Alternate Dispute Resolution and Mediation Resources - This mediation Resources site contains substantial on-line materials for alternative dispute resolution and mediation. Mediation Essays, More Mediation Essays, Mediation Centers, Advanced Mediation Topics, & On-Line Mediation Newsletters are all at this site. [Tutorial for web site design] [About this site] [About the author] [FAQ -- mediation questions answered] [Mediation books I can recommend] [What's new]. This site is by Stephen R. Marsh, a mediator in Dallas, Texas. http://adrr.com/  [5 Star - Must Reading]

Bullying, a survival guide contains guidelines for dealing with all aspects of bullying from school to work.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/bully/

CATALOGS FOR PEACE EDUCATION CURRICULA - Educators for Social Responsibility continues to publish a resource catalog.  For the Spring 2000 catalog phone 1-800-370-2515 or access the catalog on their website at <www.esrnational.org/Pub_message.html>.  Other catalogs are available from Research Press (1-800-519-2707 and at <www.researchpress.com) and on-line from the Conflict Resolution Network in Australia at <http://crnhq.org/wingsundry.html#teenage>.

Changemakers.net: Web guide to the rapidly growing profession of social entrepreneurship. Changemakers.net provides resources, inspiring ideas and opportunities for social entrepreneurs and those interested in learning more about innovative social change. Web site http://www.changemakers.net/index.cfm

Childline operates a web site that addresses bullying and how to beat it at http://www.childline.org.uk/bullying/

THE CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND's WEBSITE FOR YOUTH VIOLENCE RESOURCES: Escalating violence against and by children and youths is no coincidence.  It is the manifestation of a range of serious and too-long neglected problems.  Factors such as poverty, economic inequality, racial intolerance , drug and alcohol abuse, domestic violence, violent images in our popular culture, and the availability of deadly firearms all contribute to the prevalence of violence in our communities. Whether you are a school administrator, a parent, a minister, or a community leader, there are steps you can take to understand, identify and prevent youth violence.  To learn more about what you can do, go to http://www.childrensdefense.org/youthviolence/resources.html

Community of Caring works to implement and encourage five values--caring, responsibility, respect, trust, and family--in our nation's schools. By doing so, we address destructive attitudes that lead to early sexual involvement, teen pregnancy, substance abuse, and dropping out of school. Through a total community approach, this program creates a caring, respectful, school environment that supports students as they develop positive values.  Mail: Community of Caring, 1325 G. Street NW, Washington, DC 20005.  Phone:(202) 393-1251, Fax:(202) 824-0351, Email: contact@communityofcaring.org   Visit the web site at http://www.communityofcaring.org/

Community of the Future. The Drucker Foundation. Brings together such leading thinkers as James L. Barksdale, Stephen R. Covey, Arun Gandhi, Margaret J. Wheatley, Elie Wiesel, and many others to provide insight into the powerful notion of community. Their new, never-before-published essays explore what is important about our communities today and how they will look tomorrow - how we will live, work, communicate and govern ourselves. This collection from the world's top thinkers shows us the challenges we face in building the communities of the future and what we can do today to prepare. Available from The Peter F.Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, 320 Park Avenue, Third Floor, New York, NY 10022-6839, Telephone 212-224-1174, fax 212-224-2508, email: info@pfdf.org, Web: www.pfdf.org. Rating - 5 Star.

Conflict Management in Higher Education Report has just been posted online and is now available for viewing. Go to http://www.culma.wayne.edu/CMHER/Newsletter.html

Conflict Resolution in Schools - In March the European Centre for Conflict Prevention organised an international seminar on Conflict Resolution in Schools in the Netherlands. Participants from UK, USA, Canada, South Africa, Israel, Northern Ireland, Macedonia, Germany, Belgium and Norway came together to exchange information and experience with conflict resolution programmes and approaches in educational settings. Click here http://www.oneworld.org/euconflict/whatsnew/education.html for the summary of findings, including recommendations. The report of the seminar is available in PdF format   http://www.oneworld.org/euconflict/publicat/cr_in_schools.pdf . Download the Acrobat Reader for free if you do not have Acrobat Reader. http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html

An extensive "Conflict Resolution Education Research and Evaluation Bibliography" compiled by Marsha S. Blakeway is available at <http://mblakeway.home.igc.org/CREResearchBibliography.htm>.  This second edition has 250 additional entries compared to the first edition that is still on the CREnet website http://www.crenet.org/ .  If you have suggestions for additional entries, please give them to Marsha at <mblakeway@igc.org> or 608 Fifth St., NE, Washington, D.C. 20002.

