Let’s celebrate peace at Hiroshima Peace Bell Ceremony on August 6, 2018 in Honolulu! Join us for a special Interfaith Group Choir to lead the singing of “Imagine” at the close of the ceremony. This is a free event. Hiroshima Peace Bell Ceremony Monday August 6, 2018 11:00 am -12:00 Noon Izumo Taishakyo Mission 215 N Kukui St, Honolulu, HI 96817
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The Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution (CADR) is looking for qualified candidates for their Research Analyst position. Exempt Appointment (Non-Civil Service), Full-time, Temporary Location: Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution (CADR), Honolulu, Oahu Salary: $4,968 per month effective July 1, 2018 Duties: This position provides technical assistance on Judiciary alternative dispute resolution programs, with an emphasis on the planning, development, implementation and oversight of the online dispute resolution program. For details and application instruction, visit CADR website.
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Who in the world is interested in online mediation? The answer might just surprise you. According to Google, the mediators, mediation trainers, and ADR practitioners who visit our Virtual Mediation Lab website because they are interested to learn more about online mediation live in many different countries. Source: Google Analytics Virtual Mediation Lab is an online mediation project sponsored by the Association for Conflict Resolution Hawaii Chapter. For more information about the Virtual Mediation Lab, please visit here.
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Mediation Center of the Pacific News
The latest issue of The Mediation Center of the Pacific’s “The Center Letter” is out! Please click on this link to read the full January 2016 edition and learn more about MCP’s plans for the new year: JANUARY2016CENTERLETTER
*Article originally published at Mediate.com. See the original article here. by Giuseppe Leone December 2015 During Cyberweek 2015, an annual conference on Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), I attended a webinar titled “The African Union and Prospects of ODR in Africa”. Ijeoma Ononogbu, Morenike Obi-Farinde and Ayo Kusamotu, three attorneys and ADR practitioners in Nigeria, presented the challenges and opportunities for ODR in their continent. In short, the good news is that more and more people in Africa now use every day mobile devices (e.g. iPad, iPhone, Android tablet or smart phone) in their home or office. The bad news is that only few people know what ODR means, and how it can help them resolve disputes quickly and inexpensively. During the webinar Q&A session, I made some comments related to online mediation – one form of ODR and a field that I have some experience in, having run hundreds of online mediation simulations in 9 languages with mediators from 30 countries. I pointed out to the webinar presenters that, in my view: >>If the idiom “Seeing is Believing” applies to Africa as well, it is much better to show what online mediation means and how it works – rather than just talk about it. >> Online mediation should be shown in as many languages (or dialects) as possible. In Nigeria, for example, in addition to English, their “official” language, there are three other major languages: Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. A few days after Cyberweek, during a video conference with Morenike Obi-Farinde and three other Nigerian mediators interested in online mediation, we came up with a 2-step plan. STEP 1 – I will set up, run and video record an online mediation simulation of a commercial case in English, with the participation of 3 mediators playing the mediator’s and the parties’…
The Mediation Center of the Pacific “The Center Letter” is out This year the MCP Volunteer Recognition and Holiday Gathering will take place Friday December 11, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. The Hawaii Federal Credit Union
ACR Hawaii member Thomas DiGrazia’s new book Light On Peacemaking: Appropriate Dispute Resolution and Mediating Family Conflict has just been published, and is now available on Amazon.com and directly from the publisher Business Expert Press ~~~ Many books have been written about the practice of peacemaking, and few, if any, deal with the non-violent, spiritual side of this ancient science, discipline, practice and art form. This book will speak to that lack and explore the spiritual, non-violent element in peacemaking as it applies to mediating family law disputes. Universities will find the book helpful as a textbook in their peacemaking and mediation degree and certificate programs, most particularly, in those courses that stress a pragmatic, spiritual, eclectic and educated approach to non-adversarial, peaceful conflict resolution. The book is intended for the professional peacemaker, mediator, lawyer, law student, conciliator, and dispute neutral. Everyday people who wish to improve their own communication skills and strengthen their primary relationships will profit greatly from this book. These individuals, particularly those in the family law field, will find much benefit from the peacemaking processes, and family counseling psychology. Mental health family practitioners, who are often called upon to act as default, if not formal mediators and neutrals, will find useful the mediation and peacemaking experiences, techniques and literature related here. Light On Peacemaking also offers the Yoga practitioner a very practical avenue, through example in the legal field, for engaging in seva or service to humanity.
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When and Where Friday, December 4, 2015 – 5:30pm to 7:30pm Fresh Cafe – 1111 Nu’uanu Ave – Honolulu Parking Chinatown Municipal Parking, 27 N. Beretania St. between Nuuanu and Smith, $3 after 5 p.m. Also Mark’s Garage, Diamond Parking Services, Chinatown Gateway, Walmart, or Street Parking. Please Note: We do NOT validate Menu Fresh Cafe’s excellent pizzas, pupus, and fresh salad. Drinks can be purchased at the bar, but the event includes a tasting of fabulous wines, compliments of Silvert & Saibene Wines LLP Live Music Starts at 7:00 p.m. with Grant Peacock and “Imagine Jazz” featuring hit songs from 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s Cost FREE for ACR Hawaii members – $20 Guests ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING – AGENDA Call to Order Approval of Minutes November 2015 2015 Financial Report – Bruce McEwan 2016 Officers and Directors Election – Cindy Alm – Nominees 2015 Recap – Anne Smoke Incoming President’s Remarks – Lisa Jacobs Adjournment GUEST SPEAKER Our distinguished Guest Speaker is Peacemaker and ACR Hawaii member Tom DiGrazia, who will talk about his new book Light On Peacemaking: Appropriate Dispute Resolution and Mediating Family Conflict Register by November 27, 2015 – Click Here
In honor of Conflict Resolution Day, an annual International celebration sponsored by ACR and held every third Thursday in October, ACR Hawaii and the Matsunaga Institute for Peace present a list of books on conflict resolution recommended by Hawaii’s top scholars and practitioners These books are available at: Barnes & Noble – Ala Moana Barnes & Noble online at Barnes & Noble The University of Hawaii System Libaries The Hawaii State Library (Downtown) University of Hawaii Manoa – Bookstore