September 2022
Community Circle for Repairing Racial Harms - Fridays ongoing- Online
Weekly: Please join us in holding a circle of support on Fridays from 4:00 to 5:30 pm. This is open to anyone who would like to be in community and offer and receive support.
We hope you can join us – and please feel free to ask other community members to join.
Questions?
janet@crcminnesota.org
or
sharon@crcminnesota.org
30-Hour Civil Facilitative Hybrid Mediation - BIPOC AFFINITY GROUP - Online- Sept 1
This 30-hour mediator training for BIPOC AFFINITY GROUP is for individuals who identify as Black, Indigenous, Latinx, or person of color
Special note about why providing training in affinity groups is important: Racial affinity groups are a space for deeper learning and reflection. They can help dismantle white supremacy culture and build antiracist organization and community. If you are not BIPOC or have a preference for a non-affinity group training, please check out our training beginning October 25.
30-Hour Civil Facilitative Hybrid Mediation ONLINE Class -BIPOC AFFINITY GROUP
8-week class – Thursday nights in September and ending in October
Dates: September 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, and Oct. 6, 13, 20 .
Time: 5:00 to 9:15 pm
Cost: $800
**Register by August 22 to ensure you receive the manual (via UPS) by the first day of class.
Professional Credits: 30 Alternative Dispute Resolution Credits (ADR),
Approved for 30 CLEs: 25 Standard Continuing Legal Education Credits (CLE), 2 Ethics Credits and 3 Elimination of Bias Credits
The 30-Hour Facilitative Civil Mediation Training is a comprehensive experiential training course that teaches participants to skillfully facilitate conversations between people in conflict in order to assist them in reaching creative, mutually-satisfactory outcomes. This course is designed for professionals who want to learn to mediate, and meets all requirements of both the Minnesota Supreme Court’s Rule 114 Training Guidelines and the Community Dispute Resolution Program Training Requirements for community mediators in Minnesota. Upon completion of this certified course, participants will have the skills to mediate in a wide variety of situations and be eligible for inclusion on the Minnesota Rule 114 Qualified Neutral Civil Roster as well as be eligible to volunteer with community mediation centers throughout Minnesota.
During the training, participants learn the mediation process, and gain the skills to identify the interests and fundamental needs that underlie the positions of people in conflict. Participants also learn to reframe positional or destructive communication into productive communication, and to understand conflict styles, become an active listener, manage impasse, and identify power imbalances. Additionally, participants learn skills to remain neutral in challenging situations and gain an understanding of the cultural and ethical issues that may arise when mediating parties in conflict.
Participants will purchase The Mediator’s Handbook: Revised & Expanded Fourth Edition, by Jennifer E. Beer and Caroline C. Packard. It may be purchased when registering and it will be mailed to you with the course manual. It is also available through on-line bookstores.
CRC is a non-profit organization. If you are interested in this training, but feel you cannot afford to pay the entire fee, please go to scholarship application under the Trainings tab at www.crcminnesota.org and complete the scholarship request form.
GROUPS: If you are interested in registering a group, please contact janet@CRCminnesota.org to inquire about group rates.
Taste of Mediation Tuesday - September 6 - Online
Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Online
About this Event:
Join us for a one-hour (and free)
TASTE OF MEDIATION TUESDAY!
How does mediation work?
What are restorative practices?
How do CRC programs work to reduce the impacts of racial disparities and racism and increase equity and inclusion?
How can you become a mediator?
FOR CRC VOLUNTEERS: Monthly Mediator Debrief - September 12 - Online
Date: Monday, September 12, 2022
Time: Noon – 1:00 pm
Location: Online
About this event: This is a one-hour free webinar for CRC volunteers who want to learn about best practices in debriefing mediation and discuss cases so that we can all learn from each other. We welcome all to attend, regardless of how recent your last mediation with CRC.
1 ADR continuing education credit earned
Taste of Mediation Tuesday - September 20 - Online
Taste of Mediation Tuesday!
Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Online
About this Event:
Join us for a one-hour (and free)
TASTE OF MEDIATION TUESDAY!
