for those who were killed, injured,
or otherwise impacted by the events
of last Tuesday, September 11th. This
is a sad moment for the United States
and the rest of the world.
The following Web sites offer resources
and information that may be helpful
in light of the terrorist attacks. Please
note that ACR is not responsible for
the content on these sites.
Network of Alliances Bridging Race
and Ethnicity offers resources on hate
and hate crimes, communities and racial
healing, and diversity in the workplace.
http://www.jointcenter.org/nabre/#
Southern Poverty Law Center provides
resources for parents and educators
when talking to children about bias
and about terrorism. http://www.splcenter.org/
American Psychological Association
has posted information on managing stress
and coping with trauma. http://helping.apa.org/daily/traumaticstress.html
National Alliance for the Mentally
Ill has "Resources for Responding
to Trauma and Terrorism," which
includes information about post traumatic
stress disorder, coping with trauma,
tips for talking about disasters with
various age and language groups and
more. http://www.nami.org/helpline/traumaresources.html
CR Info now has a special page on terrorism.
On this page one can find and post information
related to the September 11 crisis,
including: pre-existing and new information
about terrorism, key news items, social
and cultural background information
on the Middle East, and a Web board
for discussion. http://www.crinfo.org/terrorism/
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
highlights bias in news coverage of
current events, including terrorism.
http://www.fair.org/issues-news/terrorism.html
Common Dreams News Center is a collection
of alternative reporting on current
events, and offers exhaustive links
to US federal government Web sites,
periodicals, newspapers and other media
sites around the globe. http://www.commondreams.org/
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[5] Featured Product
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Each ACR Update will feature a new
product that reflects the wide range
of interests and subject areas of our
members.
Our featured product for this update
is:
"Best Practices for Government
Agencies - Guidelines for Using
Collaborative Agreement-Seeking Processes"
Government agencies are increasingly
using cooperative approaches to decision-making
in an effort to become more effective
and efficient in working with the public.
Along with the growth in use of these
processes, a number of concerns and
questions have emerged regarding their
appropriate use. This report proposes
a set of best practices for use of collaborative
decision-making processes.
Discounts are available for ACR members.
To order online, click below:
http://acresolution.org/research.nsf/key/REP-GovAg
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[6] Reader Feedback
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We are interested in getting your feedback.
What do you think of our new Web site?
What kind of features and/or content
would you like to see on the Web site?
How can we make the Web site better
serve you, our members?
Feedback from ACR Update includes Carl
R. Hazen, who wrote:
"Patience Rewarded! The new Web
site was worth the wait. The general
appearance, the format and the accessibility
of information evidence the excellence
we had expected from the merger but
were apprehensive, nonetheless. By offering
timely information, the "updates"
will be a valuable addition to the entire
profession. Keep up the great beginning."
Brigitte Schmidt Bell wrote:
"I like the new web site, guys!
I've added it to Favorites so I can
check on you regularly! "
Please send your feedback by email
to feedback@acresolution.org.
We will include reader feedback in
future online ACR Updates.
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[7] Featured Article
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We are committed to educating our members
and the general public about conflict
resolution. In each ACR Update, we will
feature a new article that we think
will be of value to our members.
This week, our featured article is:
"Cultural Issues in Mediation
- A Practical Guide to Individualist
and Collectivist Paradigms" by
Walter A. Wright
Every mediation has a unique character
influenced by the cultural perspectives
of its participants. Differences in
perspectives may impede an agreement
if the participants' views diverge on
such fundamental issues as individual
autonomy and group interdependence.
When issues based on
individual rights or strong group identification
arise in a mediation, a mediator's awareness
of individualist and collectivist paradigms
can help surmount such cultural barriers
to an agreement.
Read the entire article by clicking
the following link:
http://acresolution.org/research.nsf/key/art-cult
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[8] ACR Newsbriefs -- New Staff Members
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ACR has two new staff members.
Robert Coneys has been hired as Database
Coordinator. Robert comes to us from
Drohan Management Group in Reston, Virginia,
and is responsible for maintaining ACR's
membership database.
Heidi Jones is our new Online Communications
Manager. Heidi comes to us from Verizon,
where she was a Senior Lotus Notes Developer.
She replaces Eric Bergthold, who left
ACR for Chapel Hill, North Carolina
at the end of June. Eric has moved with
his wife, who will be attending graduate
school there.
To read more about Heidi and Robert,
please go to our Web Site at:
http://acresolution.org/research.nsf/key/Staff
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[9] Quotes
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"If you want to make peace, you
don't talk to your friends. You talk
to your enemies." -- Moshe Dayan
"If the question of the "Other"
is the point of every revolution, even
war, is it naive to believe in a place
within our own evolving state, even
the state of Utah, where we can recognize
"Other" as ourselves?"
-- Terry Tempest Williams, Leap
"No culture has yet solved the
dilemma each has faced with the growth
of the conscious mind: how to live a
moral and compassionate existence when
one is fully aware of the blood, the
horror inherent in all life, when one
finds darkness not only in one's own
culture but within oneself. If there
is a stage at which an individual life
becomes truly adult, it must be when
one grasps the irony in its unfolding
and accepts responsibility for a life
lived in the midst of such paradox.
One must live in the middle of contradiction
because if all contradiction were eliminated
at once life would collapse. There are
simply no answers to some of the great
pressing questions. You continue to
live them out, making your life a worthy
expression of a leaning into the light."
-- Barry Lopez, Arctic Dreams
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