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CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

CUNY DRC NEWS

DISPUTE RESOLUTION CONSORTIUM

Issue # 3 / SPRING 1996

CUNY DRC Restructures Operation

With an eye toward the future, the CUNY DRC decided to prioritize its expansion and ensure future funding by hiring a full time grantswriter/administrator, Sergio Camacho, who will assist in these efforts. He is a graduate of Harvard University and acquired grants-writing experience while raising money for independent film pro-duction. Grants and fundraising will be approached as follows:

l Specific CUNY DRC initiated grant proposals are being submitted on behalf of CUNY for selected projects in dispute resolution.

l The CUNY DRC staff is available to provide technical assistance to CUNY faculty and staff pursuing grants related to dispute resolution research as well as educational and training efforts. l The CUNY DRC will serve as an umbrella to house projects and will provide the administrative

support needed to ensure compliance with Research Foundation policies and procedures. l The CUNY DRC is investigating the sponsorship of income generating workshops focusing on

specific processes and skills for the summer of 1996.

Graduate Student receives approval for CUNY DRC Research Mini-Grant

On March 18, The CUNY DRC Steering Committee approved a proposal submitted by Nancy Benignus, a Ph.D. candidate at the CUNY Graduate School and University Center, entitled "Conflict Management and Resolution in Elementary Schools." Ms. Benignus will analyze the origins of conflict in elementary schools and assess the effectiveness of in-school conflict resolution programs; the

research will serve as the foundation for her dissertation.

CUNY DRC RECIEVES WIDESPREAD SUPPORT FROM CUNY AND NYC

As part of the preparation of a proposal to the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for cotinued funding, the CUNY DRC requested letters of support from members of the CUNY and New York Metro dispute resolution committees. The response was tremendous. The CUNY DRC received enthusiastic letters of support from all the CUNY Presidents, all the NYC borough Presidents, past and current CUNY DRC Research Mini-Grant Recipients, practitioners in the field, CUNY Security Officers, community dispute resolution programs, and many CBO's, a total of over eighty letters from these combined sources.

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In January, the CUNY DRC Steering Committee voted unanimously to invite Dr. David Brotherton to serve as a voting member of the Committee. Dr. Brotherton is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at John Jay College. Brotherton researches and publishes actively in his areas of interest, urban youth and gang violence. His presence on the Committee reflects a growing commitment to originating and stimulating research in the dispute resolution field.

CUNY DRC Researches Gangs in NYC Public Schools

With the assistance of Simeht, Ltd., a dispute resolution firm, the CUNY DRC is conducting an

ethnographic survey of selected public schools in the South Bronx to ascertain the prevalence of gangs as well as the kinds of conflicts which occur. The research will inform the development of collaborative outreach and dispute resolution training programs that would introduce alternatives to violent conflict approaches. Professors Maria Volpe and David Brotherton of John Jay College are working with Bill Leicht of Simeht, Inc. on this project.

CUNY DRC Sponsors Creative Conflict Resolution Poster Exhibit and Lectures

A Creative Conflict Resolution Poster Exhibit sponsored by the CUNY Dispute Resolution Consortium and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Dispute Resolution Club was held at John Jay College during the month of September. On September 21 a reception and program were held. Robert J. Louden, Former Chief Hostage Negotiator, New York City Police Department and currently, Director, Criminal Justice Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice spoke on "Negotiating Stressful

Situations". Trevor Gordon Somers, Director, United Nations Development Program spoke on "Managing Deep Rooted Ethnic Conflicts in the International Arena." The latter program was co-sponsored with the NYC Chapter of the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution. Funding was provided by John Jay College Student Activities Association, Stop the Violence Fund [Office of the Mayor], William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the City University of New York.

Student Leadership Conferences include Conflict Resolution Skills

More and more, conflict resolution skills are being viewed as an invaluable component of student leadership training programs at CUNY. In August, a University Student Senate Conference held in the Catskills featured a Conflict Resolution Workshop. In September, John Jay student leaders included a session on conflict resolution in their student leadership retreat held at Split Rock in the Poconos. Dr. Maria R. Volpe conducted workshops at both conferences.

CUNY Metroview TV airs program on Conflict Resolution at CUNY

In September, CUNY's Metroview TV broadcast a program on Conflict Resolution at CUNY. With the creation of the CUNY DRC, Conflict Resolution has gained visibility on numerous CUNY campuses. Hosted by Professor Ed Rogowsky, the show featured Professor Maria R. Volpe, Convener of the CUNY DRC and Director of the Dispute Resolution Program at John Jay College, Professor Peter Wengert (now retired) of York College, and Professor David Addams, Belle-Zeller Visiting Professor at Brooklyn College during the past academic year.

Young Mediators Interviewed by CBS FM Radio

On October 15, CBS FM Radio aired a program on conflict resolution efforts by teens. The program was hosted by Deborah Wetzel, who interviewed Dr. Maria R. Volpe of John Jay College's Dispute

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H.S. and STOP).

CUNY DRC and NYC SPIDR Co -Sponsor Presentation on Ethnic Conflict

The CUNY DRC and the NYC Chapter of the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution co-sponsored a presentation on a social-psychological approach to ethnic conflict on Dec. 5th. The presen-tation/discussion was led by William Weisberg, who is an afilliate of the Program for International Conflict Analysis and Resolution (an institute of Harvard's Center for International Affairs).

Brooklyn College Holds Teach In

"Challenging Violence," an interdisciplinary teach-in for social change organized by the Center for Diversity and Multi-Cultural Studies was held at Brooklyn College on December 4th. The day-long program featured a series of presentations and panels with experts who discussed the topic of violence from many perspectives. One workshop featured Professor Brotherton of John Jay on a panel with Greg Donaldson, author of The Ville: Kids and Cops in America.

