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Download Our Brochure in English Thanks to our Contributors! October is Conflict Resolution Month in ADVOCATES Colorado grows each year! American Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section Colorado Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Phoenix Strategies, Inc. Scott Wilson, The Wilson Group at UBS Did you know that last year... Dan Zinn • 28 cities, counties, and schools passed Conflict SPONSORS Resolution Month in Colorado Proclamations. The Conflict Center The Mediation Association Cary Elizabeth Leher of Colorado Mary Zinn • 38 activities were held in 12 communities PARTNERS across the state. cityWILD Myra Isenhart Lisa Cohen Regina Leary Rita Hyland Consulting, LLC Robin Rossenfeld • 2,364 people participated in activities statewide. ENDORSERS, in addition to those who issued Proclamations • 112 individuals, organizations, businesses, American Association for Women in Mediators Beyond Borders International Community Colleges Mesa County Spellbinders schools, universities, cities, and counties Bear Wolf Consulting & Mediation Metropolitan State University of Denver, Services, Inc. Student Conflict Resolution Services contributed to the activities of Conflict Better Business Bureau of Southern Nesther Mediation, LLC Resolution Month in Colorado. Colorado Next Page Bookstore Boulder Valley UU Fellowship Oval Options Building Bridges PeaceJam Foundation Calm the Chaos Pikes Peak Restorative Justice Council CDR Associates Red Rocks Community College Center for Restorative Programs, Alamosa Regis University, Institute on the 11th Annual Colorado Conflict Resolution Common Good Conference Restorative Justice Colorado Colorado Mountain College Ruth Rinehart Colorado State University, Mediation, Rocky Mountain Center for Compassionate Conflict Resolution & Student Conduct Communication Services Rotary Club of Summit County Colorado Technical University Sift Visuals Common Ground Mediation Center, LLC Cheryl Smith Community Mediation Concepts Spring Institute Compassionate Mediators Summit County Conflict Resolution Jordan Courtner Coalition Dispute Resolution Professionals, LLC Melinda Taylor Facing History and Ourselves Emily Tracy Steve & Diane Felt David Troxel/Higher Ground Community Annette Ferriole Mediation Friends of the Summit County Libraries Tu Casa of San Luis Valley Carol Gerard University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Harrington, Brewster, & Clein, P.C. Ombuds, Library and Facilities Improv Maven University of Denver: Conflict Resolution Interfaith Alliance of Colorado Institute & the Josef Korbel School of Keystone Policy Center International Studies KGNU Radio Warm Cookies of the Revolution Police Chief John A. Jackson, Greenwood Village; Dionna Longmont Community Justice Partnership Women+Film Hudson, former Padres & Jóvenes Unidos student activist at Mapleton Public Schools, Clayton WorldDenver Partnership, Adams County District 1 South High School; Former Colorado Senator Linda Newell. Photo by Dr. Richard Steckel GOVERNMENT ENDORSERS Alamosa Public Library Jefferson County Mediation Services Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper Lamar Public Library Colorado Judicial Department, Office of Summit County Commissioner Karn Dispute Resolution Stiegelmeier Colorado Senator Bob Gardner Proclaimed by the Governor Colorado Representative Millie Hamner Counties: Clear Creek, Denver, Elbert, Colorado Senator John Kefalas Jefferson, Otero, Pitkin, Summit and the Colorado State Legislature Colorado Representative Pete Lee For workshops, resources, Colorado Representative Yeulin Willett Cities: Arvada, Aurora, Basalt, Boulder, Colorado School Safety Resource Center Town of Bow Mar, Carbondale, and ideas: Colorado Senate and House of Centennial, Colorado Springs, Denver, Representatives Dillon, Edgewater, Englewood, Golden, Former Colorado Senator Linda Newell Greeley, Greenwood Village, Lakewood, www.conflictresolutionmonth.org Fourth Judicial District Attorney’s Office Littleton, Montrose, Parachute, Sheridan Frisco South Branch Library or email us at [email protected] www.conflictresolutionmonth.org 09/2017 Listen. Talk. Work It Out. Why do we have Conflict Resolution Month How can you participate? in Colorado? As a civic or congregational leader: As an educator: • Increase civility in Colorado • Host a neighborhood gathering to build • Learn, practice, and teach conflict relationships management skills in your classroom • Educate Coloradans about conflict • Invite guest speakers to talk about best • Have an art, essay, poetry, or drama resolution skills and resources practices in problem solving contest with a conflict resolution theme • Reduce violence • Recognize publicly people who have • Have students create and sign a Pledge peacefully and creatively resolved of Nonviolence • Raise awareness of strategies for conflicts solving disputes when feeling stuck As a neighbor, colleague, or friend: As a business leader: • Host a movie or book discussion in • Increase the use of dispute • Offer lunchtime learning programs your home — ideas and discussion guides resolution resources in Colorado • Sponsor a campaign to reduce put-downs available at: and gossip www.conflictresolutionmonth.org • Offer mediation as a way for employees anding an • Organize a Conflict Resolution Month in rst d to resolve conflict in the workplace e co Colorado planning group in your community nd ake th o m eir p • u to o e Create a Conflict Resolution Month in r s w r As a family member: e e n a Colorado event in your community t i lasting t s t g- a d • Learn how to express problems without r n g io o a lo r e F e c n blame p e in i m s t • Understand what triggers anger in you w l i e o o u and in those around you l n n l s Benefits of t s e A • s Listen, share, and celebrate successes R Conflict E Resolution g f f www.conflictresolutionmonth.org i n c i For workshops, resources, and ideas: i v l or email us at A e [email protected] a a f n s i f t e- t o an im n rd d t e OUR ADVOCATE CONTRIBUTORS... a id ble nf R Co Wilson Group ed s uce stres www.ubs.com/team/wilsongroup www.phoenixstrategies.biz Dispute Resolution Section www.americanbar.org www.conflictcenter.org www.cobar.org.
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