How does mediation work?
What are restorative practices?
How do CRC programs work to reduce the impacts of racial disparities and racism and increase equity and inclusion?
How can you become a mediator?
Racism, Oppression, and Bias I: Expanding Mediator Awareness - September 21- Online
Racism, Oppression, and Bias I: Expanding Mediator Awareness
Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Time: 12:00 – 2:00 pm CDT
Location: Online
About this Event:
Raise your awareness of racism, oppression, and unconscious bias to recognize the harms mediators can cause through their own white fragility and assumptions of what is normal or universal.
This two-hour awareness training is the first half of a two-session four-hour DEI training for mediators. These four hours of training and discussion is considered a beginning to what should be an ongoing, life-long practice of self-examination and humility.
This session is the pre-requisite for the Race, Oppression, and Bias II. *There will be one to two hours of required readings, podcasts, and/or videos that will be assigned one week before class begins.
2 CLE elimination of bias credits applied for. (If you are a CRC volunteer and are wanting the CLE credit, you should register as an attorney. Thanks!)
2 ADR CE credits awarded.
$60 CLE credits
$40 ADR CE credits
No charge for active CRC volunteer mediators – If you do not know the Promo Code please contact Janet. janet@crcminnesota.org. Thanks!
Racism, Oppression, and Bias II: Mediator Best Practices- September 28- Online
Racism, Oppression, and Bias II: Mediator Best Practices
Date: Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Time: 12:00 – 2:00 pm CDT
Location: Online
About this Event:
Spend two-hours discussing best practices for reducing mediator impact in a session where race (or other culturally specific community) is a factor and for supporting conversations about race and racism. Prerequisite: CRC Race, Oppression, and Bias I
2 CLE elimination of bias credits applied for. (If you are a CRC volunteer and are wanting the CLE credit, you should register as an attorney. Thanks!)
2 ADR CE credits awarded.
$60 CLE credits
$40 ADR CE credits
NO CHARGE for active CRC volunteer mediators – If you do not know the Promo Code please contact Janet at janet@crcminnesota.org. Thanks!
Roleplay Sessions for CRC Mediators Only - September 28 - Online
Date: Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 pm
ROLEPLAYS with Happy Hour Debrief!
For more information or to register
These online monthly sessions are geared to provide practice and debrief to increase mediator skills in relational situations and bias awareness and reduction.
Join us to participate in monthly roleplay sessions. We’ll provide roleplay scenarios and coaches to help you work on relational mediator skills. Then we’ll debrief with a cup of tea or glass of wine. New and experienced mediators are welcome. Please join us to have some fun, social time together and to move your mediation practice forward.
Please sign up at least one week in advance to ensure we have enough coaches to work with each group.
2 ADR CEs awarded
2 CLEs applied for
October 2022
Community Circle for Repairing Racial Harms - Fridays ongoing- Online
Weekly: Please join us in holding a circle of support on Fridays from 4:00 to 5:30 pm. This is open to anyone who would like to be in community and offer and receive support.
We hope you can join us – and please feel free to ask other community members to join.
Questions?
janet@crcminnesota.org
or
sharon@crcminnesota.org
Taste of Mediation Tuesday - October 4 - Online
Date: Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 pm CDT
Location: Online
About this Event:
Join us for a one-hour (and free)
TASTE OF MEDIATION TUESDAY!
How does mediation work?
What are restorative practices?
How do CRC programs work to reduce the impacts of racial disparities and racism and increase equity and inclusion?
How can you become a mediator?
Screening for Intimate Partner Violence for Mediators with Erica Backstrom - October 5 - Online
Screening for Intimate Partner Violence for Mediators
Date: Wednesday, October 5 , 2022
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 pm CDT
Location: Online
About this Event:
Learn the importance of screening for domestic violence/intimate partner violence before and throughout the mediation process. We’ll discuss best practices, as well as look at different scenarios. We’ll also discuss the difference between intake role and mediator role.
