NCRC Lunch & Learns

 
Inside the Conflict Resolution Toolbox

NCRC's Monthly Lunch & Learn Program
 
NOTE: This program is temporarily on hiatus due to architectural renovations.
Please check back frequently for updates!
We hope to resume this continuing education opportunity soon.
  


 
Inside the Conflict Resolution Toolbox is NCRC's monthly Lunch & Learn program, offering a regular opportunity for lively dialogue, collaborative learning, and free CME credit for those who want it. All are welcome, mediators and non-mediators alike!  


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 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. 



CME CREDIT:  1.25  hrs of FREE CONTINUING MEDIATION EDUCATION credit is available for Rule 31 mediators 


Bring a bag lunch
 
RSVP not required - just come!



Lunch & Learn - Past Programs

9/13/11 - Mediation and Collaborative Law
Guest speakers: Attorney-Mediators Dot Dobbins and Irwin Kuhn

8/9/11 - Mediation and Domestic Violence
Guest speaker: Magistrate Sheila Calloway, Juvenile Justice Center

6/14/11 - Youth Mediators Speak Out Against Youth Violence
Guest speakers: High School students and program directors from NCRC's youth mediation program, "Planting Seeds."

5/10/11 - Volunteer/Pro Bono Mediation: Helping to Increase Access to Justice
Guest speakers: Anne-Louise Wirthlin, Access to Justice Program Coordinator, and Catherine Homra, ADR Commission Program Coordinator

4/12/11 -
The Devastating Effects of Domestic Violence on Children (mediation ethics credit)
Guest speaker: Kathy M. Hines, Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Advocate

03/15/11 - Current Trends and Challenges in Family Law
Guest speaker: Family Attorney and Vanderbilt Law School Adjunct Professor Abby Rubenfeld

02/08/11 - Community Dialogue & Women's Empowerment at the Scarritt Bennett Center

Guest speakers: Kim Johnson, Vice President of Educational Enrichment Programs and Community Relations; and Chandra Allen, Director of the Women's Table

06/08/10 - 'El Protector' - Metro Nashville Police Department's Program to Improve Police-Community Relations in the Hispanic/Latino Community
Guest speakers: Officer Gilbert Ramirez and Officer Rafael Fernandez of MNPD

04/13/10 - Envisioning Restorative Justice in the Criminal Justice System - (mediation ethics credit)
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"


12/08/09 - NVC Nashville: Useful Communication Tools to Help Mediators Enhance Connections with Others 
Guest speakers: Deborah Denson & Logan Sandrock of the non-profit organization, NVC Nashville (Non-Violent Communication Nashville)

11/10/09 - Mediating Discrimination - (mediation ethics credit)
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 - (mediation ethics credit)
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 - (mediation ethics credit)
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 - (2 hrs of mediation ethics credit)

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 - (mediation ethics credit)
Guest speakers: Tracy and Leigh Ann Roberts, The Circle Center LLC

11/18/08 - Reconciliation and Restorative Justice - (mediation ethics credit)
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)