The workshops develop skills dealing constructively with the increased trauma, insecurity and polarization that exists for many. We live in increasingly divided societies and are losing the ability to engage in productive discourse. We will address questions such as: How can we learn to listen, understand, and empathize with one another? How can we create conditions where students develop skills in engaging in thoughtful and civil dialogue? How can we transform hostile, threatening situations into constructive relationships? These workshops will include sessions designed to promote skills in dialogue, conflict transformation, trauma relief, and reconciliation for local leaders and community members. Five workshops with about ten participants each will occur simultaneaously, each led by an experienced, nationally recognized facilitator with extensive experience in conflict management and in teaching compassionate communication, mediation, reconciliation, and negotiation skills.
The workshops have two primary goals: First, we seek to provide our local community leaders with further skills in empathic conversation, negotiation, mediation, and problem solving in the face of highly polarized settings. Second, the workshops will be a setting where our local community leaders can share ideas and concerns in a small group setting.
Workshop facilitators will draw on their own experience and your insights in these sessions. They have served as mediators and conflict managers in Northern Ireland, the United States Institute of Peace, the Center for Conflict Resolution in Chicago , and other significan projects seeking conflict management and reconciliation.
Those interested in attending the workshops are invited to contact Lynn England at [email protected].
This event is part of the J. Bonner Ritchie Peace Conference series and is co-sponsored
in partnership with UVU Our Better Selves,
UVU's Center for the Study of Ethics and UVU's Center for Constitutional Studies &
Civic Thought & Leadership Initiative.
Note to Teachers: certificates will be distributed at the conclusion of the workshops that can be used for relicensure credit.
Arriving at UVU:
DIRECTIONS, SOUTHBOUND I-15 (FROM SLC)
Take the Orem Center Street exit (Exit 271). At the bottom of the ramp, turn left (there are two left-turn lanes; use the right one). Travel eastbound on Center Street, go under the freeway, and take a right at the first light (1200 West). Travel southbound on 1200 West until you reach the stoplight at 800 South. Turn left on 800 South and head east. You will see the McKay Education Building on your left and the Clarke Building on your right. Paid visitor parking will be available to you in lot L6 on the north side of the Clarke Building with signs and parking attendants to assist you.
DIRECTIONS, NORTHBOUND I-15 (FROM PROVO)
Take the Orem University Parkway exit (269) toward Provo. Using the right-turn lane, turn right on University Parkway and then move quickly to the far-left turn lane to enter the main UVU entrance at the light. (When entering the University Parkway exit, there are 3 lanes. The left lane exits toward Utah Lake. The other two lanes exit toward Provo. Of these two lanes exiting toward Provo, you will want to use the left lane.) Enter the roundabout and take the third exit heading west toward Utah Lake. Pass the UCCU Center and turn right at 800 South. (at the large digital sign) and head east. You will see the McKay Education Building on your left and the Clarke Building on your right. Paid visitor parking will be available to you in lot L6 on the north side of the Clarke Building with signs and parking attendants to assist you.
Thursday, March 26th
Lynn England
Director, Peace & Justice Studies, UVU
Sara Cook
Carl Stauffer
Rae Kyritsi
Eleesha Tucker
Bryan Waite
UVU lunch vouchers will be given to each workshop attendee. These vouchers can be used at: Guru's, Mom Fulton's Cafe, Jamba Juice, Taco Bell, Arby's Tadka Indian Cuisine, Chick-Fil-A, Costa Vida, CupBop, E.A.T.S, Fishbone, Panda Express, Papa John's, Starbucks, Subway, Wendy's, and R&R BBQ.
Restaurant location information information will be given at the conference.
Sara Cook
Carl Stuaffer
Rae Kyritsi
Eleesha Tucker
Bryan Waite
Sara Cook
Carl Stauffer
Rae Kyritsi
Eleesha Tucker
Bryan Waite
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