The Conflict Resolution Information Source - A collaborative effort  to strengthen the conflict resolution field's information infrastructure funded by the Hewlett Foundation.  The Conflict Resolution Information Source (CRInfo) is a cooperative effort to strengthen the conflict field's information infrastructure. Starting from an initial core of 22 participants, we expect involvement in CRInfo to expand considerably as work progresses. The project is based upon four key assumptions: 1. Improving the flow of ideas among researchers, educators, trainers, practitioners, and disputants would contribute greatly to efforts to advance the conflict resolution field. 2. More than most scientific and technical fields, the success of efforts to improve conflict processes requires that new insights be disseminated very broadly--to intermediaries and disputants at the grassroots level. 3. The World-Wide-Web is creating opportunities for dramatically improving the communication capabilities of the field's information infrastructure. 4. Although the number of conflict-related web sites is large and constantly growing, better coordination of these efforts can substantially reduce costs, improve quality, fill information gaps, and make key material much easier for the field's many constituents to find and use. The focus of the CRInfo project thus goes beyond the establishment of individual web sites by people and organizations working in the field. Instead, our focus is on two major categories of "next generation" web projects. In the first category, CRInfo would assemble and publish (on the web) three information resource catalogs-one for existing web-based resources of value, a second on classic and new print-based resources, and a third on networking information about individuals and organizations working in the field. Complementing these catalogs will be a series of tools designed to help users search for and retrieve information on specific topics and related tools for limiting the "information overload" problem. Contact: Guy Burgess or Heidi Burgess, Project Directors, Co-Directors, Conflict Research Consortium, University of Colorado, Campus Box 580, Boulder, CO 80309-0580, Phone: (303) 492-1635, Fax: (303) 492-2154, Email: crc@colorado.edu.   Web site http://www.crinfo.org/

CONFLICT RESOLUTION EDUCATION RESEARCH AND EVALUATION: SYNOPSIS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY.  By Marsha Blakeway and Daniel M. Kmitta; July 1999; Inventory Code #337; $20.00.  For those interested in school peer mediation and conflict resolution programs, this is a 1998 publication from CRENet, a program of the National Institute on Dispute Resolution.  It is an annotated bibliography of various studies and reports evaluating conflict resolution programs. It appears to focus on K-12 efforts.  Not all entries have a synopsis or annotation, but most do. At the least, it is a very valuable resource to have a large listing of various efforts to answer the question: Do these programs work?  For more information: http://www.nidr.org/info.html  or nidr@crenet.org

Conflict Resolution in the High School by Carol Miller Lieber with Linda Lantieri and Tom Roderick.  Available from Educators for Social Responsibility, Cambridge, MA.   

Conflict Resolution Journal online at http://www.crjournal.org Featuring original articles on conflict resolution in academia and in practice, cutting-edge research projects, compelling op-eds, and links to online resources with contributions from students and faculty from Columbia University and other academic institutions.  For more information on getting involved with the Conflict Resolution Journal or making submissions, please contact Bridget Moix at bmm25@columbia.edu or Jeffrey Henigson at jdh44@columbia.edu.

Conflict Resolution Resource Center http://www.conflict-resolution.net/

Conflict Resolution Training Opportunities in Canada, David Last, who has developed conflict resolution programs for the Canadian Forces, both in Bosnia and at the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, presents an overview of courses in conflict resolution and mediation in the Peace Magazine (Jan/Feb 99 issue). http://www.peacemagazine.org/9901/crt-last.htm

Creating Safer Communities: An Introduction to Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) for architects, planners and builders - Research has shown that the proper design and effective use of the built environment can lead to a reduction in both the opportunity for crime and fear of crime. Through their involvement in design and construction, architects, planners and builders can influence the creation of safer neighbourhoods and communities. This pamphlet provides a general overview of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) for professionals who work in urban design development and related areas. It is not meant to be an exhaustive analysis or a checklist. http://www.rcmp-ccaps.com/cpted.htm

