Category Archives: Conflict Resolution

Career Pathways and Strategies for the (Would-be) Conflict Resolution Professional, UMass/Boston, 4/10/18

I will be in Boston at the University of Massachusetts giving a workshop on career awareness in the conflict resolution and peacebuilding fields April 10.  The event is from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at the UMB Campus Center, 3rd Floor, Ballroom C. If you are in the area, pleaseContinueContinue reading “Career Pathways and Strategies for the (Would-be) Conflict Resolution Professional, UMass/Boston, 4/10/18”

Budget Proposals Would Result in Ending Community Relations Service, The Hill, 2/23/18

President Trump’s recent budget proposal, if accepted by Congress, could have devastating results for various federally funded conflict resolution and peacebuilding efforts.  I posted recently on the Alliance for Peacebuilding’s assessment of the impact on USIP and other more internationally focused efforts. Grande Lum, who was formerly the director of the Community Relations Service (CRS)ContinueContinue reading “Budget Proposals Would Result in Ending Community Relations Service, The Hill, 2/23/18”

Featured Peacebuilding Group: Association for Conflict Resolution

For this week’s Featured Peacebuilding Group, I’m sharing about the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR).  ACR is the largest association of conflict resolution professionals in the U.S.  I’ve been a member since the early 1990s.  Many of  the professional mediators working in the field today are members.   For newbies coming into the field, ACR isContinueContinue reading “Featured Peacebuilding Group: Association for Conflict Resolution”