Conflict Resolution

The Mediation and Conflict Resolution Center at Howard Community College has received a grant of $27,000 from the Maryland Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office. The center plans to use the grant to create a free Campus Community Mediation Program for students and employees. The program is to work closely with potential referral sources on campus, such as the counseling and wellness centers, the offices of human resources and student support services, and the student government association.

A GOOD way to begin the new year is to learn more about the international situation that will help shape the next century."Managing Global Chaos: New Challenges and Dilemmas" is a free, three-part reading and discussion series to be held from 1: 30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays, beginning Feb. 3, in the 50+ Center's wing of the east Columbia library, 6600 Cradlerock Way.The topic for the first session, "New Challenges in Russia," examines the problem that Russia...

If Barak can make peace with Palestinians, Syria and Lebanon, they should make him professor of conflict resolution at Queens University in Belfast.Reducing welfare rolls is one statistic. Reducing poverty is something else.Pub Date: 7/19/99

Last month, two teen-agers, one from Baltimore's Northern High School, the other from Washington's Wilson High School - were slain in unrelated street attacks.Wayne Martin Rabb Jr., 15, of Baltimore was shot to death and Delonte Hicks, 16, of Washington was stabbed. The dead youths leave behind grieving families wondering how and why these tragedies happened.In both cases, teen-age suspects were arrested. Even if they are convicted, they will become nothing more than symbols of a failed punitive justice system.

OWEN BROWN Middle School parents and staff members are being urged by Wanda Hurt, president of the Parent Teacher Association, to attend the "Save Our School" program at 7 p.m. tomorrow.Student test scores have decreased, the suspension rate is rising, staff and students are asking for transfers. There will be an open discussion of problems and possible solutions.A movable feast"Friends in Need" is a group of Oakland Mills village volunteers who plan ahead.The Giant Food store will be closing its Oakland Mills store in June.

WHEN I WROTE last week about my anticipated joys of grandparenting, I focused on the advantages and richness of an extended family.I returned from visiting the next generation to news of the untimely death of Phyllis Flowers, and I was struck again by the importance of family, regardless of their genetic ties.Phyllis, one of "the two Phyllises" who were my counterparts with community news in Brooklyn Park, died suddenly Nov. 3, at only age 43.I did not know her well and have never met her husband or three children, but I think I can imagine their stunned grief, and I pray that they have legions of grandparents and aunts and uncles, linked by love if not by blood or marriage.

Peacekeeper Josh Roth patrols Guilford Elementary School's playground every week armed with a walkie-talkie and smooth talk to keep law and order. He's been trained as a peer mediator to help fellow students resolve disputes without violence.Josh, a 10-year-old fifth-grader, is part of Howard County's first group of elementary-school children who have learned to spot trouble among fellow classmates and defuse it before tempers flare and fistfights begin. One recent recess period, he cleared up ill will among six children.

It's too early for Thanksgiving turkey and Christmas presents, but it's never too soon for holiday stress.At least that's what the folks at Anne Arundel Medical Center said as they announced a series of stress management courses designed to help people cope with increasing anxiety as the holidays approach."

At a city middle school, a fight takes place between two girls over a boy. A knife is wielded, but no one is hurt. Sent to the guidance office, the disputants opt for mediation. The school's student peer mediators step in right away, and the fight is settled with the conflict-resolution process.From the Balkan war to the worsening of U.S.-Chinese relations, conflict resolution is needed. From our streets to family arguments, it is needed.Conflict resolution, or peaceful negotiation, is as old as the ancient Roman courts.

This feature averted its gaze for just two weeks and the entire government ground to a halt.Bill & Newt decided that laying off federal workers would be the wrong message at Thanksgiving. They postponed it till Christmas.The budget impasse could be ended by locking up Bill & Newt in Dayton, O., to hear lectures on conflict resolution from Franjo Tudjman, until they agree./# Royal is not the same as loyal.

Children's artwork sought on conflict resolution for contest Maryland children in kindergarten through eighth grade may submit artwork for an art contest sponsored by the Maryland judiciary for Conflict Resolution Day on Oct. 15. The theme is resolving or preventing conflict - including peer mediation, apologizing, respecting differences, solving problems together, listening and alternatives to violence. Between three and five entries may be selected to become bookmarks to promote conflict resolution.

