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>> ACR Update, April 1, 2003 <<
Published by the Association for Conflict
Resolution,
a merged organization of AFM, CREnet,
and SPIDR
http://www.acresolution.org
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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, and
hope you'll find this information useful.
We look forward to your feedback!
OVERVIEW OF ARTICLES
April 1, 2003
[1] ACR Conferences Update
* Environmental Public Policy Section
Conference: April 24-26, 2003
* Family Section Conference: July 10-13,
2003
* ACR's Third Annual Conference: October
15-18, 2003
[2] ACR Co-Sponsors National Youth Violence
Prevention Week: April 7-11
[3] ACR Office to Move on May 1, 2003
[4] ACR Chapters Update
[5] ACR Sections Update
[6] ACR Membership Update: Thank You,
Texas Volunteers!
[7] Quotes
[8] Messages from our Sponsors
* Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution:
Professional Skills Program, June 19-21,
2003
* Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution:
Annual Conference, June 18-20, 2003
* School Mediation Center: Annual Conference,
June 10-11, 2003
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[1] ACR Conferences Update
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ACR'S ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC POLICY SECTION
CONFERENCE
"Moving Beyond Our Comfort Zone:
Exploring the Edges of Our Field"
April 24 - 26, 2003
Radisson Barcelo Hotel, Washington,
D.C.
The Environmental Public Policy Section
invites you to join your colleagues
for an exciting conference that will
focus on urban public policy conflicts,
different and emerging modes of practice,
and urban environmental justice issues,
paired with some dancing and great music.
The opening plenary will focus on the
cleanup of the Anacostia River, one
of the 10 most contaminated rivers in
the U.S. Cutting through Washington,
D.C., the Anacostia is a dividing line
in the social and political culture
of this city.
The opening panel of speakers will
feature prominent practitioners of different
modes of practice -- a mediator, a civic
engagement specialist, and an environmental
justice organizer. Following the presentation
of a situation assessment, plenary speakers
will share the kind of process they
might propose in this setting. Conference
participants and a panel of Anacostia
River stakeholders will be asked to
reflect on the various approaches.
There will also be sessions on urban
siting issues, community conferencing
(the intervention model imported from
New Zealand), the burgeoning collaborative
communities movement, and updates on
important projects from the U.S. Institute
for Environmental Conflict Resolution
and on the proposed U.S. Consensus Council.
Important Section business will also
be conducted, including a dialogue on
the potential of certifying advanced
practitioners and an opportunity for
strategic planning to guide our future.
Check the ACR Web site for more information
and to register: http://www.acresolution.org/research.nsf/key/EPPconf
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ACR's FAMILY SECTION CONFERENCE
"A Family Affair: Making Room at
the Table"
July 10-13, 2003
Hyatt Hotel, Denver, Colorado
You can go home again! The ACR's Family
Section Conference is only three months
away.
Remember skits by Chip and Don, a Friday
night dance, and seeing old friends?
Gain new skills, polish old ones, and
enjoy all the memories.
More than sixty speakers will present
75 hours of information-packed workshops.
Joan Kelly and Bob Emery will discuss
"Children, Divorce, and Dispute
Resolution: Integrating Research and
Practice Perspectives" during the
Plenary. Other topics include: "Renegotiating
Family Relationships," "Building
Your Mediation Career," "Tackling
High Risk Cases," "Computer
Technology & Mediation," "Nuts
and Bolts of Property Division,"
and "Preventing and Responding
to Violent Situations."
In addition, there will be ten forums
for discussion of cutting-edge topics
and issues such as: "Mentoring
and Evaluating New Mediators,"
"Barriers to Minority Mediators,"
and "The Secrets to Successfully
Marketing Mediation."
So, put on a Section T-shirt and join
us in a rousing chorus of "We Are
Family." It's a Family Affair!
We've saved a seat at the table just
for you.
Check the ACR Web site for more information
and to register: http://www.acresolution.org/research.nsf/key/fam03.
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ACR'S THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE
"The World of Conflict Resolution:
A Mosaic of Possibilities"
October 15-18, 2003
Orlando, Florida
We invite you to join us in an exciting
conference with over 100 workshops and
various networking opportunities. Workshops
will focus on issues such as: What are
the best practices in conflict resolution?
