Mediator Spotlight
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Lunch & Learn - Past Programs
04/13/10 - Envisioning Restorative Justice in the Criminal Justice System
Guest speakers: Reverand Janet Wolf, Associate Professor at American Baptist College; Glenda Lingo, Board President of Reconciliation (a non-profit prison ministry organization); and an alumn from the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program
03/09/10 - Scenes from the Award-winning Film, "The Power of Forgiveness"
11/10/09 - Mediating Discrimination
Guest speakers: Kelvin Jones, Executive Director of Metro Human Relations Commission; Beverly Watts, Executive Director of Tennessee Human Rights Commission; Tiffany Baker-Cox, Deputy Director of Tennessee Human Rights Commission
10/6/09 - Peaceful Dialogue in Faith Communities
Guest speakers: Rev. Tom Laney, United Methodist Church; Rev. Steve Joiner, Church of Christ; Rev. Gail Seavey, First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville; Rev. Enoch Fuzz, Corinthian Baptist Church; Rabbi Kliel Rose, West End Synagogue; Dr. Fakhruddin, Islamic Center of Nashville; Im Sim, Cambodian International Buddhist Temple
9/8/09 - Conflict Dynamics and the Internet
Guest speaker: Professor Ray Friedman, Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Business
8/11/09 - Juvenile Court Mediation
Guest speakers: Mary Ellen Bowen, Exec Dir, Mid-South Mediation Services; Jackie Kittrell, Exec Dir, Community Mediation Center in Knoxville; Susan Orr, Director of Mediation Services, Oasis Center
7/14/09 - Community Diversity in Dialogue (DID) Circles at Scarritt Bennett Center
Guest speakers: Kim Johnson, Director of Educational Enrichment Programs, and Diana Holland, DID Coordinator
6/9/09 - Managing Cultural Differences in Mediation (LARGEST TURNOUT YET!)
Guest speakers: Sabah Chalky, Kurdish Human Rights Forum; Leon Berrios, Conexion Americas; Abdullahi Farah, Somali Community Center; Gatluak Thach, Sudanese Community & Women's Services Center
May 2009 - NO LUNCH & LEARN ("The Power of Forgiveness" film screening held on 5/14/09)
3/24/09 - Why Won't They Just Apologize? Barriers to Apology in Group Conflicts
Guest speakers: Professor Roger Conner, Patricia Jordan, Vanderbilt Law School, The Advocacy Project
Feb 2009 - NO LUNCH & LEARN (Annual Mediation Celebration this month)
1/20/09 - Mind Games: A Psychological Perspective on Negotiation in Mediation
Guest speaker: Professor Chris Guthrie, Vanderbilt Law School
12/16/08 - Peacemaking Circles
Guest speakers: Tracy and Leigh Ann Roberts, The Circle Center LLC
11/18/08 - Reconciliation and Restorative Justice
Guest speakers: Rev. Janet Wolf, American Baptist College, and Glenda Lingo, Reconciliation
10/21/08 - Diversity and Community Relations in Nashville
Guest speaker: Kelvin Jones, Exec Dir of the Metro Human Relations Commission
8/25/08 - Lessons from Lipscomb-ICM's Tennessee Judicial Mediation Trainings
Guest speaker: Larry Bridgesmith, Exec Dir of the Institute for Conflict Management, Lipscomb University
5/27/08 - Victim Offender Mediation: Victim Empowerment through Mediation and Dialogue
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3/31/08 - New Rule 31 Mediation Reporting Requirements of the AOC
Guest Speaker: Andrea Ayers, Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)
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