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ACR Update,
January 2009
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WELCOME TO ACR UPDATE—the monthly e-newsletter sharing important conflict resolution news and organizational updates with ACR members. Your feedback is welcome! |
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To view past issues online, go to: http://www.acrnet.org/publications/acrupdate.htm |
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4th Annual Rocky Mountain Retreat
The 4th Annual Rocky Mountain Retreat, "Transforming the Practitioner: Attention to Intention," will be held in Allenspark, Colorado at the St. Malo Retreat Center from February 13-16.
Join Gary J. Freidman, Erica Ariel Fox, Stephanie West-Allen, and other leaders in the field of spirituality and conflict resolution for an experience that will bring new depth to the multiple dimensions of your life. Click here to view the agenda and flyer for the retreat. Twenty CLE’s are approved for Colorado. You may apply for CEUs in your state if required. To register, contact David Solin at dsolin@ACRnet.org or call (202) 464-9700.
ACR Receives Grant
ACR has received a $2700 grant from the James B. Boskey Memorial Foundation. The grant will support ACR’s initiative to create capacity within ACR Chapters and other organizations to organize and carry out youth conferences at the local level. The grant builds on funding from the JAMS Foundation to support youth conferences in conjunction with the 2008 and 2009 ACR annual conferences and document lessons learned. A portion of the Boskey funds will be reserved to provide seed money for Chapters in planning local youth conferences in 2010 and beyond. The grant also will cover any local funding shortfalls in conjunction with the 2008/2009 youth conferences and partially support an intern at ACR to prepare a handbook for organizing youth conferences, raising local funds and collaborating with other organizations. “The Boskey Foundation has been a steady supporter of ACR, and we are delighted to have their continued interest in youth activities,” said ACR Executive Director Doug Kleine.
Invitation to Participate: ACR Listening Session
This is an exciting time for the field of conflict resolution and especially for ACR. The ACR Board of Directors is committed to creating a New ACR – one that truly engages members, like you, in shaping our direction.
The Board wants to increase opportunities for members to have a voice in ACR. We want to hear your thoughts as we work together to take ACR to new levels. To that end, we are continuing a Listening Initiative to provide you with opportunities to speak directly to ACR Board members and staff via teleconference calls. We anticipate that these listening sessions will lead to a rich dialogue regarding the future of ACR.
Our next Listening Session will be held on Wednesday, January 14 at 12 p.m. EST. You can participate by calling 712-432-7302 and using the pass code 73984#. Take a moment before the call to look at our new mission, vision statement, and strategic objectives on the ACR website.
In addition to this new Listening Initiative, you also can contact individual board members or staff whenever you have questions or comments you wish to address. Full contact information is available at www.ACRnet.org.
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Call for Article Proposals ACResolution Magazine Summer 2009
ACR’s summer 2009 issue of ACResolution magazine will focus on the topic of the Elderly and Conflict Resolution.
We seek proposals from people who would like to write articles on any aspect of resolving conflicts that touch senior adults, such as those involving financial planning, caregiving, estate and trust matters, driving issues, assisted living and nursing homes, etc. We seek diversity in authors and subject matter; authors do not have to be ACR members.
If interested, please:
Send your proposals via e-mail to ACResolution at publications@ACRnet.org as soon as possible, but no later than Monday, March 9.
An editorial advisory committee will review the proposals and choose 2 or 3 major features and 2 or 3 minor features. All authors will be notified by mid-March. If selected, completed articles will be due to ACR by May 1.
For more information about ACResolution, please visit http://www.ACRnet.org/publications/acresolution.htm.
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The Association for Conflict Resolution and Conflict Resolution Quarterly are sponsoring a Law and Graduate Student Paper Competition to showcase research on topics related to alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and conflict resolution. Submissions will be critiqued by a panel of experts comprised of practitioners and academics. The best paper will be published in Conflict Resolution Quarterly and its author will receive free conference registration to ACR’s 9th Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia October 7-10. Manuscripts receiving “honorable mention” will be published on the ACR website with an abstract appearing in ACResolution.
Conflict Resolution Quarterly publishes scholarship on relationships between theory, research, and practice in the conflict management and dispute resolution field to promote more effective professional applications. Articles may focus on any aspect of the conflict resolution process or context, but a primary focus is the behavior, role and impact of third parties in effectively handling conflict. All submissions must conform to CRQ’s submission guidelines, found here: http://www.acrnet.org/publications/crq.htm
Eligibility: To qualify, authors must be full or part-time graduate students in a conflict resolution, conflict management, or law school program at the time of the submission. Please contact Susan S. Raines with any questions concerning eligibility at the e-mail address listed below.
