Category: Community

There is a new field developing in the mediation world – Elder Mediation. Why this new practice area? Because the...

Originally published in the Penn State Law Review, Volume 108, Number 1, Summer 2003I. Introduction Fifteen years have passed since...

Peace committees have been described as a sort of community restorative justice project, which has been taking root in some...

First published by ST. LOUIS LAWYER, October 1, 2003, at 11A.Many traditional cultures including native Hawaiians, the Maori people of...

Introduction When a “bridge” exists between two countries, an exchange of knowledge, attitudes, and ideas can have positive impact for...

"Originally published in Vol. 43, Number 4, July-Aug.-Sept. 1997 issue of Business & Economic Review, Moore School of Business, University...

The underpinnings for Diversity Resistance are a part of our human development (see part II ). Unfortunately, many of these...

My Story When I first started teaching congregations and their ministry teams how to manage conflict according to the scriptures...

This article was inspired by an enlightening conversation about the interface between politics and mediation held on January 23, 2003...

First published in Conciliation Quarterly, Fall 2002, Vol. 21, No. 4. Republished with permission.With the state of the world today,...

First published in the "Elder's Advisor, The Journal of Elder Law and Post-Retirement Planning."How much better would this world be...

An increasing number of people are expressing concern over the loss of civic connectedness in America. Voting, volunteerism, and participation...

Welcome back to the Community Section, where we are pleased to introduce two new resources for anyone involved or interested...

On June 1, 1995, Attorney General Janet Reno issued the Department of Justice "Policy on Indian Sovereignty and Government to...

The full text of the guidelines are available in pdf format. Executive Summary The process of allowing interested crime victims...

While some sectors of conflict resolution practice are quite specific, the work of community mediation is as broad and diverse...

Funded by the South Carolina Sustainable Universities InitiativeIntroduction Amidst all of the recent dialogue in South Carolina over sustainable communities...

Welcome to the Community Mediation Section! The establishment of this forum represents another significant step forward for community dispute resolution....

First published in the Mediation Quarterly, Volume 17, Number 4 Since their inception, community mediation programs in the United States...

Originally appeared in Mediation Quarterly, Volume 16, Number 2, Winter 1998/99 Mediation is an ideal alternative to court for many...

Picture a middle-aged woman who is very worried that her elderly father is continuing to live in the family home...

The February shooting death of an unarmed West African immigrant, Amadou Diallo, in hail of 41 bullets fired by four...

This essay was written in recognition of the tenth Anniversary of the Program for Community Problem Solving. October 1999 Collaborative...

PORTLAND, Ore. (ANS) -- Social service providers increasingly are recognizing the benefits of integrating homeless women and children, psychiatric patients...

This is the recounting of a juvenile offense mediation case, conducted by a Juvenile Court-sponsored Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program (VORP) near...

This article originally appeared in the April 1999 issue of Consensus, a newspaper published jointly by the Consensus Building Institute...