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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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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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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 curricula, 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 (Greenbelt, MD) – Roots of Diversity in Dispute Resolution
$10,000 to research the history of diversity in the dispute resolution field. In collaboration with John Jay College, City University of New York, the project will study the evolution of diversity in ADR, survey current diversity initiatives, and propose next steps for expanding diversity in the field. www.natlctr4adr.org; www.jjay.cuny.edu |
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Center for Citizen Peacebuilding (Irvine, CA) – Training Materials for Gang-Intervention Workers
$48,000 to develop a training manual and DVD of simulated mediations for counselors and other dispute resolution providers working in communities with high levels of gang violence. The materials will offer constructive approaches to addressing violent conflict between gangs, at-risk youth, and other individuals in troubled areas. www.citizenpeacebuilding.org |
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Community Boards (San Francisco, CA) – LGBT Curriculum
$10,000 to support the development and implementation of a specialized conflict prevention and anti-harassment curriculum and training program for Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender (LGBT) youth. www.communityboards.org |
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Community Mediation Maryland (Glen Burnie, MD) - Prisoner Re-Entry Program Expansion
$10,000 to support the expansion of a successful prisoner re-entry program, providing mediation services to inmates, families, and other interested parties prior to and following inmates' release back into the community. www.marylandmediation.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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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 and a video competition based on bookmark themes, this $40,000 grant funds a second year of the video competition, with winning submissions featured in a composite DVD and distributed online through YouTube and other online resources. http://johnjay.jjay.cuny.edu/dispute |
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Hamline University School of Law (St. Paul, MN) – “Second Generation” Global Negotiation Education Project (2 years)
$50,000 to support a series of international conferences on negotiation, providing members of the international business, legal, and academic communities with state-of-the-art training in the theory and practice of cross-cultural and trans-national negotiation. This grant funds the publication of post-conference writings including contributions from leading scholars and practitioners around the world. Year 1 of the conference held in Rome, Year 2 in Istanbul, Year 3 to be held in Bejing. www.hamline.edu/law/adr |
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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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Mediators Beyond Borders (Pittsburgh, PA) - Capacity-Building in Ecuador
$40,000 to help support a collaborative effort involving government agencies, chambers of commerce, non-profit organizations, universities, and expert practitioners to develop ADR capacity in Ecuador, including professional and organizational development, community education, youth outreach, and a virtual 'best practices' resource for ADR practitioners and administrators. www.mediatorsbeyondborders.org |
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Morris K. Udall Foundation/U.S. Institute for Environmental Dispute Resolution (Tucson, AZ) – Native Skills Exchange Workshop (Year 4)
$25,000 to support a continuing 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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Pepperdine University (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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Public Conversations Project (Watertown, MA) – “Bridging Divides” Training Videos
$50,000 to support the creation of two training videos on fostering dialogue, one geared to practitioners, providing tools and methods for successfully facilitating dialogue in a variety of settings, the other to community groups and underserved populations, offering practical guidance for addressing conflict within their organizations and communities. www.publicconversations.org |
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Quabbin Mediation (Orange, MA) – Training Active Bystanders Program
$10,000 to expand their Training Active Bystanders (TAB) program, teaching skills for safely intervening to prevent harm, developing bystander awareness, and encouraging positive action from others. In partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, this grant will pilot the expansion of the TAB program from elementary and middle schools into institutes of higher education. www.quabbinmediation.org |
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Rand Institute for Civil Justice (Santa Monica, CA) – Conference on Transparency in the Civil Justice System
$15,000 to support a conference and related research regarding transparency in the civil justice system, including issues affecting public policy, data availability, and legal reform. www.rand.org/icj |
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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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Seattle University (Seattle, WA) – Out of the Ashes
Beginning as “Solomon’s Dilemma,” a documentary film about the 9/11 Victim’s Compensation Fund, the project was extended to a series of educational films on various aspects of the law related to this tragic event. This $40,000 grant will fund the production of the film focusing on alternative dispute resolution. 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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Temple University/Educators for Social Responsibility/Creative Response to Conflict – Conflict Resolution Training For Teachers
$600,000 (4 years) An ambitious initiative to substantially increase the number of public school teachers provided conflict resolution education and training. In partnership with graduate level departments of education, school districts, and non-profit providers nationwide, the initiative provides conflict resolution training to pre-service and in-service teachers and administrators, as well as providing support services to build capacity, sustainability and a culture of conflict prevention and resolution in schools throughout the U.S. www.temple.edu/education; www.esrnational.org; www.crc-ny.org; www.westernjustice.org View CRETE Consortium workshop video. |
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Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, PA) – Conflict Resolution Theater
$10,000 to fund a series of theatrical performances providing lessons in conflict resolution and dealing with school violence to 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 |