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Conflict · Lesson's from Life's Classroom

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“The Lunch Date”

  • October 2, 2011

I’ve been doing some mediation training lately with The Dispute Resolution Center. During my latest training session I was shown this brief video called, “The Lunch Date”. Don’t let the film’s dated look fool you. Watch it til the end and you might see that there’s much more[...]

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Race Matters · Tips from Relando

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A Checklist: The Cost of Racism & Privilege

  • September 30, 2011
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I didn’t create this activity, but in my experiences facilitating with it, I’ve found it to be a good introductory exercise to start conversations on race and to help folks get started in thinking about where they might fit in terms of their own life experiences with[...]

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