Guest Chat
The CRE Connection is pleased to host guest chat sessions with distinguished educators and administrators working in the Conflict Resolution Education and Peace Education fields. Our current featured guest is/was:
Scheduled for Thursday, 22-Oct-2009 13:00 EDT (24-hr format)
How Can I Make a Better World? Working for Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
The Association for Conflict Resolution is hosting a free national teleconference in honor of Conflict Resolution Day on October 22, 1-2:15 pm (eastern). The teleconference, which is geared to undergraduate and graduate students in conflict and/or peace studies, is titled “How Can I Make a Better World? Working for Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding” The call-in number for the teleconference is 1-518-825-1400. The access code for participants is 642916. Quick link to this page: http://www.creducation.org/cre/goto/oct22
Members of the panel include:
Ken Fox - Fox is Director of graduate and undergraduate conflict studies and an associate professor in the School of Business at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He also is a senior fellow of Hamline University School of Law’s Dispute Resolution Institute and an associate of the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation, a nonprofit affiliate of Hofstra School of Law, James Madison University, Temple University and the University of North Dakota. Fox teaches a full range of conflict theory and theory-to- practice courses to undergraduate, graduate and law students. He also has taught, trained and consulted throughout the United States in a variety of settings, including courts, federal, state and local government agencies, regulated industries, schools, universities, workers compensation programs and private and community organizations.
Ahmed K. Sirleaf II - Sirleaf is Program Associate in the International Justice program at the Advocates for Human Rights. A human rights advocate and scholar, Sirleaf has a special interest in efforts to implement transitional justice initiatives in societies that have experienced severe violence. He holds an M.A. in International Law and the Settlement of Disputes from the University for Peace (United Nations mandated) in San Jose, Costa Rica, and a B.A. in Legal Studies from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. He has studied at the International Center for Transitional Justice and New York University School of Law through their joint transitional justice Essentials Course. He also has studied at the Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking at the University of Minnesota’s School of Social Work and Human Ecology.
Dr. Craig Zelizer - Zelizer is Associate Director of the Conflict Resolution MA Program in the Department of Government at Georgetown University. His areas of expertise include working with youth from violent conflict regions, civil society development and capacity building in transitional societies, program evaluation and design, working on conflict sensitivity and mainstreaming across development sectors, the connection between trauma and conflict, the role of the private sector in peacebuilding, and arts and peacebuilding. Dr. Zelizer has worked extensively throughout Central and Eastern Europe and Latin America with diverse groups including civil society members, educators, youth, government officials, etc. To date, he has worked in more than 14 countries, helped train hundreds of individuals in conflict resolution processes and facilitated several long-term dialogue processes.
The call will be moderated by Sharon Press, Director of the Dispute Resolution Institute at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Press served for 18 years as director of the Florida Dispute Resolution Center. She has been an adjunct professor, teaching mediation theory and general ADR survey courses at Florida State University College of Law, Hamline University School of Law, Capital University Law School and the University of Nevada Las Vegas Law School. Press was the inspiration for ACR’s creation of Conflict Resolution Day and has served as the chair for ACR’s Conflict Resolution Day programming.
EVENT IS NOW COMPLETED
Live Chat Transcript
Sharon Press: Welcome participants! If you have a question, please type it in and as moderator, I will pose it to the panelists. Thanks for participating.
Audrey Rothstein: Looking forward to the call.
Craig Zelizer: Looking forward to Joining the call and hearing everyone’s experiences/questions
Ken Fox: Also looking forward to the discussion and to listening to our participants.
Bill Warters: I’m listening!
Bill Warters: Blush
Audrey Rothstein: Well deserved.
Jesan Sorrells: I’m listening and I look forward to hearing what everybody has to say.
Bill Warters: An impressive group…
Bill Warters: The University for Peace is at http://www.upeace.org/
Bill Warters: Seems like there is always room for more study on conflict themes
Bill Warters: Craig’s Ning site: http://www.internationalpeaceandconflict.org/
Craig Zelizer: The Peace Media Clearinghouse website is http://peacemedia.usip.org
Craig Zelizer: The Georgetown Conflict Resolution MA Website is http://conflictresolution.georgetown.edu
Jesan Sorrells: As a person involved in the arts, what are the possibilities of cross pollination between the arts and dispute resolution practices?
