Wednesday, June 8 (9:00-5:00 PM)
- Wednesday, June 08, 2016
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Kingian Nonviolent Conflict Reconciliation - Two Day Core
Presented by Institute for Human Rights and Responsibilities
Mendenhall Lab, Room 174
09:00 AM
Description
This program is designed to provide a general introduction to the foundational skills and information of Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation basic to understanding issues and problems facing individuals, groups, communities, and nations. The program and associated activities explore concepts, theories, strategies, and techniques of organizing and mobilizing the nonviolent methodology. By providing the educational background for nonviolent reconciliation theory, practice and process, as well as skills training, the program will enable participants to understand how they can contribute to, interpret, and be involved with the dynamic continuum of nonviolence.
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Transforming Relationships and Creating Concrete Community Change through Sustained Dialogue
Presented by Sustained Dialogue Institute
McPherson Lab, Room 1041
09:00 AM
Description
This is an introductory training in a dialogue-to-action process that students, faculty, and administrators are using around the world to solve problems in their community. This workshop will provide a unique space where participants will gain facilitation skills, learn to lead classroom and co-curricular activities, and brainstorm with other committed change agents to solve real problems in diversity and inclusion. Although issues related to relationships (race relations, socio-economic tension, gender dynamics, and campus commitments) don't change overnight, participants will leave with actionable plans for improving the inclusiveness of their campus communities and concrete knowledge of how to bring SD to their campus.
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Restorative Practices in Schools
Presented by The Community Conferencing Center
Mendenhall Lab, Room 173
09:00 AM
Description
Restorative Practices in schools introduces participants to the rationale and research-based processes behind RP. As a proven way to reduce suspensions and school violence while building community through the cultivation of positive relationships, participants explore the proactive and responsive tools that support restorative approaches to discipline. As a proactive 'tool', Community Building Dialogue Circles are the cornerstone of RP, effectively nurturing positive relationships within classrooms. Part 2 of Restorative Practices in Schools will explore the how-to of facilitating dialogue circles. Participants will learn about the key components of Dialogue Circles as well as explore key techniques and tools to promote positive relationships, connection, and a sense of safety and belonging within the circle. Experientially based, participants actively engage in a community building dialogue circle and have an opportunity to utilize the skills learned to facilitate their own.
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Peace Literacy: A New Paradigm in Human Understanding
Presented by Nuclear Age Peace Resource Center and Sinclair Community College
McPherson Lab, Room 1021
09:00 AM
Description
Just as literacy in reading dramatically changed human societies, the next great shift in human societies will involve peace literacy. Because of nuclear weapons, war, and environmental destruction, if humanity does not become literate in peace, humanity will not survive. During an era when humanity has the technological capacity to destroy itself, peace literacy means survival literacy.Peace literacy are skills that are not actively taught or promoted in the traditional educational system. The seven forms of peace literacy are: literacy in a shared humanity, literacy in the art of living, literacy in the art of waging peace, literacy in the art of listening, literacy in the nature of reality, literacy in the responsibility to animals, and literacy in the responsibility to creation.
Peace literacy deals with every aspect of being human, from solving national and global problems, to confronting the root causes of violence and overcoming rage and trauma. This workshop will discuss how the power of conveying respect can increase conflict resolution ability, and how to effectively navigate the anatomy of aggression. This workshop will also provide guidance for educators who want to implement peace literacy curriculum in the classroom. It can be challenging for educators to find content that engages students, and peace literacy provides highly engaging content that can help educators overcome this challenge and empower people to create a brighter future. In this workshop, two lessons that are relevant to the lives of students and all people will be explored. The two lessons are titled, "Beauty and Belonging" and "Painting with Knives." -
When Students Misbehave: How Using Insight Skills Can Help You Deescalate Conflict and Make Targeted and Supportive Disciplinary Decisions, K-12
Presented by George Mason University
McPherson Lab, Room 1035
09:00 AM
Description
The Insight approach to conflict analysis and resolution is an innovative theory and practice in the conflict analysis and resolution field. It hypothesizes that inappropriate, student behavior--acting out in class, refusal to participate, insubordination, noncompliance, fighting with peers, truancy, among others--can be understood as conflict behavior, behavior rooted in a decision to defend against something threatening. When misbehavior is understood as conflict behavior, the Insight approach contends that it can be transformed using an explanatory framework that guides directed questioning into the cognitional dynamics of conflict.
This skills-based training will introduce participants to the theory and practice of the Insight approach, covering concrete and proven skills for understanding and dealing with conflict as it manifests in real-time. Teachers, counselors, administrators, and policy makers can benefit from this training. Insight skills offer a way to enhance classroom and hallway management and reduce suspensions in favor of targeted and supportive disciplinary strategies that hold students accountable. -
Developing Effective Peace Education Programs: Policy, Theory and Practice
Presented by GPPAC Partners
McPherson Lab, Room 1045
09:00 AM
Description
This interactive workshop is designed to provide an elaboration and a practical demonstration of peace education initiatives used by members of the GPPAC Peace Education Working Group with a broad range of stakeholder groups. This includes;
- prevention programs in K-12 schools e.g. conflict resolution education, values education, intercultural education, peace education and social emotional learning
- prevention programs in the community, particularly promoting gender inclusion and reducing violence
- lessons learned from policy and advocacy for peace education
The presenters will showcase examples of policies, programs and activities that have proven successful or show most promise, particularly in relation to developing social cohesion and reducing conflict and violence.