What do we -- as conflict resolvers
-- want our field to become? What are
the opportunities and challenges? What
are the threats? What are the creative
uses and innovative practices of conflict
resolution? Please plan to join us in
Orlando in October for this exciting
conference!
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[2] ACR Co-Sponsors National Youth Violence
Prevention Campaign
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NATIONAL YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION WEEK
IS APRIL 7-11, 2003
ACR is a proud co-sponsor of the National
Youth Violence Prevention Week, April
7-11, 2003. This campaign is being coordinated
by the Guidance Channel and National
S.A.V.E. (Students Against Violence
Everywhere). The campaign's goal is
to raise awareness and educate K-12
students, teachers, school administrators,
counselors, school resource officers,
school staff, parents and the public
on effective ways to prevent or reduce
youth violence. The campaign will occur
over 5 days, each of which is sponsored
by a national organization:
Day 1: Promote Respect and Tolerance
(sponsored by the Constitutional Rights
Foundation, Chicago)
Day 2: Manage Your Anger (sponsored
by the American School Counselor Association)
Day 3: Resolve Conflicts Peacefully
(sponsored by ACR)
Day 4: Support Safety (sponsored by
the National Association of School Resource
Officers)
Day 5: Unite In Action (sponsored by
Youth Service America)
To learn more about ACR's participation
in the campaign, please visit the ACR
Web site, http://www.acresolution.org/research.nsf/key/vpw
or e-mail Jennifer Druliner, Advocacy
and Outreach Manager, at jdruliner@acresolution.org.
The campaign Web site is http://www.violencepreventionweek.org.
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[3] ACR Office Move
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ACR IS MOVING ON MAY 1, 2003
ACR's office in Washington, DC will
move to a new location within the District
on May 1, 2003. Our new address is:
1015 18th Street, NW, Suite 1150, Washington,
DC 20036. Details will be posted on
our Web site later this month.
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[4] ACR Chapters Update
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHAPTER HOLDS
ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
The District of Columbia Chapter will
hold its Annual Professional Development
Conference on Wednesday, April 16, 2003,
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the National
Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
The keynote speaker will be Michael
Lang, former President of the Academy
of Family Mediators and author of The
Making of a Mediator. For more information,
contact Chapter President Steven Dinkin
at 202-265-9572 ext. 326 or sdinkin@cdsusa.org.
HAWAII CHAPTER CELEBRATES ADR MONTH
2003
The month of April will once again
be declared Alternative Dispute Resolution
(ADR) month in Hawaii to recognize the
value of dispute resolution. Several
groups of ADR professionals, including
the ACR Hawaii Chapter, the Hawaii State
Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section,
the Mediation Center of the Pacific
and the University of Hawaii, are planning
a variety of activities for the month.
Some of the activities already scheduled
include:
*One-day conference on April 14, “Celebrating
Collaborative Leadership;”
*TV presentation on “You and the
Law in Hawaii” highlighting “New
Developments in Alternative Dispute
Resolution in Hawaii,” to be aired
live on April 11;
*Statewide Peer Mediation Conference
on April 4;
*Three-day mediation training conducted
by The Mediation Center of the Pacific
on April 25–27;
*Posters for Peace art contest for elementary
school student mediators; and
*A special supplement on conflict resolution
to be published in the Pacific Business
News (66,138 readers weekly).
A complete calendar of events will
be posted on the Web site, http://www.acrhawaii.com
and circulated to ACR-Hawaii Chapter
members.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER HAS RECORD
ATTENDANCE AT CONFERENCE
Record attendance and enthusiasm greeted
the Annual Conference of the Association
for Dispute Resolution of Northern California,
(ADR-NC) a new chapter of ACR. Atop
the Holiday Inn in Emeryville, attendees
could glance across the Bay at San Francisco
as they listened to two thought-provoking
speakers and participated in a program
of interactive role-play and small group
discussion.
Ken Cloke, author of Mediating Dangerously,
and Judge Rebecca Westerfield, a top
Bay Area mediator, presented different
approaches to mediation. Cloke advocates
mediating from the heart, while Westerfield
is grounded in her values. They both
agreed on honesty, attention, and risk-taking
as essential to effective conflict resolution.
