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Suggested Reading : Resolving Conflict Creatively Program
The following resources are provided to deepen your understanding of Conflict Mediation:
Focuses on the anatomy of conflicts, and how to respond through communication.
A 12-Step Conflict Mediation Program (PDF files below)
12 skills to learn including win-win, empathy, creative response, mapping the conflict, cooperative power.
Compassionate Listening Project (Online only) Empowers individuals to heal polarization and build bridges between people, communities, and nationsin conflict.
Playback Theater (Online only) A form of improvisational theater effective in cultivating empathy and compassion. Playback to Youth is designed to be a service learning curriculum project. The performers literally "play back" whatthey hear, recreating the events on stage.
M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence (Online only) Teaches the philosophy and practice of nonviolence to help reduce the violence that consumes ourhearts, our homes, and our societies.
Helping Children Outgrow War discussses conditions for constructive learning in the wake of social violence. Topics include:instructional activities in a war-ravaged context; peace education projects in refugee camps; children soldiers beginning anew; human rightstraining, and more. Click on the Word icon below to access it:
Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution (Online only) Promotes sharing and practicing ways of peacemaking that reflect the diversity of the world. Provides a forum where individuals working on and researching conflict resolutioncan gather to exchange ideas.
Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies (Online only) Conducts research, education, and outreach programs on the causes of violence andthe conditions for sustainable peace. Focuses on the religious and ethnic dimensions of conflict and peacebuilding.
National Multicultural Institute (Online only) Extensive experience working with educational institutions, government agencies and non-profitorganizations in the areas of workforce diversity, human resource management, multicultural education and cross-cultural conflictresolution.
Teaching Peace is about helping students find their voices - to listen to themselves, and to each other. It promotes an interconnectedvision of the world and gives students tangible skills in conflict resolution and managing everyday problems they encounter. Click on theWord icon below to access it:
BBC World News (Online only) An online source for news from around the world.
Peace Curriculum (Online only) Resources, activities, and suggestions regarding peace pledges, building communication, and anatmosphere of listening.
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