Emotions

Emotions

Randy Cheek, Catherine Conner, Laurie Phuong Ertley, and Gary Friedman When people are in conflict, emotions are inevitable. Yet, there is often a pull to “just get down to business”, with parties and professionals hoping to minimize emotional reactions. However,...
Dignity: Its Essential Role in Resolving Conflict

Dignity: Its Essential Role in Resolving Conflict

Dignity: Its Essential Role in Resolving Conflict by Donna Hicks Book Review by Debra Vey Voda-Hamilton Dignity will be a welcome addition to the Center for Understanding in Conflict professionals’ library.  Author Donna Hicks explores what dignity is, how we...
Book Review >> Being Black

Book Review >> Being Black

Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace by Angel Kyodo Williams Book review by Lacey Wilson I can’t put down “Being Black” by Angel Kyodo Williams. Angel, a Black Zen Buddhist priest shares her personal journey, Zen teachings, and...

Antoinette Delruelle

Antoinette has been a mediator since 2009 and an attorney since 1994. Before starting the Mediation Project in 2013, she was a senior attorney in NYLAG’s Matrimonial & Family Law Unit of which she also served as director from 2001 to 2004. She has taught mediation...
Dealing with External Forces

Dealing with External Forces

By Catherine Conner and Katherine Miller Clicked over from the newsletter? Click here to continue reading. Often, the parties in conflict are not the sole stakeholders in the dispute. External forces—ranging from family and friends, consulting attorneys, accountants,...
Book Review >> Mindful Of Race

Book Review >> Mindful Of Race

Transforming Racism from the Inside Out Written by Ruth King Book review by Laurie Phuong Ertley “Racism is a heart disease—and it’s curable.” As an educator with more than 20 years of experience, King offers her readers practical tools to cure one’s own internalized...
We Need to Talk About Race

We Need to Talk About Race

The Real Talk team, who facilitates training on conversing about race at the Center for Understanding in Conflict, recently convened to reflect upon how this moment in history has catalyzed powerful conversations and why it is important for conflict resolution...
CUC Solidarity Statement

CUC Solidarity Statement

At the Center for Understanding in Conflict, we unequivocally support and are in solidarity with our Black communities and all communities of color—in the USA and around the world. We say the names of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Tony McDade, four...
Endgame Questions and Issues

Endgame Questions and Issues

Katherine Miller Photo by Shirly Niv Marton on Unsplash The endgame can be one of the most challenging parts of the mediation process and preparations for the endgame should begin early on during the initial contracting process, as parties, attorneys...
Coronavirus—What does it mean for us as conflict professionals?

Coronavirus—What does it mean for us as conflict professionals?

Gary Friedman The coronavirus has invaded all of our lives.  We don’t have a choice about that. We do have a choice about how we deal with it as conflict professionals.   While we’re sheltering in place, we’re not able to use our strongest tools to make the in person...