1 ADR CE credits awarded.
1 CLE credit applied for.
FOR CRC VOLUNTEERS: Monthly Mediator Debrief - October 10 - Online
Date: Monday, October 10, 2022
Time: Noon – 1:00 pm CDT
Location: Online
About this event: This is a one-hour free webinar for CRC volunteers who want to learn about best practices in debriefing mediation and discuss cases so that we can all learn from each other. We welcome all to attend, regardless of how recent your last mediation with CRC.
1 ADR continuing education credit earned
Taste of Mediation Tuesday - October 18 - Online
Taste of Mediation Tuesday!
Date: Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 pm CDT
Location: Online
About this Event:
Join us for a one-hour (and free)
TASTE OF MEDIATION TUESDAY!
How does mediation work?
What are restorative practices?
How do CRC programs work to reduce the impacts of racial disparities and racism and increase equity and inclusion?
How can you become a mediator?
Mediation Ethics with Dawn Zugay- October 19- Online
Mediation Ethics with Dawn Zugay
Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Time: 12:00 – 2:00 pm CDT
Location: Online
About this Event:
Join us for our semi-annual ethics CLE reviewing the rules and statutes governing ethical behavior for mediators in Minnesota. We’ll also provide an update on ethical statutes and rules and consider some fun hypotheticals to test your knowledge.
2 CLE Ethics Credits applied for. (If you are a CRC volunteer and are wanting the CLE credit, you should register as an attorney. Thanks!)
2 ADR CE credits awarded.
30-Hour Civil Facilitative Hybrid Mediation Training -Online- October 25
30-Hour Civil Facilitative Hybrid Mediation Training
8 afternoon sessions starting October 25th
Date: October 25, 27 and November 1, 3,8,10,15,17
Time: 1:00 – 5:15 pm
Location: Online
About this Event:
**Register by October 15 to ensure you receive the manual (via UPS) by the first day of class. If there are spots available, we accept registrations up until the first day of class, but you will not receive the materials before that class.
CRC’s 30-Hour Mediator Training is a comprehensive, experiential course that teaches how to skillfully facilitate conversations between people in conflict by having frank and important dialogues and assisting them to reach mutually satisfactory outcomes. This course is designed for all individuals wanting to learn to mediate for use at home, in their communities, and professionally for social workers, attorneys, psychologists, and many other human-centered professions.
During the training, mediation students learn the mediation process and gain skills to help mediation participants have productive conversations and support their self-determination. Each module of CRC’s mediation course is infused with discussions of bias, race, and other cultural difficulties, and students are challenged to be aware of their affects of joining participants’ conversation during this vulnerable time of conflict. Students learn to identify the interests and fundamental needs that underlie the positions of people in conflict and learn ways to listen effectively, manage impasse, and tend to the needs of all participants. Additionally, participants learn skills to remain neutral in challenging situations and gain an understanding of ethical issues that may arise when mediating parties in conflict.
Participants will purchase The Mediator’s Handbook: Revised & Expanded Fourth Edition, by Jennifer E. Beer and Caroline C. Packard. It may be purchased when registering, and it will be mailed to you with the course manual. You will receive the materials a few days before the first session of class. It is also available through on-line bookstores.
Credentials: This 30-hour Civil Facilitative Mediator Training is certified to meet all requirements of both the Minnesota Supreme Court’s Rule 114 Training Guidelines and the Community Dispute Resolution Program Training Requirements for community mediators in Minnesota. Upon completion of this course, participants will be eligible for inclusion on the Minnesota Rule 114 Qualified Neutral Civil Roster as well as be eligible to volunteer with community mediation centers throughout Minnesota.
Professional Credits:
30 Alternative Dispute Resolution Credits (ADR)
30 Continuing Legal Education Credits (CLEs): 25 Standard), 2 Ethics, and 3 Elimination of Bias Credits
CRC is a non-profit organization. If you are interested in this training, but feel you cannot afford to pay the entire fee, please go to scholarship application under the Trainings tab at www.crminnestoa.org and complete the scholarship request form.
GROUPS: If you are interested in registering a group, please contact janet@CRCminnesota.org to inquire about group rates.
