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Mediator Training • Crafting a Positive, Comfortable and Safe Online Space for Mediation • Wiltgen & Chang

Happy Aloha Friday! We hope you are enjoying the end of your week! We have a very important event coming up on April 21, from 12:00pm-1:00pm. It is titled Crafting a Positive, Comfortable and Safe Online Space for Mediation. You’ll want to attend this timely training on virtual mediation with Tracey Wiltgen and Louie Chang. Registration link is below. Further details are in the attached flyer. Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 12 Noon – 1 PM Crafting a Positive, Comfortable and Safe Online Space for Mediation Presenters: Lou Chang, Mediator / Arbitrator, and Tracey Wiltgen, Executive Director, The Mediation Center of the Pacific Practitioners in the spectrum of ADR methods strive to create supportive climates for productive communication between disputing parties. While this is already a challenging goal in a traditional “in-person” environment, it becomes more difficult in a virtual setting devoid of the human touch. The cyber barrier in a virtual environment gives parties in conflict an even greater sense of detachment, and may lead to further disengagement. Lou Chang and Tracey Wiltgen will share experiences, perspectives, and ideas to help ADR practitioners explore the elements of virtual platforms.  New approaches for creating safe spaces, and how foster a hopeful, comfortable, and safe online environment for positive collaborative discussions, will be explored. Register by clicking here:https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ComfySafeSpace This Virtual Brown Bag Session is Brought to you by: The Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution and Conflict Resolution Alliance We hope to see you there and wish you a wonderful rest of your day!

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Looking For Creative Peace-Building Ideas!

Dear CRA Friends and Members: On behalf of the CRA Board Subcommittee on Innovation, I would like to invite you to share any creative and innovative peacemaking and peace-building ideas you may have for the CRA in 2021. Please review my attached essay for some ideas and possible approaches for our organization to expand on its educative function in the conflict resolution field. Our other goal is to develop a professional cohort of peacemakers and builders who will have greater opportunities for being paid by government, organizations and individuals for their precious skills and pono energy in these culturally divided times. Please forward your ideas to Subcommittee chair, Tom DiGrazia @ digraziat001@gmail.com by 2/23/21. Mahalo for your good energy in this matter. In peace, Tom CRA POLL RESPONSE docx  

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Aloha Response Call

Hawaiʻi State Judiciary • Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution Aloha Response Call  Speaker: Pono Shim CEO, Oahu Economic Development Board & Gifted Storyteller Presented in Partnership With:  Conflict Resolution Alliance (CRA); Hawaiʻi State Bar Association-ADR Section; Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution; and The Mediation Center of the Pacific  Zoom Meet-up • Feb. 11, 2021 • 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.  “The world will turn to Hawaii as they search for world peace because Hawaii has the key…And that key is Aloha!” –Auntie Pilahi Paki (treasured kupuna and author of the Aloha Spirit Law) During this time of imminent change, when words like unprecedented,existential, and challenge permeate social media and news headlines, the people of Hawaiʻi must rise to a call to aloha. Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes 5-7.5, “Aloha Spirit” obliges our leaders in state government to “contemplate and reside with the life force and give consideration to the “Aloha Spirit” which is defined as “the essence of relationships in which each person is important to every other person for collective existence.” It is the kuleana of all residents of Hawaiʻi, and especially those of us who work in state and city and county government, policy-making, and the field of Conflict Resolution, to embrace and model this native Hawaiian working philosophy in our personal and professional lives. Join Pono Shim in a special Zoom session where he will share his leadership philosophies that are rooted in his knowledge of aloha passed to him from Auntie Pilahi Paki. Mr. Shim will steer participants to see the pressing social issues individuals, organizations, and communities face today, and offer participants an opportunity to exercise their aloha muscle at the core of these issues where the real work must be done. REGISTER:https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AlohaResponseCall  Inquiries? Call: CADR (808) 539-4237 or email CADR@courts.hawaii.gov Speaker bio: Pono…

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Conflict Resolution Alliance Annual Meetng Is This Friday!

We have a keynote speaker, Dr. Brian Jarrett*, presenting on “Integral Mediation”, at the annual meeting. We are gathering virtually to help you connect with fellow peacebuilders safely from the comfort of your home as all other events we have done since earlier this year. This is the first annual meeting since our organization became independent and changed the name to Conflict Resolution Alliance. We are excited to share what we could accomplish in our first year. We hope you can join us! In case you haven’t registered, below is the information: What: CRA Annual Meeting When: Friday, November 20, 2020 3pm – 5pm (Hawai’i Time) Where: Via Zoom Register at https://annual.eventbrite.com Please see CRA2020AnnualMeetingFlyerAndAgenda for more information. *About the Keynote Speaker: Dr. Brian Jarrett is a Professor and Chair of the Department on Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, & Peacebuilding Program at California State University Dominguez Hills. Dr. Jarrett is a lawyer and professional mediator and arbitrator in both the United States and Canada. He also holds a Ph.D. in Sociology. His interests include Mediation, Arbitration Dispute Systems Design (DSD), Restorative Practices and Therapeutic Jurisprudence (TJ). In recent years he has originated work in Integral Mediation, which promotes interdisciplinary practices in mediation. His practice ranges from work with local communities to international organizations. In both his written work and classroom teaching, Professor Jarrett works to bridge theory and practice in the field of Dispute Resolution. Dr. Jarrett’s talk will be about the sociological aspects, and how the professions and guilds are shaped, and how mediation is subject to some of these “forces” as a “field”. Will discuss the field theory of sociology by Pierre Bourdie.  

