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
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
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
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
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
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
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...