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Academy of Court-Appointed Masters (Minneapolis, MN) – Special Master Handbook
$2000 to support the production of a comprehensive guide to the appointment and use of special masters and other court-appointed adjuncts. The handbook serves as a resource both for special masters seeking to improve their skills and for judges and court officials who make use of them. www.courtappointedmasters.org |
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American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution (Washington, D.C.) – ADR Handbook for Judges
$8,000 to develop and publish a comprehensive guide for judges, court administrators, and others interested in developing or refining their court-based ADR programs. The handbook provides detailed information about establishing ADR processes in a number of different court settings and a wide variety of case types. www.abanet.org/dispute |
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American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution (Washington, D.C.) – International Mediation Leadership Conference
$10,000 to fund the compilation, publication, and distribution of papers and articles resulting from a 2008 international summit in the Hague, involving leading international ADR organizations and practitioners exploring new developments, new collaborations, and opportunities to advance the field. www.abanet.org/dispute |
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American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution (Washington, D.C.) – Pro Bono ADR Guide
Based on experience with a previous series of JAMS Foundation-funded mini-grants, this $10,000 grant funded the development and distribution of a “myth-buster” guide addressing some of the misconceptions preventing pro bono and legal service providers from using ADR more effectively. www.abanet.org/dispute |
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American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution (Washington, D.C.) – Pro Bono/Legal Services ADR Project (2 Years)
$70,000 to fund several “mini-grants” to pro bono and legal service agencies seeking to integrate ADR processes into their existing programs, including training and technical assistance to expand the range of ADR options available to indigent and low-income parties. www.abanet.org/dispute |
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American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution (Washington, D.C.) – Words Work Program
$37,000 to develop a unique curriculum for middle and high school youth combining leadership, communication, and conflict resolution skills, teaching them how to turn information into power and conflict into an opportunity for greater understanding. www.abanet.org/dispute |
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Association for Conflict Resolution (Washington, D.C.) – Peer Mediation Youth Conferences
$10,000 to help support two regional youth conferences bringing together peer mediators from throughout the region and successful professional mediators attending ACR’s annual conferences in Austin, TX and Atlanta, GA. www.acrnet.org |
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Association for Conflict Resolution (Washington, D.C.) – Peer-Mediation Program Guide
$22,000 to support the development and distribution of peer-mediation program resource material emphasizing the practical aspects of implementing and managing peer mediation programs and empowering student participants. www.acrnet.org |
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Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (Madison, WI) – Family Law Education Reform Project
$8,000 to develop an interdisciplinary family law curriculum for law students, integrating dispute resolution training into family law education, and preparing future lawyers for contemporary family law practice. www.afccnet.org
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Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (Madison, WI) – Stakeholder Meeting on ADR in Civil and Family Courts
In collaboration with Resolution Systems Institute and Marquette Law School, $10,000 to support a meeting of national leaders in civil and family court dispute resolution, exploring current challenges facing court-ADR programs and innovative approaches for addressing them. www.afccnet.org |
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Association of the Bar of the City of New York (New York, NY) – Volunteer Legal Assistance
This first JAMS Foundation grant provided $50,000 in funds to support the efforts of volunteer lawyers assisting victims of 9/11 and their families in filing claims and sorting through other legal issues arising from the attacks. www.nycbar.org |
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Bluffton University (Bluffton, OH) - Public Awareness and Education Project
$10,000 to support a public education campaign to complement existing programs and services, focusing on mediation and restorative justice in a variety of court-referred and community-based settings. www.bluffton.edu |
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Cardozo School of Law (New York, NY) – Symposium/Journal on Environmental Dispute Resolution
$19,700 to help fund a symposium on environmental conflict resolution and the publication of a special issue of the Cardozo Journal of Dispute Resolution devoted to the subject. www.cardozo.yu.edu |
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Center for African Peace and Conflict Resolution (Sacramento, CA) - Peace Education Training and Curriculum Development in Nigeria
$50,000 to provide conflict resolution and peer mediation training, including development of specialized curriculum, to secondary school teachers and students in the Niger Delta region. www.csus.edu/org/capcr |
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Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution (Crofton, MD) – Access ADR