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Celebrating International Conflict Resolution Day in October!

There are so many events scheduled in October in commemoration of Conflict Resolution Day, October 15, 2020. All events are done virtually, which gives us great opportunities to attend more events and connect with people from various parts of the world! Check out our events page for upcoming conflict resolution & peacebuilding events at https://www.crahawaii.org/events/.  

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Difficult Conversation Series Virtual Workshop!

Join us for the Difficult Conversation Series that is a series of six virtual interactive workshops that will help you be ready to have difficult conversations in our professional and personal lives. More information in attachment and at https://difficultconversation.eventbrite.com.

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Your CRA has been busy planning virtual events for you!

The year 2020 has been truely unique. The challenges we have faced revealed our personal and community strengths and weaknesses, made us re-evaluate many aspects of our lives, and enabled us to make numerous pivots and adjustments in reaction. As we continue to ride the waves of new realities, your Conflict Resolution Alliance (CRA) has been busy planning virtual events to help you excel in resolving conflicts and building peace in our new norm!To kick off the fall events, the “Talk Story” event is scheduled on August 26, 2020 for you to share & learn Best Practices & Regulatory Considerations of Remote ADR Platforms, followed by a series of seven “Difficult Conversation” workshops to help you navigate those conversations well. Hope you can all join us! All events are virtual and you don’t have to leave your office or home to attend. (And as long as you have a shirt on, you meet the event dress code, too 🙂 )  Check out all CRA events along with other conflict resolution/peace building events information posted at our event page. If you know of any events that will help develop peacebuilders in Hawaii you would like us to share on our event page, please reach out at our contact page.

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How Do We Help Our Community Recover Quickly?

Community re-opening plans and policies are changing so frequently and rapidly to react and adapt to the new daily discoveries in uncharted territories. As we get ready to welcome back visitors to the islands from various different communities, much needed “hope” is starting to roll in along with new sets of uncertainties and fears to our community. According to Accipio, unpredictability, stress, conflicting access to resources, perceptions and personal values are some of the causes of conflict. We have seen so many conflicts in our society already, and we can expect to see many more along our road to recovery. They need to be adressed quickly so that our community is able to pivot and adapt to the new norm quickly and thrive together. This is a prime time for us, the conflict resolution professionals and advocates, to play a critical role in supporting the community. We have tools to meet wherever the conflicts are and knowledge and ability to offer options in how disputes are resolved and how parties can participate, to create an optimum environment to make people feel safe and foster resolution. In order to do this well, we need to be sure that we are well. Matsunaga Institute for Peace’s webinar recording of the “De-Stressing:laughing Your Way Through These Unprecedented Times” by Lu and Tom Digrazia is available at https://youtu.be/fDSTEV2pLt8. Hope you are all well because our community needs us more than ever.

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MEDIATING ONLINE: A PRIMER

Aloha, Here is a related 2-Day Free Training for qualified 40 participants… The William S. Richardson School of Law’s Conflict Management Institute (CMI) is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to participate in a free online dispute resolution (ODR) training conducted by nationally recognized experts Jim Melamed, Colin Rule and Clare Fowler. This opportunity is limited to the first 40 registrants who meet the criteria of being an experienced mediator. If you are unable to attend, the video of the training will be posted on the William S. Richardson School of Law’s website. If you are an experienced mediator and are interested in participating in the two-day training on June 18th and June 19th, please click on the link below. MEDIATING ONLINE: A PRIMER https://www.mediate.com/products/pg1367.cfm This training is sponsored by the William S. Richardson School of Law’s Conflict Management Institute (CMI). CMI helps legal, business, and community leaders maximize the use of collaborative conflict management strategies.

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The Unprecedented Time Stressing You Out?

Aloha Conflict Resolution Alliance Community! We could all use some help in finding peace in the new norm we are living in now to help us continue our important work in helping others resolve conflicts peacefully. We wanted to share information about the free online training opportunity presented by: The Hawai‘i State Judiciary Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution & Matsunaga Institute for Peace   “De-stressing: Laughing Your Way Through These Unprecedented Times” with Tom DiGrazia Friday, June 5, 2020 11 AM -12:15 PM HST Register here, https://bit.ly/3cUnTTP (Details for logging into the Zoom meeting will be provided the week of the event)   About Event: Mediation Meets Meditation:  Learn Yoga exercises that can be done from the comfort of your remote workplace in order to de-stress. No prior experience necessary.   About Tom DiGrazia: Tom  has been a lawyer and professional peacemaker/mediator for 50 years and has studied, practiced and taught Yoga since 1975. As a registered 500-hr.-E-RYT with the Yoga Alliance, he teaches private classes at the YSK Yoga studio in Kailua, Hawai‘i.   Co-Sponsors: Conflict Resolution Alliance (CRA), Hawai‘i State Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Section (HSBA-ADR), The Mediation Center of the Pacific (MCP)