Professional Chapters

Professional Chapters are groups of paying MBB Members who are in the same location and share the mission and passion of MBB. They work to together to translate MBB's goals into action and outreach in their communities.

MBB will provide leadership, project reviews, logistical support and the opportunity to apply for non-profit grants and scholarships. Successful MBB Professional Chapters show basic characteristics: strong leadership, dedicated individuals, a mixture of conflict resolution and mediation expertise, access to potential funding sources, a willingness to work with others for the benefit of a community, and members willing to work with students. 

Chapters in Development

• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
• Los Angeles & Southern California, USA
• Washington D.C., Maryland & Northern Virginia, USA

Start a Professional Chapter

• Support an MBB project in some area of the world by conducting research on diverse conflict resolution practices, recruiting supporters, raising money to cover travel expenses, publicizing results, communicating with “pen pals,” etc.
• Conduct public dialogue sessions locally on difficult or complex issues like race. 
• Raise the awareness of local mediators and leaders regarding global conflicts.
• Train members and interested mediators in auxiliary techniques, such as large group facilitation, prejudice and reduction and bias awareness exercises, cross-cultural techniques, dialogue and truth and reconciliation processes, etc.
• Work with students to produce training manuals, good practice papers, or short modules on topics like restorative justice, forgiveness techniques, uses of apology or silence, and similar topics that can be adapted for use in other cultures. 
• Contribute articles to MBB’s newsletter Peace & Reconciliation Report and Conflictpedia.
• Partner with local peace-building organizations in developing conflict resolution capacity, for example, by training members of their staff, or accompanying them on peace-building missions and helping them resolve conflicts.
• Invite interesting speakers with a global perspective and discuss afterwards.
• Train a small group facilitators to conduct monthly dialogues on global crises. 
• Organize roundtables, or form a speakers’ bureau and volunteer to speak about MBB and global conflicts in schools, churches, and community centers.
• Start a book or film club to learn more about global conflicts.
• Invite people from other cultures to come and speak about their cultures, conflicts, and the ways they resolve them.