Webinars
When Progress Stops: Navigating Impasse in Conflict Resolution
July 24 at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDTFree Virtual CUC Meet and Greet
July 31 at 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT
Online
Support and Development Group
September 11, 2025 at 8:00 am - January 8, 2026 at 5:00 pm PDTIntroduction to Understanding Workplace Conflict
September 12 at 9:00 am - 1:30 pm PDTMediation Lab: From Training to Practice
October 3 at 8:00 am - October 4 at 4:00 pm PDTSeries – Navigating Difficult Conversations
October 9 at 12:00 pm - October 23 at 2:00 pm PDT
West Coast
40-Hour Mediation and Conflict Resolution Skills Training (West Coast)
November 5 - November 92026 SCPI Retreat: Conflict and Compassion (MEXICO)
January 24, 2026 at 3:00 pm - January 31, 2026 at 11:00 am PST
East Coast
24-Hour Basic Mediation Training (East Coast)
June 23 at 3:00 pm - June 26 at 12:00 pm EDTWorking Creatively with Conflict: 40-Hour Conflict Resolution and Matrimonial Mediation Training (East Coast)
June 23 at 3:00 pm - June 28 at 12:00 pm EDT16-Hour Advanced Matrimonial Mediation Training (East Coast)
June 26 at 3:00 pm - June 28 at 1:00 pm EDT
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Featured Articles
From Courtrooms to Communities – A Journey Toward Understanding
Not long ago, conflict resolution lived mostly in courtrooms. When problems flared – in business deals, families, or neighborhood disputes – the default response was often legal action. Mediation emerged as a quieter alternative, inviting people to sit down, talk, and...
Resolving Identity-based Conflict in Nations, Organizations, and Communities by Jay Rothman
Jay Rothman’s Resolving Identity-Based Conflict in Nations, Organizations, and Communities offers a deeply thoughtful and human-centered exploration of conflict rooted in identity. For practitioners of the understanding-based approach, this book is both familiar and...
Why You Need to Reflect, Retreat, and Reconnect
In the field of conflict resolution, where the work is deeply human and often solitary, it is easy to become untethered from the very qualities that first drew us to it. We are trained to listen carefully, to remain grounded in difficult moments, to create a space...
