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            NCRC Lunch & Learns

             
            Inside the Conflict Resolution Toolbox
            NCRC's Monthly Lunch & Learn Program
             
            Inside the Conflict Resolution Toolbox is NCRC's monthly Lunch & Learn program.  We meet on the 2rd Tuesday of every month at West End United Methodist Church in McWhirter Hall (on the ground floor), from 12:00 noon – 1:15 p.m. 

            Come fill up your toolbox with a variety of conflict resolution skills & find out about important work being done in Nashville! 

            Discussion topics include:
             
              Diversity work
              Mediation in communities
              Dialogue
              Negotiation
              Reconciliation programs
              Mediation in courts
              Peacemaking Circles
              Mediation in businesses
              International mediation
            …and more…
             
            Newcomers are welcome!  NCRC Lunch & Learns are free and open to all (donations for food gratefully accepted).  If you're interested in getting involved with NCRC as a volunteer / pro bono mediator or as a co-facilitator in our conflict resolution education programs, please come to one or more of these events; they are a great way to get to know our community. Volunteer Mediator Applications will be available on site.

            CHURCH ADDRESS:  West End United Methodist Church, 2200 West End Ave., Nashville, TN 37203, McWhirter Hall
            PARKING: Park in the lower church parking lot - farther away from the building and closer to Ellison Place. 
            FINDING MCWHIRTER HALL: When you enter the building from the parking lot, walk towards the elevators, then pass them by bearing slight right, then look for the large dining hall - McWhirter Hall - on your right.  McWhirter Hall is on the ground floor of the church building.
            CME CREDIT:  1.25 credit hrs of continuing mediation education are available for Rule 31 mediators 

            Bring a bag lunch; snacks will be provided
             
            RSVP not required - just come!


            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
            Video shown

            3/31/08 - New Rule 31 Mediation Reporting Requirements of the AOC
            Guest Speaker: Andrea Ayers, Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)