$25,000 to support a program to increase the number of ADR professionals from traditionally underrepresented ethnic and racial groups by exposing users of ADR services to qualified neutrals of color. www.natlctr4adr.org |
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Center for Analysis of ADR Systems (Chicago, IL) - Database on Court-ADR
$22,000 to refine and expand an extensive database of up-to-date information on court-based ADR in the U.S., providing a comprehensive resource for evaluating court-ADR forms and formats for a variety of court settings and case types. www.aboutrsi.org |
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Community Boards (San Francisco, CA) – Anti-Harassment Training Program for LGBT Youth
$10,000 to support the development of a specialized conflict prevention and anti-harassment curriculum and training program regarding Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender (LGBT) youth. www.communityboards.org |
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Community Boards (San Francisco, CA) – Peer-Mediation Manuals
$47,000 to revise, update, and distribute a comprehensive series of age-appropriate peer mediation training manuals for use by students, educators, and youth service providers. www.communityboards.org |
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Community Mediation Maryland (Glen Burnie, MD) – Prisoner Re-Entry Mediation Program (2 years)
$20,000 to support the development and expansion of a prisoner re-entry program providing mediation services to inmates preparing for release from prison, their families, and other interested parties, and helping them develop mutually agreeable plans for inmates’ release back into the community. www.marylandmediation.org |
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Community Mediation Services (Jamaica, NY) – Intercultural Peacemaking Project for Youth
$10,000 to help fund a program providing communication and conflict resolution training to youth from diverse cultural backgrounds and assisting them in becoming trainers of diversity and conflict resolution education to others. www.mediatenyc.org |
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Consensus Building Institute (Cambridge, MA) – Mediation Screening Program for Land Use Disputes (2 years)
$50,000 to develop a multi-level screening program for land use disputes, evaluating cases at local, regional, and statewide levels to determine their appropriateness for mediation and developing best practices for addressing these disputes. www.cbuilding.org |
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Consensus Building Institute (Cambridge, MA) – Workable Peace Teachers Guide DVD and Website
$50,000 to develop a training DVD preparing teachers to teach conflict management and dispute resolution using the organization’s Workable Peace curriculum, integrating conflict resolution training into existing history, social studies, and humanities curricula. www.cbuilding.org |
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Creative Mediation (San Luis Obispo, CA) - Elder Mediation Pilot Project
$10,000 to help establish an elder mediation pilot program providing specialized training to service providers and no-cost mediation services to seniors, families, and others involved in disputes regarding elder care. www.creativemediation.net |
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Creative Response to Conflict (Nyack, NY) – Conflict Resolution Curricula
$50,000 to update and expand CRC’s successful conflict resolution curriculum for elementary school students, including a new curriculum combining conflict resolution education and literacy. www.crc-ny.org |
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CRU Institute (Bellevue, WA) – Conflict Resolution Story Books
$10,000 to produce a series of animal stories teaching conflict resolution, cultural awareness, and anti-bullying lessons to pre-school through first grade students, printed in full color to appeal to young children. www.cruinstitute.org |
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CRU Institute (Bellevue, WA) – Peer Mediation Video for Inner-City Youth
Complementing their previous JAMS Foundation-funded peer-mediation materials for elementary and middle-school students, this $50,000 grant funded the production of another video focusing on inner-city youth and specifically, on conflicts involving African-American students and other people of color. The video addresses the ways in which achievement is sometimes devalued in these communities, suggesting new ways for these students to view themselves and their options. www.cruinstitute.org |
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CRU Institute (Bellevue, WA) – Peer Mediation Videos
$60,844 to produce and distribute two peer-mediation DVDs, with accompanying teaching guides, to elementary and secondary schools nationwide. Each DVD features a simulated peer-mediation session dealing with issues relevant to each age group. www.cruinstitute.org |
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CUNY Dispute Resolution Consortium (New York, NY) – Make Talk Work Video Competition (Year 2)
Building on the success of previous JAMS Foundation grants funding a series of colorful bookmarks featuring tips on conflict prevention and dispute resolution, $80,000 to fund two international video competitions for short videos based on bookmark themes, with winning submissions posted on YouTube and other online resources. http://johnjay.jjay.cuny.edu/dispute |
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D.C. Appleseed (Washington, D.C.) – Special Education Mediation Project
$20,000 to fund several pilot programs in Washington, D.C. schools to improve services to special education students by providing mediation services and training to parents, teachers, and school administrators seeking to address the unique needs of special education students. www.dcappleseed.org |
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Echo Parenting and Education (formerly Center for Nonviolent Education and Parenting (Los Angeles, CA) – Mediation Program for Families and Caregivers