Baltimore City Council members are urging the school system to develop and implement a conflict resolution curriculum for students in grades three to 12 in an effort to stem school violence. Members of the council's Education Committee voted to endorse legislation sponsored by Councilwoman Agnes Welch that supports student-to-student counseling, teacher training in nonviolent conflict resolution and community partnerships to stem after-school violence. The bill, which is not binding, follows several recent high-profile incidents of school violence and violence by students, including the beating of a city school teacher in her classroom and an attack by students on a public bus passenger.

The Mediation and Conflict Resolution Center at Howard Community College has received a grant of $27,000 from the Maryland Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office. The center plans to use the grant to create a free Campus Community Mediation Program for students and employees. The program is to work closely with potential referral sources on campus, such as the counseling and wellness centers, the offices of human resources and student support services, and the student government association.

PHILADELPHIA -- The men on the corner of 16th and Page in North Philadelphia say they know what their neighborhood needs to stem the violence that has killed 306 people citywide so far this year, and that does not include putting 10,000 men on the street, as some black community leaders have proposed. Amid the weed-strewn lots and boarded-up buildings of North Philadelphia, one of the city's toughest neighborhoods, the six men who gathered to talk, drink and play cards say the young people who pull guns and deal drugs need jobs, recreation centers, after-school programs and, most of all, parents who care for them.

Owen Brown Village officials are seeking the assistance of a third party to help organize a public forum to discuss what should be done with the Lake Elkhorn tot lot, a village official said. Neil Dorsey, chairman of the Owen Brown Village Board, said the panel will meet with members of Howard Community College's Mediation and Conflict Resolution Center next month. "We wanted a third party to facilitate the meeting," said Dorsey, who has not selected a date for the forum. "This takes away concern people may have that if I was running it or somebody else on the board was running it, it would be biased or directional, and we don't want that.

University of Maryland researchers Edy Kaufman and Manuel Hassassian know something about negotiations. One Israeli, the other Palestinian, they sat down and figured out how to teach a class on the Middle East together. "This arrangement has been difficult at times, but we have learned to make it work," says Hassassian, the Palestinian ambassador to the U.K. and former rector of Bethlehem University in the West Bank. "We see the project as an experiment in conflict resolution, moving from adversarial discourses about the past."

Whole Foods offers cooking classes Whole Foods Market is offering cooking classes: Tomorrow, 7 p.m., makeup session for snowed-out cheesecake class. The cost is $10. Tuesday, 7 p.m., "Ethnic Gourmet: Cajun Delights." Free. The store is at 2504 Solomons Island Road in Annapolis. Registration is required. 410-573-1800. Conflict resolution courses scheduled The Anne Arundel Conflict Resolution Center is offering two 15-hour courses on getting along with co-workers and family members and on communications skills for partners and parents.

Whole Foods offers cooking classes Whole Foods Market is offering cooking classes: Tomorrow, 7 p.m., "Savory Breads" with Stacey Zier. The cost is $10. Feb. 23, 7 p.m., makeup session for snowed-out cheesecake class. The cost is $10. Feb. 28, 7 p.m., "Ethnic Gourmet: Cajun Delights" Free. The store is at 2504 Solomons Island Road in Annapolis. Registration is required. 410-573-1800. Conflict resolution courses scheduled The Anne Arundel Conflict Resolution Center is offering two 15-hour courses on getting along with co-workers and family members and on communications skills for partners and parents.

Classes offered on conflict resolution The Anne Arundel Conflict Resolution Center is offering two 15-hour courses on getting along with co-workers and family members and on communications skills for partners and parents. Participants will learn to reach good decisions, influence others and communicate effectively. Part 1 will deal with conflict, listening to and hearing others, and confronting and handling unacceptable behavior. Part 2 will deal with exploring needs, wants and relationships, goal setting and helping others meet their needs.

Classes offered on conflict resolution The Anne Arundel Conflict Resolution Center is offering two 15-hour courses on getting along with co-workers and family members and communications skills for partners and parents. Participants will learn to reach good decisions, influence others and communicate effectively. Part 1 will deal with conflict, listening and hearing others, and confronting and handling unacceptable behavior. Part 2 will deal with exploring needs, wants and relationships, goal-setting and helping other meet their needs.