JAMS Foundation presents the Sixth Annual Warren Knight Award to Mediators Beyond Borders International

The JAMS Foundation’s Sixth Annual Warren Knight Award has been presented to Mediators Beyond Borders International, along with a $25,000 grant. The award recognizes MBB’s work with grassroots collaborations and local leaders around the world to promote mediation and develop programs with lasting impact. The organization received the award at the ABA Dispute Resolution Conference in Miami.

MBB was founded in 2006 by a group of visionary mediators seeking to foster international peace and justice through initiatives emphasizing mediation advocacy, service and capacity-building. Working in partnership with local leaders, communities, universities, professional associations and nonprofit organizations around the world, often in areas adversely affected by war, civil conflict or natural disaster, MBB’s teams of experienced mediators and trainers donate their time, energy and resources to support programs that positively impact the culture of conflict prevention and resolution worldwide.

MBB currently has active projects regarding climate change as well as in-country conflict prevention and resolution programs in Columbia, Ecuador, Israel, Kenya, Liberia, Nepal and Sierra Leone.

“We thank the JAMS Foundation for its recognition and very generous contribution to MBB,” said Prabha Sankaranarayan, Incoming President and CEO and Founding Member. “This grant will allow us to promote mediation, dialogue and other conflict resolution processes in areas and among groups that might otherwise not have access to these processes. We are grateful for the support and partnership from JAMS to build a peaceable world.”

“MBB’s work is perfectly aligned with the mission of the JAMS Foundation and we are proud to partner with them to increase mediation advocacy, awareness and training in much needed areas,” said David Brandon, managing director of the JAMS Foundation. “We are thrilled to support their efforts and are confident that it will help further the development of mediation internationally.”

Hon. H. Warren Knight (Ret.) was the founder of JAMS, which he created in January 1979. Judge Knight was considered a pioneer in the ADR and legal communities and was instrumental in introducing and furthering ADR, including mediation and arbitration, within the legal community in California and throughout the United States.