The ADR-NC business meeting reported
that the organization is solvent and
growing. Avelino “Pete”
De La Ossa received the annual Gil Lopez
Award for a person of color who has
made a significant contribution to the
field of mediation.
JOIN THE ACR CHAPTER IN YOUR AREA!
The ACR Chapters provide members in
common geographical regions with a unique
opportunity to meet face-to-face and
attend programs and activities that
support their professional development.
Within the Chapters, conflict resolution
professionals share ideas and best practices,
and make networking connections throughout
their area, both within and outside
of the profession.
Below is a list of ACR-Chapters by
region, state and country. Please visit
the ACR Web site for specific Chapter
news and contact information: http://www.acresolution.org
(click "go to Chapters").
Don’t see a Chapter listed in
your area? You can form a new ACR Chapter.
Call ACR at 202-667-9700, ext. 218 for
more information.
CANADA
British Columbia
UNITED STATES
Arizona
California - Central
California - Los Angeles
California - Northern
California - San Diego
Carolinas
Colorado
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois - Chicago
Indiana
Maryland
Michigan - Southeast
Minnesota
New England
New Jersey
New York - Greater Metro
Texas - Dallas/Fort Worth
Texas - Houston
Virginia
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[5] ACR Sections Update
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COURT SECTION CO-SPONSORS EAST COAST
COURT ADR MEETING
The Court Section of ACR is co-sponsoring
a regional Court ADR Administrators
Meeting, April 28 & 29 at the Belmont
Conference Center near Baltimore, Maryland.
The meeting is designed to give the
directors of court-based state offices
of ADR on the east coast (from Maine
to Florida) an opportunity to gather
informally to exchange ideas and information
and to form a supportive network of
peers.
Due to fiscal constraints, many state
court ADR administrators are unable
to travel to national ADR meetings.
For that reason, the cooperating organizations
are contributing funds to provide financial
assistance to those attending the meeting.
We anticipate that this meeting will
be well attended, spark enriching discussion
on issues of common concern, and further
the advancement of court annexed ADR
programs.
For more information contact Geetha
Ravindra at gravindra@courts.state.va.us
or David Michael at michaeld@dcsc.gov.
CRISIS NEGOTIATION SECTION TO OFFER
EXPERIENTIAL WORKSHOP IN STRATEGIES
AND TACTICS
Launched just over a year ago, the
Crisis Negotiation Section of the Association
for Conflict Resolution (ACR) has been
overwhelmed by the number of ACR members
and non-members who want to learn how
to apply law enforcement crisis negotiation
strategies to situations in their professional
lives: in family mediations and counseling
forums, school and workplace environments,
arbitration, legal settings, and other
conflict-related areas that have the
potential to become volatile or violent.
Support services offered by the Section
include the “Got A Problem?”
help line and an ongoing threaded discussion,
the “Crisis Negotiation Information”
service, available in the Member Center.
Now a brand-new service has been added:
non-experiential and experiential workshops
designed for conflict resolution practitioners
who want to learn crisis negotiation-based
nonviolent strategies and tactics. These
workshops equip attendees with the actual
training and skills needed to address
and assess theses situations directly.
Contact Greg Vecchi, Co-Chair, Crisis
Negotiation Section, at gvecchi@acresolution.org.
CRISIS NEGOTIATION SECTION CO-CHAIR
OFFERS FREE, TERRORISM SEMINAR
Mitch Hammer, Co-Chair of ACR’s
Crisis Negotiation Section, recently
presented a free two-hour public seminar
on how to prepare for a crisis incident
a if terrorist attack occurred in the
Washington, D.C. area. Attended by 80
area residents and covered by televisions
station in the U.S., France, Sweden
and the Netherlands, the program discussed
such topics as how to develop your own
Personal Emergency Preparedness Plan,
how to talk to your children and to
other adults about emergency situations,
what personal skills are needed in a
crisis, and how public agencies respond
to a disaster event.
Copies of Dr. Hammer’s booklet,
"Making Your Disaster Response
Plan Work for You," are available
by contacting him at Hammer Gregorian
LLC, (202) 466-0989 or by fax at (202)
331-3759.
