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SUMMARY:Self-Reflection for Conflict Professionals Intensive (SCPI) 2024
DESCRIPTION:CUC invites you to join our first online introductory cohort of SCPI\, where conflict resolution professionals commit to exploring together practices of self-reflection that are constructive for ourselves and productive for our clients.\nTogether we will:\n\nLearn about compassionately connecting with and understanding\, in the context of our various histories\, positions\, and intersections\,  our deeper impulses fueling our commitment to working with people in conflict.\nRecognize barriers to self-understanding and constructive presence\, such as general reactivity\, judgment\, insecurity\, anger\, or the desire for control.\nWork with those barriers in ways that bring us closer to ourselves and our clients.\nExplore SCPI concepts and skills through the specific experiences of cohort participants.\nDiscuss how to integrate inner experience and external action.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParticipants will practice various self-reflection methods during six group online sessions over six months (approximately 1 three hour group session monthly) and in-between sessions individually (daily) and 1-1 peer meetings (weekly).\n\n\nThis program is for anyone whose work includes helping people navigate conflicts\, including mediators in various community and professional contexts\, human resource managers\, team leaders\, volunteer coordinators\, ombudspersons\, lawyers\, mental health and financial and fiduciary professionals\, and other similar professionals. Participants can be previously trained in or identified with the CUC understanding-based model\, but it is not a requirement.\n\nWhile we wish that everyone who wishes to attend could\, there will be a limited number of participants to ensure everyone has an impactful and productive experience and maintain strong connections between group members.\n\n\nDATES AND TIMES FOR ONLINE GROUP SESSIONS VIA ZOOM\n9:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST on the following dates in 2024: \nJanuary 20th\nFebruary 10th\nMarch 8th**\nApril 26th**\nMay 11th\nJune 8th\nAll dates are Saturdays except those marked**\, which are Fridays.\nCOST\nThe cost will be $750 per participant for the 6-month program.\n\nParticipants will also need to access for themselves:\n\nA copy of Inside Out: How Conflict Professionals Can Use Self-Reflection to Help Their Clients\, by Gary Friedman. Paper copies are available for purchase through online stores for approximately $35 – 55.\nTheir own self-selected or crafted paper journal for use throughout the program.\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTRATION\nRegistration is now closed. Please email james@understandinginconflict.org to inquire about the waitlist. Thank you for your interest!\n\n\n  \nFACILITATORS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHeba Nimr has worked in various capacities for more than 30 years with families and organizations challenging systemic barriers to equity\, as well as navigating interpersonal conflicts and abuse. Heba brings and builds on those experiences in her current practice\, based in Oakland for ten years and counting\, as a lawyer and mediator focused primarily in the areas of family law\, and life\, legacy and death planning.  She has particular strength and interest in conflict resolution in multicultural and multilingual settings. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGary J. Friedman has been practicing law as a mediator with Mediation Law Offices in Mill Valley\, California since 1976\, integrating mediative principles into the practice of law and the resolution of legal disputes. Co-founder of the Center for Understanding in Conflict (formerly the Center for Mediation in Law)\, he has been teaching mediation since 1980. Prior to his work as a mediator\, he practiced law as a trial lawyer with Friedman and Friedman in Bridgeport\, Connecticut. After several years as an advocate\, he sought a new approach to resolving disputes through increasing the participation of the parties in the resolution of their differences. At that time\, he and his colleague\, Jack Himmelstein\, began to develop the Understanding-based model that is now practiced extensively in the United States and Europe. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNorman Fischer is a poet\, author\, Zen Buddhist priest and former abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center. As founder of the Everyday Zen Foundation (www.everydayzen.org)\, his work with meditation practice has taken him into many corners of contemporary American life including the arts\, education\, hospice training\, education\, and lawyering as a spiritual path. Recently\, he began offering meditation training to engineers at Google. Norman has worked with the Center for Understanding in Conflict on inquiries that focus on bringing the calmness and insight of meditation practice directly into conflict situations. Norman has written 29 books. His latest books are Untitled Series: Life As It is and The World Could Be Otherwise: Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHansa Patel is an attorney\, mediator\, and teacher.  As an attorney\, Hansa zealously advocated for abused and neglected children or defended their parents’ rights in the San Francisco juvenile dependency court for fourteen years.  Hansa is passionate about serving the underprivileged community.  Feeling depleted by the court system\, Hansa explored new ways to empower her clients to resolve conflict.  Mediation empowers Hansa’s clients to choose how they want to engage with conflict\, co-create resolutions\, and even transform a relationship.  In the USA\, Canada\, and Africa\, Hansa teaches mediation\, including integrating mindfulness skills into conflict resolution.  Hansa wants her clients to have the same tools she cultivates in her children:  a mindful approach to resolving challenges in life. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJennifer Sullivan is a mediator\, facilitator\, and litigator who brings the power of understanding to her work. Jennifer’s background as a commercial litigator informs her focus on mediating civil and business disputes. She presents and teaches regularly on mediation techniques\, is a member of the ADR Section of the Colorado Bar Association; a co-owner of a litigation\, mediation\, and corporate boutique law firm; and is the Senior Assistant Dean for Administration and Program Development at the University of Colorado Law School. She is a strong believer in second chances and is involved in a Boulder non-profit that supports formerly incarcerated individuals who are re-entering society.
