Aloha, Join the Mediation Center of the Pacific and its supporters to celebrate 40 years of mediation at its annual fundraiser, Under the Mediation Moon on April 13th at the Hawaii Convention Center. To commemorate this important milestone, MCP will be honoring four individuals whose dedication and support of MCP over the years have enabled it to grow and become a critical resource in Hawaii’s communities: William “Bill” Darrah, William Hoshijo, Dorothy “Dee Dee” Letts, and Bruce McEwan. Enjoy delectable dishes, fine wines, and collaborative camaraderie while reveling in the music of local band Asian Blend with a special guest appearance by Henry Kapono. Your participation in this fundraiser will help MCP continue to provide mediation and dispute resolution for individuals in the low-income, gap group, and vulnerable populations. We are so grateful for the support and involvement of our champions and volunteers who have enabled MCP to assist over 6,000 people annually in the prevention and resolution of conflict. We hope you will join us on April 13th to celebrate the accomplishments of MCP over the past 40 years! Find out more information and purchase a ticket by visiting http://mcp40years.givesmart.com/ Katie Ranney Special Programs Coordinator CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF MEDIATION IN HAWAII The Mediation Center of the Pacific, Inc.
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Greetings Fellow Association Members, May this message find each one of you in good health. Attached are the results of the recent member and lapsed membership surveys. Mahalo for your time and effort in responding to the surveys. The responses will aid the board when it makes its recommendations for future courses of action. Mahalo also to our board members for their stellar work in administering the surveys and preparing the Final Report. 2019 ACR Hawaii Survey Results We hope to see many of you at Lou Chang’s “My Grand Brand Workplan” on April 9th. There is also an option to participate remotely. Click here to register. Aloha, Owen
This is from ACR 3.5.19 message… ACResolution Call for Articles: “Educating the Next Generation” The Editors are currently seeking your contributions for the next issue… Link here for submission details. email: publications@acrnet.org Help Shape the 2019 Conference… We had over 150 proposals submitted for workshop consideration! Thank you! The proposals are currently being reviewed by the Section Leads and Conference Committee Chairs. Presenters will be contacted once the review process has concluded. In the meantime, there are many opportunities to get involved and help shape this years conference to reflect the type of ACR Conference you want to attend. Link here to read about the conference focused work-groups and volunteer today! For more conference information and to get involved, email: acrconference@acrnet.org
President’s Message Greetings fellow ACR-Hawai‘i members, Lou Chang’s workshop represents an important step toward developing the next generation(s) of neutrals. We humbly and respectfully ask that you do all you can to support it. Do you know persons who may be interested in being a mediator, arbitrator, facilitator, or other neutral? If so, please forward the flyer to them and do all you can to encourage them. Let’s leave behind a legacy of doing everything in our power to help our younger generations to succeed! Aloha, Owen Register for the event at https://bit.ly/2GUK6nA Click here for the event flyer Lou Event Flyer – 2 Option to call in or participate online is available. Please e-mail us (acrhawaiichapter@gmail.com) if would like to remote in for the event!
United States Ombudsman Association (USOA) asked us to share a very exciting news! The USOA’s 40th Annual Conference will be held September 18-20, 2019, at the Hilton Waikiki Beach Hotel in Honolulu, HI. Pre-conference workshops will be offered September 16-17, 2019. The year 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Hawaii Ombudsman’s Office, the first classical ombudsman office established in the United States. See USOA’s event page for more information here. Event Flyer is below. 2019 USOA Annual Conference – Save the Date (Event Flyer)
One of our members, Barbara Melamed, Ph.D., who published this year on Xenophobia, would be happy to hear from any of our ACR Hawaii members interested in presenting at the upcoming National Multicultural Conference and Summit – “Truth To Power: Impact Through Community Voice and Action” – in January 2019 in Denver Colorado . More information is available at https://www.multiculturalsummit.org. Earlybird deadline is December 1, 2018. If you are interested, please contact Barbara at barbara@drmelamed.net.