HEALTH CARE SECTION: MEMBERS IN THE
NEWS
Rob Robson, Co-Chair of ACR’s
Health Care Section, has co-coauthored
an article in the January 2003 edition
of “Risk Management in Canadian
Health Care.” The title of the
article is "Using Dispute Resolution
to Resolve Health Care Conflicts: An
Essential Tool in Hospital Risk Management."
For more information, contact Rob at
rrobson@mediatecalm.ca.
In September 2002, Gail Siskind, Director
of Hearings and Pam Marshall, Manager
of Hearings at the College of Nurses
of Ontario, were presented with the
Dispute Resolution Award from the University
of Toronto Continuing Education division.
They won the award for their prize-winning
essay titled "In Search of Elegant
Outcomes in Complaint Resolution: The
Participative Resolution Program at
the College of Nurses of Ontario.”
The essay highlighted the College's
success in using ADR to resolve public
complaints about nurses. To read this
prize-winning essay go to: http://learn.utoronto.ca/uoft/scsnews/newsItem.jsp?id=125664
ONLINE DISPUTE RESOLUTION SECTION HOSTS
CYBERWEEK VIRTUAL HOSPITALITY SUITE
In February, the Online Dispute Resolution
(ODR) Section sponsored the premier
global ODR conference, ADR Cyberweek,
where participants from more than 40
countries discussed issues ranging from
e-government to online teaching to XML.
ACR's Online Section hosted a "Virtual
Hospitality Suite" for Cyberweek
attendees (http://www.odrnews.com/cyberweek.htm)
where Section Co-Chairs Colin Rule and
Alan Wiener served virtual drinks (bonus:
no hangovers), played a little swinging
music, and spread the word about the
benefits of ACR membership. They also
hosted an online chat session alongside
an open teleconference bridge where
visitors from all over the world could
drop by and say hello.
Cyberweek 2003 also hosted the final
round of the second International Competition
in Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR2),
a four-month competition with separate
arbitration, mediation, and negotiation
tracks. More than 50 teams from Sweden,
Ireland, France, Canada, New Zealand,
and the United States had entries evaluated
by more than 25 international dispute
resolution experts. Pictures are available
at: http://www.ombuds.org/cyberweek2003/icodr2003_pics.html.
ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT SECTION
TO HOST SECTION-WIDE CONFERENCE CALL
IN APRIL
OCM members will soon be receiving
an e-mail confirming the date for a
Section-wide conference call in April.
The purpose of the conference call is
to:
* Give all OCM members an opportunity
to hear about and shape the future of
OCM;
* Vote on key decisions that will affect
all members; and
* Highlight some exciting opportunities
for members to become engaged in the
Section’s immediate future.
We encourage members to attend this
call, which will be the first of several
discussions between now and the next
face-to-face Section meeting. The Annual
OCM Section Conference will take the
shape of a pre-conference day at the
ACR Annual Conference this October in
Orlando, Florida.
This is an exciting time to become
more actively involved with the OCM
Section. The Section is committed to
helping its members excel at developing
integrated organizational conflict management
systems. To this end, Section members
identify practice models and best practices,
provide education opportunities, and
connect members with other ACR Sections,
conflict resolution disciplines and
organizations. To join, contact Cherise
Alley at calley@acresolution.org or
202-667-9700 x 245. You can learn more
about the Section by visiting its ACR
Web page at http://www.acresolution.org/research.nsf/key/sec-ocm.
RESTORATIVE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SECTION
LOOKING AT INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND TRAININGS
ACR’s Criminal Justice Section
received Board approval in February
to change its name to Restorative and
Criminal Justice. In keeping with the
new name, it will seek to educate criminal
justice systems in individual states
about the restorative justice philosophical
approach. The Section is focusing on
sharing information about innovative
programs in the areas of community justice,
criminal justice and the restorative
justice philosophy, and acting as a
resource for training in such areas
as family conferencing, peace circles,
and victim-offender mediation. It also
provides networking for members who
need particular expertise in individual
situations. For more information, contact
Co-Chairs Linda Harvey at lharvey@igc.org
or Cheryl Swanson at cswanson@uwf.edu.
JOIN ONE OR MORE SECTIONS TODAY!