To put things into a local context, participants will be able to workshop local scenarios in which peace, justice and security have been problematic and apply some of the tested theory and practice.
Thursday - June 9 (9:00-5:00 PM)
- June 9 Pre-Conference Trainings
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Day 2: Kingian Nonviolent Conflict Reconciliation
Presented by Institute for Human Rights and Responsibilities
Mendenhall Lab, Room 174
09:00 AM
Description
This program is designed to provide a general introduction to the foundational skills and information of Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation basic to understanding issues and problems facing individuals, groups, communities, and nations. The program and associated activities explore concepts, theories, strategies, and techniques of organizing and mobilizing the nonviolent methodology. By providing the educational background for nonviolent reconciliation theory, practice and process, as well as skills training, the program will enable participants to understand how they can contribute to, interpret, and be involved with the dynamic continuum of nonviolence.
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Day 2: Transforming Relationships and Creating Concrete Community Change through Sustained Dialogue
Presented by Sustained Dialogue Institute
McPherson Lab, Room 1041
09:00 AM
Description
This is an introductory training in a dialogue-to-action process that students, faculty, and administrators are using around the world to solve problems in their community. This workshop will provide a unique space where participants will gain facilitation skills, learn to lead classroom and co-curricular activities, and brainstorm with other committed change agents to solve real problems in diversity and inclusion. Although issues related to relationships (race relations, socio-economic tension, gender dynamics, and campus commitments) don't change overnight, participants will leave with actionable plans for improving the inclusiveness of their campus communities and concrete knowledge of how to bring SD to their campus.
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Conflict Management and Peacebuilding as a Classroom Management Tool
Presented by Antioch University
McPherson Lab, Room 1035
09:00 AM
Description
Participants will be introduced to a philosophy of working with people that relies primarily on understanding conflict, the impact of emotions and communication strategies on problem solving, mediation principles, and respect for all parties involved. Participants will actively explore styles of managing people and ways to increase the effectiveness of creating student centered management practices. Student motivation and creating optimal learning environments will be emphasized through a variety of activities and role plays. Participants will gain a clear understanding of how this approach supports academic success in the classroom.
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Integrating Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Concepts into College and University Courses
Presented by George Mason University and GPPAC
Mendenhall Lab, Room 115
09:00 AM
Description
This workshop is designed for faculty who wish to teach courses in conflict resolution theory or to integrate conflict resolution theory into one or more of their current courses. The theories outlined in this workshop can be utilized in any number of fields and courses. Professors should be able to modify or design courses that include elements of conflict theory, dynamics and intervention processes as a part of their coursework upon completion of this workshop. This workshop will begin with an overview of Conflict resolution & peace studies as disciplines or fields, then we will review frameworks for analyzing conflict. This will be followed by a review of core theories, sample syllabi & syllabus creation, pedagogical tools that enhance student learning, methods of evaluation/assessment, and finally resources for the classroom. Participants will need to bring with them their current syllabus or any course syllabus that they are looking to integrate these themes into.
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Trauma Informed Peacebuilding: Integrating into Program Design
Presented by Mediators Beyond Borders
Mendenhall Lab, Room 125
09:00 AM
Description
Over the last decade, there has been increasing recognition that the fields of conflict resolution, peace building and trauma studies are interconnected.1 Leading experts assert the role of trauma must be integrated into conflict resolution applications as well as in the education of practitioners.2 The current reality is, programs that truly integrate the fields are rare. Addressing trauma is a critical component of conflict transformation and development efforts, but programs often overlook this because they are unaware or do not have the tools to integrate these principles. For too long Development, Peace Building and Trauma Studies have remained separate fields with silos of training, literature, research and funding.
This one day interactive, experiential workshop will highlight the latest in neurobiological research, and share examples from Columbia, Liberia and Kenya. Participants will develop the capacity to integrate these critical principles by designing a program using a trauma informed lens. -
Developing Effective Peace Education Programs: Good Practices and Education Tools from Asia
Presented by Seisen University (Japan), Miriam College (Philippines)
Mendenhall Lab, Room 173
09:00 AM
Description
The workshop will present selected good practices and education tools that have been developed in Asia such as modules or learning activities, student outputs, as well as approaches that deal with affirming diversity and challenging intolerance and prejudice, among others. Because the US is also a very diverse society, this workshop may open avenues for mutually beneficial learning and future connections among the facilitators/presenters and the participants.
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Cultural Sensitivity in Peace Education
Presented by Integration and Development Center, NGO (Ukraine)
McPherson Lab, Room 1040
09:00 AM
Description
Cultural sensitivity is helpful in building relationships and can be fun. Cultural sensitivity integrated into communication skills helps prevent identity-based conflicts - from interpersonal conflicts to national conflicts. Examples of how educators and facilitators can create a culturally sensitive curriculum will shared.