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‘TCC has the ability to teach skills that can have a real impact’ After serving nine years on The Conflict Center’s Board, Brendalee Connors believes more than ever in TCC’s mission “to be at the center of nonviolence.” In fact, she’s certain TCC has become only more essential to our community: “As I look […]
Meet a TCC instructor, Colin Johnson Conflict resolution is a skill and a practice As an English teacher in China, then as an ESL (English Second Language) and history teacher to refugees in New Jersey, and later as a teacher with the Peace Corps in Thailand, Colin Johnson repeatedly realized that as much as […]
Ever since, as a college junior, Miyoko Taylor sat her parents down to work through their divorce with civility and understanding, she has been helping people harness their conflict and anger for good. “I had them make a truce and write out what each of them wanted,” she recalled. Her parents recognized their daughter’s […]
Meet a TCC youth instructor, Renee Kleck ‘These are skills our youth, and parents, need for life’ About two decades ago, Renee Kleck was a teacher navigating adoption, single parenthood, and parenting a child with mental health diagnoses. “I was looking for something to make parenting not hurt so much,” she recalled. “That’s how […]
Pearl Bell spent years studying conflict resolution, eventually earning a master’s degree in the subject. She then worked for nearly a decade at The Conflict Center, teaching others how to manage their emotions and conflict in their families, their workplaces and their schools.Despite all that experience, she knows firsthand how difficult it can be to […]
We’ve been sharing resources to guide people through the various stages of this election season. Now you can find them all in one place! Whether you withdraw or dig in, there’s a resource here for you. If there is a printable resource available, you can click the image and it will take you to a […]
In early June, we wrote about the anger and anguish that was shared across communities after the murder of George Floyd reignited the enduring fight to address the cycle of violence and inequitable treatment against black people and other people of color, not only in the criminal justice system, but across societal systems. In October, […]
While systemic racism has always existed, for many, the events in 2020 brought into clear focus how systems, including police departments and the criminal-legal system, disproportionately harm black people and people of color, and sparked nation-wide protests in defense of black lives. In the wake of the murders of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, […]
As school begins again, families and educators are having to make challenging decisions about what is best for their family and circumstances. And these decisions have different consequences, including potential impacts on their mental and physical health. In this environment, we often look at what others are doing to help navigate or inform our choices. […]
Intersectionality: The complex and cumulative way in which the effects of multiple forms of discrimination combine, overlap or intersect, especially in the experiences of marginalized people.- Kimberle Crenshaw Intersectionality: the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping […]
MEDIA CONTACT: Beth Yohe, Executive Director 303-865-5625 beth.yohe@conflictcenter.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 10, 2020 Removing Police from Schools The Conflict Center supports the Denver school board’s proposed resolution to remove police from its school buildings. Students and teachers should learn and teach in a positive environment where they can effectively study, grow, and build […]
The Conflict Center shares the anguish and the anger that has manifested in communities across the country since the murder of George Floyd on Memorial Day. We honor George Floyd and recognize the importance of speaking clearly and insistently about the unacceptable violence that took his life and the unacceptable systemic racism which fuels a […]