Conflict Resolution Alliance (CRA)
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/.
Please join us for a special event that Conflict Resolution Alliance (CRA) is sponsoring! This will be an encore presentation of “Indigenous Conflict Resolution: Practice and Integration” followed by a live questions and answer via zoom with the speakers on Friday, October 23 from 12 PM to 2:30 PM Hawai’i time. This event has been approved by the Hawaiʻi State Board of Continuing Legal Education for 2 CLE credits (1 CLE credit hour and 1 Ethics credit hour). Register at https://indigenousconflict.eventbrite.com. Program Summary: Indigenous conflict resolution practices, including Hoʻoponopono and native peacemaking, have been used by both Native Hawaiian and Native American groups to address conflict in families and the greater community. A distinguished panel of legal academics, practitioners, and peacemakers will probe the possibilities and implications of integrating indigenous conflict resolution practices in the practice of law and the court system. Co-Sponsors: Hawaiʻi State Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Ku’ikahi Mediation Center, Matsunaga Institute for Peace, Maui Mediation Services, The Mediation Center of the Pacific, and West Hawai’i Mediation Center. Special Thank You: The Hawai’i State Judiciary Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution, The King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center, Native Hawaiian Bar Association, and ‘Ōlelo Community Media A copy of the event flyer is attached below. For questions regarding event logistics, please contact us at info@crahwaii.org.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Aloha Conflict Resolution Alliance Community, Sharing information about upcoming event on ODR on June 18… The William S. Richardson School of Law’s Conflict Management Institute is hosting the second presentation in its 2020 Conflict Management Speakers Series. This second timely presentation will focus on online dispute resolution (ODR). Nationally recognized ODR experts, Jim Melamed and Colin Rule, will present on current ODR trends and the future of ODR. We hope you will join us to learn more about ODR and how we can incorporate best practices into Hawaii’s business community. To register for the event, please click on the link below. ONLINE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ODR): WHERE’S IT AT, AND WHERE’S IT GOING? https://www.mediate.com/products/pg1365.cfm The William S. Richardson School of Law’s Conflict Management Institute (CMI) helps legal, business, and community leaders maximize the use of collaborative conflict management strategies. The 2020 Conflict Management Speaker’s Series is the first in CMI’s offerings of short programs, CLEs, and continuing education courses for attorneys, business professionals, executives, and community leaders.
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)
Aloha Conflict Resolution Alliance Members, Hope you are well and thriving while staying at home. We wanted to share information about a webinar coming up next week if you want to learn more about ODR… Incorporating ODR in Your Legal and ADR Practice The ADR and Litigation Sections of the HSBA along with Giuseppe Leone will be presenting a web event/webinar. It will be aimed at helping conflict resolution colleagues and attorneys to learn about and to get comfortable with incorporating video conferencing tools in the practice. More information below and in attachment. “Incorporating ODR in Your Legal and ADR Practice: a One Hour Presentation and Demo by Giuseppe Leone” Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 12 PM Register for Zoom details at, https://bit.ly/2VQtEMs About the Presenter, Giuseppe Leone: A leading expert ODR practitioner has been a mediator since 1997, and a Zoom user since 2013. He is also a volunteer mediator for the Mediation Center of the Pacific. Giuseppe offers a 2-hour one-on-one, hands-on training “How to Master Online Mediation via Zoom” to experienced mediators and ADR organizations in the USA and Europe. For more information you can visit his website https://www.virtualmediationlab.com/.
Aloha, Thank you for joining us for the talk story event last week on Self-Care in the Era of Social Distancing with Dr. Maya Soetoro. It was great to see people from all over the globe! Dr. Soetoro has another virtual talk story next week. In case you are interested, we are sharing an upcoming virtual community series of events to explore the theme, Building a Beloved Community. The event is hosted by The Institute for Climate & Peace in partnership with Ceeds of Peace & The Matsunaga Institute for Peace. Their first event brings together two peacebuilders for conversation over a cup of tea. Building a Beloved Community (a virtual talk story series) Guests Puanani Burgess and Maya Soetoro Tuesday, April 28, 2020 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM HST Register at https://bit.ly/3eOJUVM About Guests: Puanani Burgess, the process and design facilitator for Building a Beloved Community and Maya Soetoro, Associate Specialist at the Matsunaga Institute, and Co-Founder of the Institute for Climate and Peace and Ceeds of Peace.