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 formed a 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.
Contact the
PIC Committee
In
2008, the ACR Board approved a two-year theme:
Social Justice and Conflict Resolution.
For more
information about the work of this committee,
please contact one of the committee’s co-chairs:
Linda Guinee
Cindy
Cook
Ongoing and
Previous Efforts
The committee’s
themes have been as follows:
|
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 |
Recent Statements:
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