$10,000 to support the implementation of a pilot mediation program for families and caregivers, promoting mediation as a vital component of the organization’s existing family support services. www.echoparenting.org |
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Educators for Social Responsibility (Cambridge, MA) – Expansion of Conflict Resolution Education Program
$50,000 to fund a series of training institutes introducing educators nationwide to ESR’s successful conflict resolution curriculum for elementary school students. The revised curriculum includes linkages to national learning standards and an introduction to principles of social and emotional learning. www.esrnational.org |
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Federal Judicial Center (Washington, D.C.) – Research Conference on Court ADR
$15,000 to sponsor a conference focused on developing a research agenda for court-based ADR, establishing research priorities and determining the most effective methods for analyzing results and implementing recommendations. www.fjc.gov |
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Harry Bridges Project – Documentary Film on Sam Kagel
$10,000 to support the production of a documentary film about Sam Kagel, widely recognized as a founding father of American labor arbitration and mediation. www.theharrybridgesproject.org |
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Harvard Kennedy School of Government (Cambridge, MA)/International Bar Assocation – Dispute Resolution Resource and Learning Network
$23,000 to help fund a pilot project to facilitate access to ADR worldwide through the development of a ‘wiki’ style online resource and learning network for businesses and vulnerable populations affected by their activities, improving access to global conflict resolution mechanisms and addressing environmental and human rights disputes involving companies and external stakeholders. www.baseswiki.org |
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Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund (New Orleans, LA) – Assistance for Federal Court Employees
This $25,200 grant provided emergency financial assistance to Federal Court employees in New Orleans affected by Hurricane Katrina. The fund provided financial relief to employees who sustained substantial or total losses of their homes and personal property, helping them to get back on their feet and return to their work administering justice through the courts. www.laed.uscourts.gov |
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Indian Dispute Resolution Services (Sacramento, CA) (2nd Year) – Tribal Dispute Resolution Training (2 years)
$42,000 to fund a series of 3-day training workshops for Native American tribal leaders seeking to include mediation and peacemaking into their tribal justice systems, providing extensive training in cross-cultural communication, negotiation, peacemaking, and advanced mediation techniques. www.indiandispute.com |
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Institute for Local Government (Sacramento, CA) – Inter-Governmental Dispute Resolution Project
$44,000 to fund an educational and promotional campaign to encourage and develop public sector demand for the mediation of inter-governmental disputes involving local and state government agencies and other public entities. www.cacities.org/index.jsp?zone=ilsg |
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Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies (Jerusalem, Israel) – Cross-cultural ADR Center
$15,000 to foster communication and trust between Israeli and Palestinian communities by establishing a cross-cultural forum to resolve business and personal disputes arising between them. www.jiis.org.il |
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Kids' Turn (San Diego, CA) - Conflict Resolution Workshops for Rural Families
$10,000 to fund a series of psycho-educational workshops for rural families going through divorce or other family conflict, providing conflict resolution and communication skills training to parents and children. www.kidsturnsd.org |
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Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility (New York, NY) – Peace Helper Program
$10,000 to support the development of a Peace Helper program, introducing K-2 students to conflict resolution by partnering with older peer mediators to learn and apply the basics of mediation. Classrooms in participating schools establish a ‘peace corner’ where students go if they are upset or have a conflict, with Peace Helpers available to listen and, in appropriate cases, mediate disputes. www.morningsidecenter.org |
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Morris K. Udall Foundation/U.S. Institute for Environmental Dispute Resolution (Tucson, AZ) – Native Skills Exchange Workshop (3 years)
$49,700 to support a series of training workshops for ADR practitioners and parties involved in environmental, land use, and natural resource disputes involving Native American communities. The workshops are part of a wider effort to create a centralized, multi-cultural referral network for ADR practitioners and parties engaged in these disputes. www.udall.gov |
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Mosaic Project (Oakland, CA) – Companion Curriculum for Conflict Resolution CD
$10,000 to support the creation and distribution of a curriculum book to accompany an award-winning music CD. The songs and accompanying materials provide experiential, music-based lessons in conflict resolution to elementary school students. www.mosaicproject.org |
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National Association for Community Mediation (Washington, D.C.) – AmeriCorps Program
$50,000 to help expand the availability and delivery of conflict resolution training and services in community mediation centers throughout the U.S., using training and resource materials developed though a prior JAMS Foundation grant. www.nafcm.org |
