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)