Roleplay Sessions for CRC Mediators Only - October 26 - Online
Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 pm CDT
ROLEPLAYS with Happy Hour Debrief!
For more information or to register
These online monthly sessions are geared to provide practice and debrief to increase mediator skills in relational situations and bias awareness and reduction.
Join us to participate in monthly roleplay sessions. We’ll provide roleplay scenarios and coaches to help you work on relational mediator skills. Then we’ll debrief with a cup of tea or glass of wine. New and experienced mediators are welcome. Please join us to have some fun, social time together and to move your mediation practice forward.
Please sign up at least one week in advance to ensure we have enough coaches to work with each group.
2 ADR CEs awarded
2 CLEs applied for
November 2022
Community Circle for Repairing Racial Harms - Fridays ongoing- Online
Weekly: Please join us in holding a circle of support on Fridays from 4:00 to 5:30 pm. This is open to anyone who would like to be in community and offer and receive support.
We hope you can join us – and please feel free to ask other community members to join.
Questions?
janet@crcminnesota.org
or
sharon@crcminnesota.org
Taste of Mediation Tuesday - November 1 - Online
Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 pm CDT
Location: Online
About this Event:
Join us for a one-hour (and free)
TASTE OF MEDIATION TUESDAY!
How does mediation work?
What are restorative practices?
How do CRC programs work to reduce the impacts of racial disparities and racism and increase equity and inclusion?
How can you become a mediator?
FOR CRC VOLUNTEERS: Monthly Mediator Debrief - November 14 - Online
Date: Monday, November 14, 2022
Time: Noon – 1:00 pm CDT
Location: Online
About this event: This is a one-hour free webinar for CRC volunteers who want to learn about best practices in debriefing mediation and discuss cases so that we can all learn from each other. We welcome all to attend, regardless of how recent your last mediation with CRC.
1 ADR continuing education credit earned
Taste of Mediation Tuesday - November 15 - Online
Taste of Mediation Tuesday!
Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 pm CDT
Location: Online
About this Event:
Join us for a one-hour (and free)
TASTE OF MEDIATION TUESDAY!
How does mediation work?
What are restorative practices?
How do CRC programs work to reduce the impacts of racial disparities and racism and increase equity and inclusion?
How can you become a mediator?
Conflict Coaching Training - Begins on Nov 29- Online
Conflict Coaching
4 sessions starting November 29
Dates: November 29 and December 1,6, and 8
Time: 1:00 pm – 5:30 pm each day
Location: Online
About this Event
This 16-hour workshop is for people who work with others in conflict. Conflict coaching is one-on-one process during which a trained conflict coach works with a person in conflict using conflict resolution skills and strategies to support the coachee’s ability to engage in, manage, or productively resolve the conflict. Conflict coaching can be used as a stand-alone process or as a step before or during mediation. A conflict coach is a confidential listener who helps the coachee see the conflict from all perspectives, consider options, and come up with a plan of action. In conflict coaching, the coachee, not the conflict coach, is responsible for the outcome. Conflict coaching can be useful for conflicts in the workplace, divorce and post-decree situations as well as community disputes.
16 ADR CE credits awarded.
The following topics will be covered: ·
- Understanding what conflict coaching is and is not;
- Understanding conflict- sources, types, physiology;
- Gaining new skills to help others transform conflict;
- Understanding and conducting the stages of conflict coaching;
- Understanding and appreciating the role of emotion;
- Gaining hands on skills in teaching “I” messages, conflict mapping, role playing, listening, perspective swapping and other skills;
- Practicing conflict coaching through role plays and exercises.
*Scholarships may be available for current CRC volunteers.
Conflict Coaching Co-Trainer: Roseanna Ross
Roseanna is Professor Emerita of Communication Studies at St. Cloud State University. During her tenure, she served as Coordinator of the SCSU Employee Mediation Program, Department Chair, Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Director of the Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence. With over 40 years of experience as a communication consultant and trainer, Roseanna provides training in mediation, conflict coaching, listening and team building. She is a qualified neutral under Rule 114 and is co-developer of the Ross-DeWine Conflict Management Style Instrument. Roseanna has a Ph.D. from Ohio University with a focus in interpersonal and small group communication. Professionally, she has received a number of awards including: The Conflict Resolution Center of Minneapolis Spirit of Peace Award (2015), SCSU College of Fine Arts and Humanities Leadership Award (2010), and the National Society for Experiential Learning (NSEE) Pioneer in Experiential Learning Award (2006).
