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1 – Your Name Listed on Our Website If you renew your membership or become a member in  2015, you may have your name listed on our website, under a new “Our Members” page – for FREE. You will be able to choose among these 3 options: Your name only (e.g. John Jones) Your name and email or phone number (e.g. John Jones johnatgmail.com or John Jones Tel (808) 111-2222) Your name with a link to your website (e.g. John Jones – JohnJonesdotcom) 2 – Help Us Grow The strength of our association lies with our membership. The more members we are, the more we can do together to promote and support conflict resolution in Hawaii. Therefore, if you are willing to help us grow, you can now download and print from our website  the following materials, which you can use for promoting ACR Hawaii during professional meetings or public events. A New ACR Hawaii Flyer A 5-min Presentation of ACR Hawaii

In this interview Caroline Torosis, Dispute Resolution Program Manager of the County of Los Angeles Department Of Consumer Affairs, shares with ACR board member Giuseppe Leone –  Founder of the online mediation project Virtual Mediation Lab The goals of their innovative and ambitious Online Dispute Resolution Pilot Project The main criteria for assessing the technology necessary for that project Giuseppe’s Virtual Mediation Lab and ACR board member Kerry Urosevich’s Ceeds of Peace are 2 projects currently sponsored by ACR Hawaii. To learn more about the technology currently available for delivering collaboration and dispute resolution services online, please watch the 78-min video of Technology Tools for Collaborative Dialogue – a webinar presented on October 15, 2014 by ACR Hawaii member Kirsten Rosa.

The November 2014 edition of the CADR (Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution) ADR Times is titled Forum Summary – Legal Aid Society of Hawaii: Hawaii Self-Help Project & Court Self-Help Centers

The National Center for Access to Justice released its Justice Index findings, ranking Hawaii as one of the top three states in the country for best practices of ensuring access to the civil and criminal justice systems. The report measured how accessible the justice system is in four categories: Attorney access for low-income litigants Support for self-represented litigants Support for litigants with limited language proficiency Support for people with disabilities READ ON

The Association for Conflict Resolution is seeking a dynamic and creative Executive Director to lead and enhance the organization. He or she will: Work closely with an active Board of Directors Have a key role in being responsive to the needs of membership, fundraising, securing the financial sustainability of the organization, web-administration, Conference planning, and development of budgets and resources Other duties include membership outreach, implementing programming/services for members, developing field-wide partnerships, working with ACR’s Sections and Chapters, and carrying out the day to day operations of the organization. If you (or someone you know) are interested, you are required to apply by November 21, 2014. For more information click here

Matthew Nagato is currently the Communications Director for the Hawai’i Primary Care Association, a nonprofit public health organization dedicated to improving the health of communities. He is also the writer, director, and producer of the documentary Ola – Health is Everything. Since 1987, he has worked for a variety of Hawai‘i’s health care organizations, applying his diverse expertise in strategic planning, operations management, communications, marketing, product development, and information systems After many years in the health care delivery and financing sectors, Matthew has most recently devoted his energies to transforming the health care system and creating thriving communities. 

In 2011 and 2012, Matthew managed two critically acclaimed media projects; the Feel Good awareness campaign and animated “What is a Community Health Center?” project received national and international attention for their clear and inventive use of video to educate and improve advocacy. 

He speaks regularly at health care conferences and to medical organizations on system transformation, health care reform, and innovation. In 2013, he was an invited speaker at the TEDx Honolulu event “Cultivating Community.”

His second documentary project, “‘Ike: Knowledge is Everywhere,” was an official selection of the 2014 Hawai’i International Film Festival.

The Association for Conflict Resolution is getting ready for their next Conference, which will be held in Reno, Nevada – October 7 – 10, 2015. And they have set a deadline – December 15, 2014 at 12 midnight Eastern time – for receiving proposals As indicated by Cindy Alm in our 17-min video interview on the ACR Conference 2014 every year ACR offers a great opportunity not only to share new ideas and projects related to conflict resolution. But also to meet the people who are behind those ideas and are determined to turn them into reality. The theme of next year ACR Conference is ” Thinking About Our Thinking*: From Emerging Research to Practical Application” (* in memory of Dr. John Haynes).