Volume 4, Number 1, Oct 2003
Building a High School
to College Campus Mediator
Bridge
Page 3 of 3
Also needed are the following participant types:
At High Schools
- School counselors
- Conflict Resolution Trainers
- Principals
- School board superintendents
- School librarians
- Student mediators
From the Community
- Youth mediators not in school
- Community mediation program staff
At the National and Regional Level
- Liasons to National Conflict Resolution Organizations
- Liasons to School Professional Organizations
- Liasons to Higher Education Professional and Scholarly Organizations
- Liasons to State-level networks for youth and violence prevention
- Consortiums of Colleges and Universities
While it seems to be a rather big job to do well, we think
the high school to college peer mediator bridge is a good
idea
whose
time
has
finally
come.
If we are successful, not only will we strengthen the capacity
of colleges and universities to address their own conflicts,
we will be creating new networks of support for young professionals
interested in the growing field of dispute resolution and
peacemaking, and we will be strengthening "town-gown" ties.
We are currently sorting out how to best coordinate our
distributed efforts
and secure
the
funds
needed
to make things happen.
One of our early efforts will be to develop college peer mediation "club
kits"
to support groups of students to get together and form student
organizations focused on conflict resolution education and
service delivery. We also plan to host a networking session
at an upcoming
national conference being organized by the
Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution wherein highschool
students can meet representatives from college programs in
the region.
If you are interested in getting involved with the initiative
in some way, you
can
contact me (Bill Warters) via email at: director@campus-adr.org and we'll
add you to our contact list.
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