Conflict Coaching Co-Trainer: Sharon Sund
Sharon is a 30-Hour mediation trainer and Conflict Coach trainer. She also developed and conducted De-escalation and Circle Keeper training. Sharon also conducts workshops on building a Multiracial Democracy and a Caring Economy.
December 2022
Community Circle for Repairing Racial Harms - Fridays ongoing- Online
Weekly: Please join us in holding a circle of support on Fridays from 4:00 to 5:30 pm. This is open to anyone who would like to be in community and offer and receive support.
We hope you can join us – and please feel free to ask other community members to join.
Questions?
janet@crcminnesota.org
or
sharon@crcminnesota.org
Racism, Oppression, and Bias I: Expanding Mediator Awareness - December 6- Online
Racism, Oppression, and Bias I: Expanding Mediator Awareness
Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Time: 5:00 – 7:00 pm CDT
Location: Online
About this Event:
Raise your awareness of racism, oppression, and unconscious bias to recognize the harms mediators can cause through their own white fragility and assumptions of what is normal or universal.
This two-hour awareness training is the first half of a two-session four-hour DEI training for mediators. These four hours of training and discussion is considered a beginning to what should be an ongoing, life-long practice of self-examination and humility.
This session is the pre-requisite for the Race, Oppression, and Bias II. *There will be one to two hours of required readings, podcasts, and/or videos that will be assigned one week before class begins.
2 CLE elimination of bias credits applied for. (If you are a CRC volunteer and are wanting the CLE credit, you should register as an attorney. Thanks!)
2 ADR CE credits awarded.
$60 CLE credits
$40 ADR CE credits
No charge for active CRC volunteer mediators – If you do not know the Promo Code please contact Janet. janet@crcminnesota.org. Thanks!
Taste of Mediation Tuesday - December 6 - Online
Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Online
About this Event:
Join us for a one-hour (and free)
TASTE OF MEDIATION TUESDAY!
How does mediation work?
What are restorative practices?
How do CRC programs work to reduce the impacts of racial disparities and racism and increase equity and inclusion?
How can you become a mediator?
FOR CRC VOLUNTEERS: Monthly Mediator Debrief - December 12 - Online
Date: Monday, December 12, 2022
Time: Noon – 1:00 pm
Location: Online
About this event: This is a one-hour free webinar for CRC volunteers who want to learn about best practices in debriefing mediation and discuss cases so that we can all learn from each other. We welcome all to attend, regardless of how recent your last mediation with CRC.
1 ADR continuing education credit earned
Racism, Oppression, and Bias II: Mediator Best Practices- December 13- Online
Racism, Oppression, and Bias II: Mediator Best Practices
Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Time: 5:00 – 7:00 pm CDT
Location: Online
About this Event:
Spend two-hours discussing best practices for reducing mediator impact in a session where race (or other culturally specific community) is a factor and for supporting conversations about race and racism. Prerequisite: CRC Race, Oppression, and Bias I
2 CLE elimination of bias credits applied for. (If you are a CRC volunteer and are wanting the CLE credit, you should register as an attorney. Thanks!)
2 ADR CE credits awarded.
$60 CLE credits
$40 ADR CE credits
NO CHARGE for active CRC volunteer mediators – If you do not know the Promo Code please contact Janet at janet@crcminnesota.org. Thanks!
Taste of Mediation Tuesday - December 20 - Online
Taste of Mediation Tuesday!
Date: Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 pm CDT
Location: Online
About this Event:
Join us for a one-hour (and free)
TASTE OF MEDIATION TUESDAY!
How does mediation work?
What are restorative practices?
How do CRC programs work to reduce the impacts of racial disparities and racism and increase equity and inclusion?
How can you become a mediator?
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