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National Association for Community Mediation (Washington, D.C.) – National Guard/Reservist Mediation and Training Program
$50,000 to support the development of a specialized mediation training and service program for National Guard and Reservist troops returning from combat and seeking to reintegrate into their communities. www.nafcm.org |
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National Association for Community Mediation (Washington, D.C.) – Training/Educational Materials
$30,000 to revise and publish a series of educational materials both for community mediation groups and the general public, including a handbook for establishing and managing community mediation centers and a consumer’s guide to collaborative conflict resolution. www.nafcm.org |
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National Association of Senior Legal Hotlines (Sacramento, CA) – Telephone Mediation for Seniors (2 years)
$36,000 to fund an innovative program to provide telephone mediation services to indigent and low-income seniors in appropriate cases. www.seniorlegalhotline.org |
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Partners for Democratic Change (Washington, D.C.) – Symposium on Corporate-Community Diplomacy
$20,000 to help fund an invitational Symposium bringing together corporate and government leaders to explore opportunities for managing conflict and resolving disputes in evolving democracies. www.partnersglobal.org |
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Partners for Democratic Change (Washington, D.C.) – Symposium on Corporations and Democracy
$34,250 to fund an invitational symposium for government and business leaders highlighting the role of corporations in fostering democratic institutions in developing countries, including mechanisms for conflict prevention and conflict management. www.partnersglobal.org |
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Peace Learning Center (Indianapolis, IN) – Peace Navigator
$20,000 to develop and launch an innovative, online learning tool for children aged seven to twelve, incorporating live action video, animation and gaming to provide peacemaking and conflict resolution education that is interactive, accessible and fun. www.peacelearningcenter.org |
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Pepperdine University School of Law (Malibu, CA) – ADR Teaching Symposium
$10,000 to help fund a two-day ADR teaching symposium for law professors and ADR instructors, reviewing current best practices for teaching a variety of ADR courses and seeking to bridge the divide between the classroom and professional ADR practice. www.law.pepperdine.edu |
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Pepperdine University School of Law (Malibu, CA) - Mediation Training for International Judges
$7,000 to help fund a multi-day mediation training program for international judges, hosted by the University’s Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution. www.law.pepperdine.edu/straus |
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Policy Consensus Initiative – Educational Materials
$32,000 to update the organization’s core educational materials on the use of collaborative problem-solving and dispute resolution to address public policy issues, including a guide to consensus-building and training materials on the use of collaborative processes in public policy settings. www.policyconsensus.org |
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Practitioners Research and Scholarship Institute (Riverdale, GA) – Anthology: Diverse People, Diverse Practices
$20,000 to produce and distribute an anthology of writings covering a wide range of cultural approaches to conflict and conflict resolution, expanding the institutional wisdom of the ADR community by featuring the insights and practices of minority communities. www.crinfo.org/special_projects/hosted_sites/prasi |
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Promises Film Project (Harriman, NY) – Educational Program Outreach
“Promises,” an Emmy Award-winning documentary film, takes an intensely personal look at the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through the eyes of seven children from different sectors of Israeli and Palestinian society. This $15,000 grant helped fund outreach efforts and distribution of the film and accompanying study guide to schools, youth organizations, teaching conferences, and other educational groups. www.promisesproject.org |
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Public Conversations Project (Watertown, MA) – “Bridging Divides” Training Videos
$50,000 to support the creation of a series of online training videos on fostering and facilitating dialogue in a variety of settings, as well as offering practical guidance to organizations and underserved populations seeking to address conflict in their communities. www.publicconversations.org |
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Public Conversations Project (Watertown, MA) – Guide to Community Dialogue
$25,000 to develop, translate, and publish a comprehensive guide to coordinating and conducting dialogues between individuals and groups seeking to resolve ongoing or long-standing disputes. www.publicconversations.org |
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Quabbin Mediation (Orange, MA) – Training Active Bystanders Program
In partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other local colleges, $10,000 to fund the pilot expansion of a Training Active Bystanders program, teaching skills for safely intervening to prevent harm, developing bystander awareness, and encouraging positive action from others, from elementary and middle schools into institutes of higher education. www.quabbinmediation.org |
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Rational Games (Cambridge, MA) – Cool School Video Game
