Mediation and Conflict Intervention Techniques – Page 19

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”

Knowing Yourself is the First Step in Career Development, Visits to Centreville High School and the Fulbright Association

This week I had the chance to work with two very different groups in thinking about careers. On Tuesday morning, I spoke to students at Centreville High School in Fairfax County, VA. All of the students were volunteers in the school’s peer mediation program. I was there to share with them about careers related toContinueContinue reading “Knowing Yourself is the First Step in Career Development, Visits to Centreville High School and the Fulbright Association”

Online Peer Mediation

If you are a secondary educator, consider starting an online peer mediation program with your students. Since the mid 1980s peer mediation has been the most commonly used conflict resolution education program in the United States. Research indicates that as many as 25% of US schools have had peer mediation programs serving grades 3 to12ContinueContinue reading “Online Peer Mediation”