Craig Zelizer: My bio page at GU where you can find some articles on arts and other issues http://explore.georgetown.edu/people/cz52/?PageTemplateID=156
Bill Warters: A useful manual (PDF) - The Art of Peacemaking http://www.nea.gov/pub/ArtinPeacemaking.pdf
Craig Zelizer: One of the best websites for community arts is http://www.communityarts.net/
Jesan Sorrells: I agree. I’m invovled in the visual arts specifically.
E.T.: What do you think are best opportunties for non-traditional students (older, returning professionals etc.)
Bill Warters: Our education-related document catalog can be found at http://www.creducation.org/catalog/
Bill Warters: ACT’s 74-pg Guide on Developing a Career in International Peace and Conflict Resolution http://snipurl.com/crcareers
Bill Warters: University of Wisconsin career services has a helpful CR career overview - http://uwgb.edu/careers/Word_Docs/Careers_in_Conflict_Resolution.doc
E. R.: in terms of conflict resolution, can you speak about the concept of “lateral violence” among nurses and ideas for resolution
Jessie Kirchner: Are there fellowships or graduate-level summer opportunities related more to domestic, community-based work? Thanks.
E.T.: Another question - what ways do educate around power structures and priveled sectors who may have interests in conflicts remain in place?
Jessie Kirchner: Oh, I’ll check out the UW site.; perhaps that would help
K.K.: What value does the field place on government experience in conflict resolution (i.e., multilateral or bilateral negotiations)?
E.T.: Sorry for previous post. this may make more sense - what ways do you educate about power structures and priveled sectors who may have vested interest in keeping conflicts in place?
Craig Zelizer: As Bill said the ACT report on careers may be helpful regarding careers in the field, see http://www.internationalpeaceandconflict.org/profiles/blogs/alliance-for-conflict
Craig Zelizer: for a useful list of fellowships see, http://www.internationalpeaceandconflict.org/profiles/blogs/top-resources-for-finding and also the Herbert Scoville Fellowship in DC among others, http://www.internationalpeaceandconflict.org/profiles/blogs/top-resources-for-finding
Ahmed: http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org
Ahmed: The International Center for Transitional Justice is online at http://www.ictj.org
Ahmed: The Road to Peace: A Teaching Guide on Local and Global Transitional Justice -
http://discoverhumanrights.org/3e4d356b-9922-4a97-afa7-918957e53e86.html?NodeId=#
Craig Zelizer: http://www.cdainc.com is a great place to find information on the work of Mary Anderson
E. R.: lateral violence is nurse on nurse violence or conflict
Ahmed: UN University for Peace http://www.upeace.org/
Bill Warters: We’ll make an archive available indefinately
Sharon Press: thanks!
Ken Fox: Link to the symposium on conflict resolution and health care: http://law.hamline.edu/Fall_2007_Symposium
Bill Warters: BeyondIntractability.org has topical essays on power (and many other topics) at
http://www.beyondintractability.org/action/essays.jsp?nid=2130
Ahmed: Story on the evolution of transitional justice - http://snipurl.com/evolutionoftj
Craig Zelizer: Thanks Bill for facilitating this process
Jennifer: I just took a wonderful class at Creighton University on collaboration and conflict resolution in the healthcare field. The class was taught by Debra Gerardi who is an expert in the field. She can be reached through her website http://www.ehcco.com.
K.K.: Thank you
Jesan Sorrells: Thank you for answering our questions and providing us with resources and ideas.
Ahmed: see an article on our work with the Liberian diaspora - http://snipurl.com/liberiatc
Craig Zelizer: Also for healthcare and conflict see ACR (in terms of the sections), and also this website maybe useful http://www.chi-resolutions.com/
E. R.: thanks to the links on health care!
Ken Fox: An additional link on health-law: http://law.hamline.edu/health/health-law-institue-hamline.html
Audrey Rothstein: Association for Conflict Resolution: http://acrnet.org/
LA Shaw: Is a recording of this call going to be available?
E.T.: Many thanks to all for great direction….
Bill Warters: Thanks to CR Day organizing committee.