$10,000 to fund a pilot testing program for Cool School, an interactive video game designed to teach conflict resolution concepts and skills to young children age 5-8, part of a more expansive plan to promote and distribute the game nationally. www.rationalgames.org |
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Recourse Mediation Services (Santa Rosa, CA) – Recruitment/Training of Spanish-Speaking Mediators and Outreach to Latino Communities
$10,000 to support the recruitment and training of Spanish-speaking mediators and development of bi-lingual educational materials to serve the region’s Latino community. www.recoursemediation.com |
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Resolution Systems Institute (Chicago, IL) – Court ADR E-Newsletter
$7,800 to fund the design, implementation, and promotion of a free monthly electronic newsletter for court administrators and others in the field, providing up-to-date news and research related to court ADR. www.aboutrsi.org |
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Resolution Systems Institute (Chicago, IL) - Court-ADR Compendium
$50,000 to support the development of a 50-state compendium on court-ADR, providing comprehensive, up-to-date information and analysis on court-ADR programs, guidelines, and practices in state and federal courts nationwide. www.aboutrsi.org |
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Rockrose Institute (San Francisco, CA) – World Forum, Youth Dialogue Project
$25,000 to fund the production of a video showcasing the Youth Dialogue Project, part of a larger event, the World Forum, exploring both the nature of cross-cultural conflict and providing youth from around the world with opportunities for addressing and resolving it. www.rockroseinstitute.org |
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Seattle University (Seattle, WA) – Documentary Film
$40,000 to help fund the production of Out of the Ashes, a documentary film about the 9/11 Victim’s Compensation Fund. The project has received the enthusiastic support of Kenneth Feinberg, Special Master of the Victim’s Compensation Fund and recipient of the JAMS Foundation’s first Distinguished Public Service Award. www.law.seattleu.edu |
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Seven Tepees Youth Program (San Francisco, CA) – Documentary Film
$35,000 to produce and distribute a documentary film profiling a unique program to provide life-skills training to at-risk youth, including academic tutoring, leadership training, mediation skills training, career guidance, and expressive arts therapy. www.7tepees.org |
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Street Law (Silver Spring, MD) – We Can Work It Out At Work Program (2 Years)
$59,000 to support their “We Can Work It Out At Work” program, integrating conflict resolution training into career education and work placement programs for young adults. www.streetlaw.org |
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Suffolk University Law School (Boston, MA) – Mediation Training Video
$10,000 to fund the production of a training video demonstrating specific mediation techniques used by professional mediators at each stage of the mediation process. The video is available at no cost to law professors through the JAMS Foundation website. www.law.suffolk.edu |
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Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) – Conflict Resolution Education Website
$43,130 to design, implement, and manage a conflict resolution education (CRE) website providing national and international access to CRE instructional materials. The website serves as a clearinghouse for the posting and dissemination of CRE information, providing no-cost or low-cost training materials, discussion forums for CRE educators and practitioners, and links to other available CRE resources. www.temple.edu/education |
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UC Hastings College of the Law (San Francisco, CA) – Court-ADR Training Institute (Year 1)
$45,650 to fund a five-day intensive training institute in court-ADR systems design for non-U.S. lawyers, judges and court administrators, including both practical and theoretical instruction as well as opportunities to observe court-based ADR programs and to meet with local ADR judges, practitioners and scholars. www.uchastings.edu/centers/negotiation-adr |
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Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, PA) – Conflict Resolution Theater (2 years)
$20,000 to fund a series of theatrical performances providing lessons in conflict resolution and dealing with school violence to underserved elementary and middle school students. www.walnutstreettheatre.org |
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Western Justice Center Foundation (Pasadena, CA) – Biased Policing Mediation Project
$10,000 to support the development of a pilot project to mediate disputes arising from incidents of biased policing and racial profiling. www.westernjustice.org |
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Western Justice Center Foundation (Pasadena, CA) – Federal Court ADR Education
$30,000 to develop and distribute a menu of ADR program modules for use by federal judges, court administrators, and lawyers engaged in federal practice. The modules include program outlines, training materials, and lists of available ADR resources. www.westernjustice.org |
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Western Justice Center Foundation (Pasadena, CA) – Peer-Mediation Invitational Program (2 years)
$12,500 to help sponsor a peer-mediation invitational gathering for elementary school students, teachers, and volunteers, showcasing successful programs and featuring demonstrations of peer-mediators resolving mock conflicts. www.westernjustice.org |
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Willamette University School of Law, Center for Dispute Resolution (Salem, OR) – Simulation Bank Augmentation
$6,000 to create additional ADR case simulations and role-play exercises for use in academic classes and dispute resolution trainings. www.willamette.edu/wucl/cdr |