| International Peace Day - September 21, 2009 |
 As an organization striving to resolve and prevent conflict in the world, Mediators Beyond Borders hosted a worldwide series of events to commemorate the International Peace Day on Sept. 21.
For a full article, read our October 2009 Peace & Reconciliation Report.
World Map of MBB International Peace Day Activities
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| Nan Waller Burnett Presents the 6th Kaplan Lecture |
Board Member Nan Waller Burnett, Golden, Colo., USA spoke about MBB and high conflict in the 6th Kaplan Lecture titled “Calm in the Face of the Storming Client” at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pa. on March 31. MBB Secretary-Treasurer Robert A. Creo, Board Member Prabha Sankaranarayan, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA; FMs Michael Aloi, Fairmont, W. Va., USA, Ann Begler, Ellen DeBenedetti, Louis Kushner, Mark F. Nowak, and Rick Rogow (Pittsburgh, Pa., USA); and MBB Communications Director Barbora Batokova attended the event.
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| MBB Chapter at University of Pittsburgh Hosts Mock Mediation |
March 28, 2009 --
The University of Pittsburgh MBB University Chapter hosted a mock mediation competition at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law on March 28. MBB Secretary-Treasurer Robert A. Creo, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA and FM Kamana Mathur, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA served as volunteer judges.
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| MBB University of Pittsburgh Chapter Mediation Training |
Feb. 1, 2009 -- MBB Chapter at University of Pittsburgh hosted a mediation training "Conflict Management Styles" presented by Bernhard Behrend, Esq. & Martha Harty, PhD.,
MBB Founding Members, on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. The two-day course was PA CLE approved for 10 hours of substantive credit.
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| UCLA Peacemaker Speaks on Global Conflicts, Everyday Choice |
| Jan 31, 2009 -- At a free public lecture on Jan. 31 in Santa Monica, MBB Board Director and Burkle Center Deputy Director Anna Spain, a lawyer and mediator specializing in cross-cultural conflict resolution, discussed how citizens could contribute to the spread of peace around the world.
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| Ken Cloke Gives Advanced Mediator Training in Pittsburgh |
| Jan 16, 2009 -- This CLE-approved course was sponsored by Robert A. Creo's Impartial Dispute Resolution Services (IDRS) based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was presented by Mediators Beyond Borders President Kenneth Cloke. The course featured 5 hours of substantive content and 1 hour of ethics, for the total of 6 credits. MBB Founding Member Ann Begler donated the space of her loft in Downtown Pittsburgh to host the training. The course was attended by over 10 people. |
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MBB LA Chapter Presents 'A Mirror Reflection of You' |
March 19, 2008 -- The MBB LA Chapter organized a showing of a 30-minute portion of the documentary To Die Jerusalem and facilitated a discussion among 12 groups of 8-10 people. Over a hundred people, including a number of Israelis and Palestinians, attended the fundraising event in the Beverly Hills Public Library. The documentary is about two mothers whose 17-year old daughters - one an Israeli, the other a Palestinian suicide bomber - die in a Jerusalem market. In the documentary, the mothers confront each other, revealing a microcosm of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the complexity of reconciliation. |
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1st Annual MBB Congress, St. Malo, Allenspark, Colorado |
Feb. 15-18, 2008 -- Over 120 people gathered at the to the St. Malo Catholic Retreat, Conference & Spiritual Center in Allenspark, Colo., USA from Feb. 15 - Feb. 18, 2007 to attend the founding Mediators Beyond Borders Congress and the 3rd Annual Rocky Mountain Retreat. Out of the 120, over 60 were MBB Founding Members, constituting close to a third of the total MBB membership. Members traveled as far as from Scotland, Germany, The Netherlands and Canada. Read More |
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Pathways to Reconciliation:
The Shoah in Martin Luther King’s Theory of Justice |
Jan. 21, 2008 -- MBB co-sponsored Pathways to Reconciliation: The Shoah in Martin Luther King’s Theory of Justice at Chatham University from 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. The event took participants onto a “pathway to recoconciliation” – attendees traveled from Falk Hall to Buhl Hall, to the Chapel and finally to the Anderson Dining Hall to learn about the universal dimensions of Martin Luther King’s legacy.
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Movie Night Sponsored by MBB University of Pittsburgh |
Nov. 7, 2007 -- MBB University of Pittsburgh sponsored the showing of Why We Fight, a documentary filmed during the Iraw War that disects America's military, at the Shadow Lounge.
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Peace in Action Series: A Conversation with Penelope Bissett |
Nov. 1, 2007 -- Penelope Bissett, MBB Student Supporter, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA and a Ford Insitute Researcher in International Development & Human Security, gave a presentation titled "Vicious Cycle of Violence: The Consequences of Ignoring Child Soldiers" based on her experience in Buduburam Refugee Settlement in Ghana, where she worked with a group of former child soldiers through the Veteran Child Soldier Association of Liberia (VECSAOL). The Presentation took place at Chatham University.
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Nepal Presentation by C.J. Larkin at International Ombuds Conference |
April 14, 2007 -- MBB Board Director C.J. Larkin and colleagues from Nepal presented information about their work in Nepal at the International Ombuds Conference in St. Louis, MO. |
The Fourth Thursday Lecture Series |
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March 22, 2007 -- The last session of the Fourth Thursday Lecture Series titled "From The Rule of the Gun to the Rule of the Law: Building Judicial Systems in Post-Conflict Environment" took place at 4:30 p.m. in Beckwith Hall, Chatham University. Ashley Kushner, Esq., U.S. State Department, Foreign Affairs Officer, Washington, D.C. was the Presenter and MBB Founding Member Louis B. Kushner, Esq., Rothman Gordon., Pittsburgh, PA was the moderator. |
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The Fourth Thursday Lecture Series |
Feb. 22, 2007 -- The second lecture in the series titled "ADR in Practice: Diverse Choice/Diverse Perspectives" presented the following panelists: Amanda Green from the United Steelworkers Union; Audrey Kwak from Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC; Marilin Martinez-Walker from Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, LLP; and Chaton Turner from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Th event was moderated by Cassandra J. Georges, Fellow, Impartial Dispute Resolution Services. |
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The Fourth Thursday Lecture Series |
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Jan. 25, 2007 -- MBB Board Director and a mediation specialist Lynn Cole opened Chatham University's "The Fourth Thursday"
lecture series on women in conflict mediation with a lecture titled "Challenges to the Establishment of Court Mediation Programs Abroad: Bulgaria and Jordan." The inaugural lecture was followed
by a dinner in the Mellon
Center foyer, where MBB Secretary-Tresurer Robert A. Creo presented
Chatham University with his two-volume
treatise on alternative dispute
resolution (ADR) processes
in both state and federal courts. |
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