Professor Wengert Retires

Professor Peter Wengert, a founder of the CUNY DRC Planning Committee and a member of the CUNY DRC's Steering Committee, retired at the end of the Spring 1995 term and emigrated to Jerusalem, Israel.

Brotherton Receives Spencer Funding

David Brotherton was awarded a $12,000 grant from the Spencer Foundation to study contrasting approaches to the threat of violence in NYC public schools. Professor Brotherton was also interviewed by the Philadelphia Inquirer regarding the growth of Chinese gangs and French television's TF1 on the falling crime rate in NYC. Additionally, Professor Brotherton will appear on CUNY-TV's "Criminal Justice Today" in a discussion on juvenile delinquency.

Volpe to be SPIDR President

Maria R. Volpe is now President-Elect of the International Society of Professionals in Dispute

Resolution, an organization of dispute resolution individuals that promotes the use of ADR and provides current information about the field. She will begin serving as President in October 1996. Additionally, she has been reappointed as a member of the Editorial Board of the Mediation Quarterly and re-elected to the NYS Forum on Conflict and Consensus Board.

Glazer Awarded PSC -CUNY Grant

Ilsa Glazer was awarded a two year grant from PSC-CUNY to continue research that she began with a CUNY-DRC research mini-grant on feminist self-help groups in Israel. In 1996, Professor Glazer's writings on conflict resolution will be published in Beyond the Competition of Tears: Black-Jewish Conflict Containment in a New York Neighborhood, a collection of works edited by Kaj Bjorkqvist and Douglas P. Fry. Glazer presented a paper entitled "From Movement to Community: Revolutionary Feminism in Israel" at the 1995 American Anthropological Association annual meeting. Moreover, she lectured on the feminist movement at Kingsborough Community College and the Suffolk County Jewish Community Center.

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NYC DISPUTE RESOLUTION NEWS

NYU Receives Hewlett Funding

The Wagner School of Public Service at NYU recently received a $200,000 grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to support conflict resolution at the school.

UN Celebrates 50th Anniversary

NYC recently hosted the United Nations' 50th anniversary commemorating the organization's service to world peace. Leaders and dignitaries from throughout the world gathered in NYC to honor this event.

NYS ADR Project Reports On ADR in NYS Courts.

New York State Chief Judge Judith Kaye's Alternative Dispute Resolution Project, chaired by Fern Schair and Margaret Shaw, recently released a draft report which criticizes the lack of uniformity and common understanding of the credentialing of neutrals, and further suggests that ADR cannot be fully effective without uniformity. The report urges the expansion of ADR processes in NYS Courts and the formation and implementation of basic statewide standards. Public hearings will be held as follows: Jan 19 at 10 a.m.: Erie County Bar Association/1450 Statler Towers/Buffalo (716) 852-8687. ? Jan 24 at 2 p.m.: NYS Bar Association Annual Meeting/Marriott/Broadway between 45th and 46th Streets (212) 398-1900. ? Feb 2 at 10 a.m.: Suffolk County Bar Association, 560 Wheeler Rd/Hauppauge. (516) 234-5511. ? Feb 9 at 10 a.m.: Brooklyn Bar Association/123 Remsen St. Brooklyn (718) 624-0675. Contact The Chief Clerk of the Civil Court, 69 Center St, NY, NY 10007 for a copy of the report.

Fordham Law School to Conduct Conflict Resolution Training for Northern Ireland

Fordham University School of Law has been awarded a grant from the United States Information Agency to provide conflict resolution training for citizen groups in Northern Ireland. The program is among a number of presidential initiatives for supporting peace in Northern Ireland. The conflict resolution project was developed by faculty and administrators at Fordham and the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland. Fordham Law School Dean John Feerick is Project Director. The Law School's Coordinator for the Project is Professor Jacqueline Nolan-Haley. Others working on the project include Thomas Colosi [American Arbitration Association], Professor Leonard Riskin [U. of Missouri Law School], Professor Nancy Rogers [Ohio State U. College of Law], Margaret Shaw [Wittenberg, MacKenzie and Shaw], and Professor Maria R. Volpe [John Jay College, CUNY].

Proposal Would Require Courts to Notify Divorce Parties of Mediation Options

The New York State Council on Divorce Mediation has drafted a detailed proposal for court-annexed family and divorce mediation in the State of New York. The proposal would require all Family and Supreme Courts in the State to inform parties inquiring or appearing at a courthouse with a family, divorce or parenting-related dispute, or seeking marital dissolution, that mediation is available as an alternative or adjunct to the adjudicatory system. Information about the interaction of mediation, the adversarial process, and the courts would be made accessible in written, video, and live presentations. In addition to providing for on-site courthouse mediation, a list of off -premises, private mediators would be offered. Agreement to mediate would be voluntary, upon the consent of both parties. Mediation sessions would be private, confidential, and privileged from forced disclosure in court or elsewhere. All mediators would be required to meet specific training, experience, continuing education,

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Westside Crime Prevention Program and John Jay College Develop COPS AND KIDS

Project

The Westside Crime Prevention Program [WCCP] offered Westside junior high school students a series of conflict resolution training programs that culminated in a "rap" with local police officers. With the cooperation of the 24th Precinct and Dr. Maria R. Volpe of the CUNY DRC, project participants received training designed to help them avert violence and develop better communication skills.

Marjorie Cohen, Executive Director of WCCP, reports plans are underway to continue the program next Spring.

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