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SUMMARY:Teacher Training Program 2024 (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Introducing the 2024 Teacher Training Program\nThe Center for Understanding in Conflict’s training programs have been popular for over 40 years because the Understanding-Based approach resonates with many people. Our trainings are powerful experiential education\, carefully designed and skillfully taught. After a successful 2022-23 cohort\, we will continue to deepen and broaden the availability of understanding-based conflict resolution teachers\, improve capacity to serve program participants\, and support CUC community members in developing the skills to teach understanding-based conflict engagement in various contexts. \nIn 2024\, CUC will again be offering an intensive Teacher Training Program\, and we are excited to invite CUC’s extended community to consider applying to attend or financially support the program. \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Program\nCUC’s Teacher Training program is for those motivated to develop their ability to teach Understanding-Based conflict resolution skills to others. Over nine months\, through a mix of in-person and online sessions along with self-reflection\, reading\, one-on-one and small group conversations\, and projects between sessions\, participants in the Teacher Training cohort will: \n\nLearn how to teach CUC’s model\, including the Center’s teaching style and Understanding-Based principles\, concepts\, and tools.\nWork with CUC’s most experienced teachers\, Gary Friedman and Catherine Conner.\nPractice delivering Understanding-Based conflict resolution content.\nThrough self-reflection practices\, explore and bring their authentic selves to their teaching.\nUse various instructional methods and formats\, informed by pedagogical best practices\, to hold training space for all learners.\nUnderstand the logistics of planning and executing a training.\n\nThe Teacher Training program will prepare participants to offer trainings wherever they are drawn. \n* Participants also receive complimentary CUC Connect membership for the duration of the program\, which includes access to monthly live webinars\, webinar library\, and featured recordings from past programs. \nProgram Schedule\nThe Teacher Training cohort will meet monthly from February though November 2024. Participants will be expected to attend all sessions.  In addition\, there will be assignments for additional work between meetings\, peer conversations\, and monthly optional small group meetings with the instructors. \nThe schedule will be: \nOnline\nFriday        2/23/24      9:00 am – 1:00 pm    Zoom \nFriday        3/22/24      9:00 am – 1:00 pm    Zoom \nFriday        5/17/24      9:00 am – 1:00 pm    Zoom \nFriday        6/14/24      9:00 am – 1:00 pm    Zoom \nFriday        7/19/24      9:00 am – 1:00 pm    Zoom \nFriday        8/16/24      9:00 am – 1:00 pm    Zoom \nFriday        9/27/24      9:00 am – 1:00 pm    Zoom \nFriday        10/18/24    9:00 am – 1:00 pm    Zoom \nIn Person\nApril 18 (Thursday) at 3 pm to April 21 (Sunday) at 3 pm • Ralston White Retreat in Mill Valley\, CA \nNovember 14 (Thursday) at 3 pm to November 17 (Sunday) at 3 pm  Ralston White Retreat in Mill Valley\, CA \nProgram Costs\nThe training fee is $4\,000 per participant\, with an additional anticipated combined cost of $1\,250 for the two in-person\, multi-day sessions for lodging and meals. Please note that a $1000 discount is available for individuals and nonprofit organizations. \nOur training fees are based on the costs to CUC for offering this program\, and we don’t want the cost to be a barrier to potential participants. We will be working diligently to pool and distribute resources in a way that makes access available to all who can benefit from this vital program. \nIf this program will be valuable to you and the work you do in your community\, but the price is a concern\, indicate that when you apply. CUC is also committed to being creative about making payments\, including in installments. \nLikewise\, if you can attend and contribute more than the cost\, please let us know.  We also encourage all those who connect with the understanding-based model to help fund the teacher training. Our prior experience has been that the broader CUC community benefits from investing in the next generation of trainers and we welcome your support. \n\n\nApplication process\nRegistration is now closed. Please email james@understandinginconflict.org to inquire about the waitlist. Thank you for your interest! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacilitators\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGary J. Friedman has been practicing law as a mediator with Mediation Law Offices in Mill Valley\, California since 1976\, integrating mediative principles into the practice of law and the resolution of legal disputes. Co-founder of the Center for Understanding in Conflict (formerly the Center for Mediation in Law)\, he has been teaching mediation since 1980. Prior to his work as a mediator\, he practiced law as a trial lawyer with Friedman and Friedman in Bridgeport\, Connecticut. After several years as an advocate\, he sought a new approach to resolving disputes through increasing the participation of the parties in the resolution of their differences. At that time\, he and his colleague\, Jack Himmelstein\, began to develop the Understanding-based model that is now practiced extensively in the United States and Europe. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCatherine Conner has been a mediation and collaborative practice trainer since 2004. She is a frequent presenter at collaborative conferences and family law workshops. She authored Collaborative Practice Materials with Steven Neustadter and Margaret Anderson. Catherine Conner’s private practice focuses on family law alternate dispute resolution\, including mediation\, collaborative practice\, and private judging. She graduated from the UC Berkeley School of Law\, Boalt Hall in 1982 and is a founding partner of Conner\, Lawrence\, Rodney\, Olhiser & Barrett\, LLP. In 1992\, Catherine became a Certified Family Law Specialist.  She has been honored as the recipient of the Rex Sater Award for Excellence in Family Law\, the Eureka award by Collaborative Practice California and was the 2018 honoree for Careers of Distinction.  She was on the Board of Directors of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals from 2007-2014 and served as the President in 2013.
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