Deadline for submissions: April 6, 2009
Please direct questions to: Susan S. Raines, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief, CRQ Associate Professor of Conflict Management, Kennesaw State University
Submissions must be submitted electronically via this website: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/crq Please include a cover page that indicates this paper is part of the Graduate Student Manuscript Competition.
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The call for proposals for the 2009 Annual Conference will open in January. Details will be posted soon on the ACR website (www.ACRnet.org).
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The Environment and Public Policy Section will hold its mid-year conference in Denver June 11-13, 2009. For more information, please contact Conference Co-Chairs Michael Elliott (michael.elliott@cao.gatech.edu) or Tamra Pearson d’Estrée (tdestree@du.edu).
New ACR Workplace Advanced Practitioner Announced The ACR Workplace Section’s Mediator Advanced Practitioner Review Committee is pleased to announce that Barbara Bryant, Esq. of Berkeley, CA has met the requirements of the Workplace Mediator Advanced Practitioner Designation.
Have you considered becoming an Advanced Practitioner (AP)? To learn more about requirements and benefits of Mediator AP status, follow this link: http://www.acrnet.org/referrals/ap-workplace.htm. Click here to learn more about Arbitrator AP status: http://www.acrnet.org/referrals/ap-workplace_arb.htm
Conflict Coaching Committee The Conflict Coaching Committee continues to thrive, with increasing interest from Workplace Section members. The Committee’s next hour long teleconference will be held on Wednesday, January 14 at 5:00 p.m. EST. On this call, Stephanie West Allen, a mediator, speaker, trainer and writer, will speak on the subject, “From Reactive Brain to Reflective Mind: A Recommended Journey for Conflict Coaching Clients and Coaches.” Stephanie is a mediator, speaker, trainer and writer who looks at conflict, business development and client relations through the lens of neuroscience. Visit her website for more information and references regarding a range of resources: www.brainsonpurpose.com.
All Workplace Section members will receive the call-in information via e-mail. If you are not a member of the WPS and would like to join, please go to http://bridge.acrnet.org/
For further information on the Conflict Coaching Committee and this teleconference, please contact the Chair, Cinnie Noble, at cinnie@cinergycoaching.com or (866) 335-6466 (toll-free in Canada and the U.S.)
2009 Teleseminar Series Based on the results of the member survey, the 2009 Teleseminar program will include topics such as Mediating Discrimination Issues, The Intergenerational Workplace, Organizational Dispute Resolution, Group Facilitation, Trust in Organizations, Diversity, and Bullying. The full schedule will be announced to all Workplace Section members in the coming weeks. We look forward to presenting a wonderful line-up of speakers for 2009. A special thanks to Teleseminar committee member Maggie Sloane for her help in developing this program.
All Workplace Section members will receive the call-in information via e-mail. If you are not a member of the WPS and would like to join, please go to http://bridge.acrnet.org/
Call for Articles The ACR WORKPLACE Section Newsletter is a quarterly publication dedicated to enhancing the practice and public understanding of conflict resolution in workplace settings. We invite your submission of relevant articles to support the mission of the Section. Articles are due February 15 for a publication date of March 15.
To submit your article, please forward to Linda Goodman, Newsletter Co-Editor at lgoodman@ihrc.idaho.gov.
Call for Training Announcements The Workplace Section offers a monthly list of upcoming trainings of interest to workplace dispute resolution professionals. If you wish to make an announcement, please submit your posting by the 21st of the month to Linda Goodman at: lgoodman@ihrc.idaho.gov.
Mark Your Calendar ACR’s 9th Annual Conference will be held October 7-10 in Atlanta, Georgia!
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The Arizona Association for Conflict Resolution will hold its first membership meeting of the new year on January 31 at the Phoenix School of Law in Phoenix beginning at 10:00 a.m. and followed by a networking lunch. There is a change in the program since Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard will be unable to speak at the January meeting. We are hoping he will come in March. The new program will focus on the Use of Mediation and ADR in Healthcare. For more information on the Chapter and upcoming programs, visit our website: www.mediate.com/acrarizona.
The Central Valley California Chapter of ACR will host an informative dinner for members and potential members on January 23. The invited speaker for the evening, Larry Powell, Fresno County Superintendent of Education, will address Conflict Resolution Education Programs in local schools. More than 30 schools will send representatives to make poster presentations, which participants may visit after dinner. Programs to be present include Peer Mediation, CRE classroom curriculum-based and Restorative Justice. Local universities (CSU Fresno, Fresno Pacific and San Joaquin College of Law) have partnered with local schools in program development.
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