To join one or more of ACR’s 18
professional interest Sections, update
your information on the Member Center
on ACR’s Web site, www.acresolution.org,
or call ACR at 202-667-9700 ext. 245.
You can find a complete list of all
of the Sections on ACR’s Web site,
or by calling ACR at 202-667-9700 ext.
247. Section membership is $10 per Section
per year.
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[6] ACR Membership Update
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THANK YOU, TEXAS VOLUNTEERS!
ACR offers big thanks to all the members
who graciously shared their time to
staff the ACR booth during the recent
ABA Section of Dispute Resolution conference
in San Antonio. Your volunteer spirit
and enthusiasm for ACR was heartfelt.
We sincerely appreciate your contribution
and are mailing you a token of our gratitude.
Thanks again!
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[7] Quotes
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I believe more follies are committed
out of complaisance to the world, than
in following our own inclinations. --
Mary Wortley Montagu
If you believe everything you read,
you better not read. -- Japanese Proverb
At the bottom of a good deal of bravery...
lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will
face powder and steel because they cannot
face public opinion. -- E.H. Chapin
He who joyfully marches to music in
rank and file has already earned my
contempt. He has been given a large
brain by mistake, since for him the
spinal cord would fully suffice. --
Albert Einstein
Most people are other people. Their
thoughts are someone else's opinions,
their lives a mimicry, their passions
a quotation. -- Oscar Wilde, De Profundis,
1905
The most exhausting thing in life is
being insincere. -- Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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[8] Messages from our Sponsors
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Pepperdine University School of Law
Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution
Presents the 16th Annual Professional
Skills Program in Dispute Resolution,
June 19, 20 and 21, 2003, in Malibu,
California. Participants engage in three
days of intensive skills instruction
and practice in one focused area. Each
program includes lectures, small group
discussions and practice exercises.
Choose from the following ten workshops:
· Advanced Mediation: Skills
and Techniques
· “STAR”: A Systematic
Approach to Mediation Strategies
· Mediating Complex Construction
Disputes
· Expanding Mediation: Mindfulness
and the “New Grid”
· Managing Conflict in Health
Care: New Approaches, Innovative Strategies,
and Sophisticated Skills
· Strategic Negotiation and Settlement
Advocacy Skills
· Advanced Negotiation: Overcoming
Barriers, Managing Perceptions, and
Increasing Influence
· Negotiation Skills for Human
Resource Professionals
· Advocacy in Arbitration: Strategies
and Skills
· International Commercial Arbitration:
Global Understanding and Practice
For more information contact Lori Rushford
at (310) 506-6342 or go to http://www.StrausInstitute.com.
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The Center for Alternative Dispute
Resolution's
15th ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Managing Conflict and Removing Barriers
to Collaborative Decision Making
Martin's Crosswinds - Greenbelt, MD
Pre-Conference: June 18, 2003
Conference: June 19, 2003 and June 20,
2003
Plenary Speakers: The Honorable Charles
B. Day, U.S. District Court of Maryland;
Frank Ferris, National Executive Vice
President, National Treasury Employees
Union; Rev. Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr.,
Former Mayor of Philadelphia, PA, Senior
Advisor for Faith-Based Initiatives
Public/Private Ventures
For additional information, call the
Center at (301) 776-6055 or visit http://www.natlctr4adr.org.
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SCHOOL MEDIATION CENTER IS PLEASED
TO ANNOUNCE:
THE 12TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON VIOLENCE
PREVENTION IN SCHOOL COMMUNITIES
June 10-11, 2003 - Teikyo Loretto Heights
University, Denver, Colorado
Cost: $175 / person for 2-day conference
($195 for registration after May 31st)
Using the theme of Practical Strategies
for Reaching and Teaching All Youth,
the Violence Prevention Conference brings
together educators, practitioners, students
and community members to discuss positive
models for reducing violence, creating
safe and caring schools, and building
healthy learning environments. Keynote
speakers will be: Rosalind Wiseman,
Craig Zablocki, and Norm Early.
Co-Sponsored by: Association for Conflict
Resolution, Colorado Dept. of Education,
The Colorado Trust, & the Colorado
Div. of Criminal Justice.
For more information and group rates
call Brooke at: 303.444.7671 x104,
or visit SMC's website: http://www.schoolmediationcenter.org
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