Your Role: Shifting the Judgement Around Returning to School
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 […]
Intersectionality: What is it and Why it’s a Crucial Lens in Restorative Practice Work
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: […]
Reflections and Resources; Processing Violence in Schools
Supporting Our Youth: Responding to School Shootings Another devastating school shooting has impacted the Metro-Denver community. We mourn Kendrick Ray Castillo who was killed while protecting other students and hold […]
Black Lives Matter at School
The Conflict Center is happy to announce that our organization supports Black Lives Matter 5280’s “Black Lives Matter At School” week of action and set of demands. The four demands […]
Teaching Our Children Life Values Through Reading
We often hear about the benefits of reading to children from an early age such as increased vocabulary, language development and learning about the world around them. The benefits of […]
How The Conflict Center Uses “Social Norming” to Encourage Healthy Behaviors in Teenagers
What is “Social Norming”
The Conflict Center uses its Social Norming program to show teenagers that most students engage in positive, healthy relationships.
By educating young people on their classmates’ positive behaviors, The Conflict Center program can reduce the level of physical, verbal and emotional violence in schools and create a culture of peace and nonviolence.
The Conflict Center Uses Hot Spot Mapping to Help Students Feel Safe at School
What is “Hot Spot Mapping?”
The Conflict Center was chosen by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to pilot this student-led program in one community space.
The Conflict Center partnered with High Tech Early College in Denver during the 2017-18 school year and has been asked to return for the 2018-2019 school year.
