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What Does It Mean to be Actively Anti-Racist? First, what is it to be ‘anti-racist’? Being anti-racist is to actively identify and oppose or challenge racism. The idea is that by challenging racism, we can directly impact and change beliefs, behaviors and policy that continue to maintain the culture of racist ideas and actions. Over […]
How the Next Generation Can Help Repair Generational Biases Generational biases may not always be visible or explicit, and to some people may simply seem like harmless thoughts. The reality, unfortunately, is not so simple, and can cause conflicts in families, workplaces, and even communities. However, there is a way forward for mutual respect and […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
How many times has this happened to you? You’re browsing social media — laughing at memes, smiling at babies — and then you see a post that makes you see red. Maybe it’s a friend complaining about your favored political party; maybe it’s a relative bragging about spending money you know they don’t have. Or […]