In the evening of November 30, 2018… We are gathering for the holidays to celebrate the impact ACR Hawaii was able to make in year 2018 to promote peaceful conflict resolution, and to talk about the Future of Conflict Management in Hawaii moderated by Peter Adler. Below are the links to the documents for the gathering: ACR Annual Meeting Program 2018 ACR-Hawaii2019OfficersAndDirectorsFinal Draft Minutes of 2017 Annual Meeting and Holiday Dinner (1) (1) If you have not registered for the event, you can still do so here. Brief video of 2018 ACR Hawaii’s activities We look forward to seeing you!
Sharing… ABA 21st Annual Section of Dispute Resolution Spring Conference April 10-13, 2019 in Minneapolis The 2019 Annual Spring Conference will be held on April 10-13, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The theme of this year’s conference is “Shining the Light on the Parties in Dispute Resolution”. The Conference will begin on April 10th with the convening of the Symposium on ADR in the Courts and run through April 13th featuring over 70 concurrent CLE and non-programs, multiple dedicated networking opportunities and will culminate in the Legal Educators’ Colloquium on Saturday, April 13th. Whether you are new to dispute resolution practice or have been practicing for decades, the 2019 ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Spring Conference has something for you. Participate in an enriching experience along with some of the worlds’ leading ADR professionals that can only enhance your career. Click here for more information.
Please save the date for ACR Hawaii Annual Meeting & Holiday Dinner! When: November 30, 2018 5:30pm – 8:30pm Where: Maple Garden Restaurant 909 Isenberg St, Honolulu, HI 96826 Fees: $20 Member / $25 Non-Member Featuring: Talk Story Session with Peter Adler, PhD – Future of Conflict Management in Hawaii “In Hawaiʻi, as elsewhere, we have become metaphorically, a wheel or tire that has lots of interesting spokes branching out, but no real central intellectual or organizational hub. There are many smaller hubs in different organizations and institutions, but no one clear center that successfully connects all or even most. There is no common watering hole. What is lacking is a vision and recognition of some kind of “common core” and the important, if not critical, need for broader expansion, study and capacity building in all fields of endeavor of conflict management, communication, priority setting, negotiation and community engagement skills at all points of the broader society.“ Peter will be leading the Talk Story session regarding this important topic at our annual gathering. Hope you can join in the conversation! Register for the event Here. Meet Peter Adler… Peter S. Adler, PhD The ACCORD3.0 Network 2471 Manoa Road Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Tel: 808-888-0215 (landline) 808-683-2849 (cell) E-mail: padleraccord@gmail.com Web: www.accord3.com Peter S. Adler, PhD is a planner, mediator, facilitator, and a principal in ACCORD3.0, a professional network of consultants specializing in foresight, strategy, and cooperative trouble-shooting. As a planner he works with organizations in the public, private and civic sectors on forward strategy and executive and board alignment. As a mediator, he assists groups to reach agreements on energy, environment, and health controversies. Adler has worked in the government, business and the NGO sectors and taught advanced negotiation courses at the University of Hawaiʻi and California State University Dominguez Hills. Prior executive experience includes nine years as President and…
5:1 Kindness Challenge Pledge Be Kind, Small Kine and Bank’um. What separates healthy and happy relationships from miserable ones is a balance of positive to negative interactions. Studies in the field of social psychology1 show that it takes five positive interactions to make up for every one bad encounter you have with someone. It is called the 5:1 Magic Ratio. Think of it as a simple formula for building healthy relationships (at home or at work2). And, consider the impact beyond building relationships. We experience approximately 20,000 individual moments in a waking day each lasting just a few seconds.3 The moments that make an indelible mark on our memory are not the neutral encounters we have with others, but the ones that are either positive or negative. Even though these encounters are only seconds long, they can be life-changing. If you can change someone’s life in just a few seconds, why not make it for the better! Pay someone a compliment. Offer a few encouraging words. Give a two thumbs ups. Smile and gesture a show of appreciation. Make someone laugh. These simple actions can make someone’s day. The good news is that you can bank good actions or encounters. After all, we are human and we all have momentary lapses in judgement, or mindless, rushed moments when we don’t know what we are leaving in our wake. So, while you are consciously making someone’s day with a kind gesture, you are banking positive encounters to balance the scale when your lesser self takes over. We challenge you to the Magic Ratio Kindness Challenge: Be Kind, Small Kine. By signing the Kindness Challenge Pledge you commit to banking five (5) positive encounters each day during the month of October (that is 155 kind acts if you start on October 1,…