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"The need for reconciliation among nations, organizations and people is greater than it has ever been. Regardless of current career or previous training, every individual has the opportunity and the potential to be a peacemaker.”
– DR. JOE L. COPE
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The mission of the Center is to equip, encourage, and support individuals as peacemakers in their personal relationships, families, churches, schools, professions, and communities. |
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Sensitivity: Life As One Big Intersection
Life brings experience. Some people get to a level of experience very quickly in life — experiencing poverty, family break-ups, loss of loved ones. The rest of us are introduced to those themes over a longer period of time. Our choice becomes one of sensitivity or insensitivity.
I’m beginning to see life as one big intersection. When I pull up to that stop sign, do I look two or three times to see how my actions will affect others? When I see someone crash, do I pull to the side and assist?
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Marianna Long and Kelliann Hale Minister_to_Women_Worldwide_O
After earning graduatedegrees in conflict resolution_at Abilene Christian University, Mariana Long and Kelliann Hale use their conflict resolution skills to minister to women all over the world though Come before Winter. With years of missions experience of their own, Long and Hale have a deep affection for women in ministry and missions.
"At one renewal, a group of women brought major team conflicts with them. By the end of the week it was obvious that healing had taken place."
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Making "Cents" Out of Money Conflicts
 It’s been said that opposites attract, and the same usually holds true for how couples deal with money. Many times one person is a saver and one is a spender, or one is the “accountant” and one is the “free spirit.” Whatever labels you use, these opposing pairs many times find themselves in relationship with one another.
While this combination creates balance of two more-or-less extreme positions, it also leads to conflict about how to manage money.
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Center's Beloved Diane Duncum Leaves Legacy of Helping Others
 Diane (Vannoy) Duncum, a distinguished Abilene Christian University alumnus and devoted supporter of the university, died on Tuesday, Aug. 12 at her home in College Station, Texas at the age of 68.
"Diane was a woman of unswerving resolve," said Joe L. Cope, Executive Director of the ACU Center for Conflict Resolution. "She observed life closely, and when she spotted a cause of worth, she poured her heart into it.
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Master of Arts in Conflict
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