ACR's Public
and Intense Conflicts Committee
History
In response to the events of September 11, 2001 and
out of a general concern about how ACR can best
respond to public and intense conflicts, the ACR
Board at its January 2002 meeting decided to form an
Advisory Committee on Public Conflict. In
establishing the committee, the Board suggested the
following guidelines:
1.
to advise the Board about the appropriate
role of ACR in responding to public conflicts and
the process by which such responses can be decided
upon;
2.
to advise the Board about how to respond to
specific conflicts in a timely and meaningful way;
and
3.
to work with ACR staff on the development of
materials that might be useful to local ACR Chapters
and members in developing a local response to public
conflicts.
The Board asked the Advisory Committee to submit
a report at the May 2002 Board of Directors meeting,
with the goal of aiding the Board in establishing an
ongoing structure and process for dealing with
public conflicts. The report recommended that ACR
create a permanent Committee on Public and Intense
Conflicts (PIC) and also recommended that this
committee, in consultation with the Board and Staff
of ACR, identify a yearly focus for ACR concerning
Public and Intense Conflict and oversee the
implementation of this focus.
Ongoing and
Previous Efforts
The following themes have been selected by the
PIC Committee:
|
2008 - 2009 |
Social Justice and Conflict Intervention:
Highlighted in the Summer 2008 ACResolution
issue, in a special online addendum and in
two teleconferences. Related activities at
the 2008 Annual Conference included, two
workshops, a mini-plenary, and a Diversity
and Equity Facilitated Discussion |
|
2006 - 2007 |
Trauma and Resilience in Large Scale
Conflicts |
|
2004 - 2005 |
Righting Unrightable Wrongs: Highlighted
through a series of workshops, mini-plenary
sessions and facilitated dialogues at the
2004 Annual Conference. |
|
2003 |
Racial Profiling: Highlighted in the Fall
2003 ACResolution article titled
"Discrimination and Conflict Resolution” and
in a session at the 2003 Annual Conference |
Contact the
PIC Committee
To ask questions or convey ideas to the PIC
Committee, or to learn more about its work, send
an email to PIC Committee Chair
Leah Wing.
PIC Committee members:
-
Michelle Armster
-
S.Y.
Bowland
-
Cindy
Cook (‘Shadow’ Chair)
-
Bob
Cooley
-
Karen
Cross
-
Christy Cumberlander Walker
-
Frank
Dukes
-
Linda
Guinee
-
Claire
Hackett
-
Penelope Harley
-
Daniel
Horsey
-
Alma
Abdul-Hadi Jadallah
-
H. Ray
Lanier
-
John
Paul Lederach
-
Marina
Piscolish
-
Ben
Reese
-
M.
Kalani Souza
-
Madison Thompson
-
Howard
Vogel
-
Leah
Wing, Chair
Recent Statements:
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