Crossing the Line: Violence and Sexual Assault in Canada's National Sport, Laura Robinson; ISBN 0-7710-7560-X; McClelland & Stewart Inc.   The World of Junior and Professional Hockey changed forever when ex-Boston Bruins player Sheldon Kennedy revealed that as a junior player he was molested more than three hundred times by his coach, Graham James.  Kennedy's announcement, and the subsequent conviction of James, prompted countless others to come forward with similar stories.   And as the tales of abuse unfolded, Canada continued its decline in international hockey.  There is clearly something wrong with our national sport.  Laura Robinson takes an unflinching look at the abuse in junior hockey, the breeding ground for the NHL.  She explains how this great sport has gone so bad, and challenges the world of hockey to rethink the game and consider ways to fix it.  Contents: 1. Memorial Cup Celebrations: Jarret Reid and the Sault Greyhounds; 2. Young Gods: A Convicted Felon Makes the All-Star Team; 3. Analysing the Game: The Culture of the Hockey Arena, Inside and Out; 4. Baptizing a Hawk: Initiations in Junior Hockey; 5. When You Know You Just Have to Score: A Game Only the Boys Can Win; 6. The Empty Net, Part One: How the CHL Fails Young Women; 7. The Empty Net, Part Two: How the CHL Fails Young Men; 8. Covering Up in Swift Current: Everybody knew about it.  Nobody did anything.; 9. Changing the Line-Up: How Can Canadians Reclaim their National Sport?; Appendix A: Criminal Convictions and Sanctions; Appendix B: List of Incidents Compiled by the CHA's Director of Rules and Regulations.

Developmental sequence for K-12 peace education: COMPREHENSIVE PEACE EDUCATION (TC Press), EDUCATING FOR HUMAN DIGNITY (Univ of PA Press) and TOLERANCE: THE THRESHOLD OF PEACE (UNESCO, 3 vols) by Betty Reardon; email bar19@columbia.edu

Dispute Resolution Home Page http://www.dispres.com/

Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools - tells what to look for & what to do to prevent violence, when to intervene & get help for troubled children, & how to respond when violent situations occur.  The guide was developed at the President's request by the Departments of Justice & Education, in cooperation with the National Association of School Psychologists.  The full text of the guide & the press release are at: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/earlywrn.html
(The guide is also available by calling 1-877-4ED-PUBS.)  Click here to view the "action planning checklist".  This is 5-Star, Must Reading.  If you are not able to download a copy from the Internet, you can order a free hard copy (in English) of "Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools" from the Department of Education by e-mailing edpuborders@aspensys.com or by calling 1-877-4EDPUBS (433-7827).  Please note that 877 is a new toll-free code, and not all areas have access to it yet.  If you find you can't connect using that number, you may dial 1-800-872-5327.  U.S. Department of Education, Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Room 3131 Mary E. Switzer Building, Washington, D.C. 20202-2524

The book, Education for Development: A teacher's Resource For Global Learning by Susan Fountain is, in my opinion outstanding.   As *part* of a curriculum that combines components from different curricula and resourses, this text really addresses our perceptions and how they create predjudice and bias in a very concrete way. I have used activities from this book with adult students for years with very good results. My first exposure to the activities was through an International Peace Conference. Susan Fountain was working for the Education for Development Section of UNICEF when it was published.  Courtesy of Susan Fitzell http://www.aimhieducational.com/

Education Wife Assault  http://www.womanabuseprevention.com  Many professional resources, including resources that examine the cultural specific context of abuse, for example, assault in the
Chinese community.

The Eight Essential Steps to Conflict Resolution. Author - Professor Dudley Weeks. Available from Putman Publishing 1-212-951-8400.

'FORGIVENESS - BREAKING THE CHAIN OF HATE' by Michael Henderson. "A deeply moving and eloquent testimony to the power of forgiveness in the life of individuals, of communities and between and within nations. It effects change - a powerful book," says Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate.  How could survivors of the Burma Road, the Siberian Gulag, or Nazi
atrocities forgive those who harmed them? How can representatives of entire people - Australian Aborigines, African Americans, black South Africans - be reconciled with whites who exploited them? And how can the offenders find the grace to apologize? Michael Henderson writes about dozens of remarkable people of many nations and faiths who have, by repentance and forgiveness, been able to break the chain of hate and the hold of history.  Forgiveness - Breaking the Chain of Hate is available from: BookPartners,Inc. P.O. Box 922, Wilsonville, OR 97070. TEL: 800-895-7323.  FAX 503-682-8684 OR in Canada from MRA Books. Tel: 613-230-7197. Fax: 613-230-4233. Email: mra@web.net

Free the Children! Conflict Education for Strong, Peaceful Minds by Susan Gingras Fitzell, M.Ed. Today more than ever, progressive educators and parents are looking for professional and practical guidance to help them raise peaceful children. Free the Children! offers a unique approach to helping ourselves and our children break free from negative cultural and media conditioning that creates aggression and conflict.  Covering ages pre-K through twelfth grade, this insightful resource presents five essential components necessary for an effective conflict education curriculum. In non-technical language, the author explores key issues including raising a peaceful male child in a violent world; how to encourage children's natural empathy; the effect of media violence on the chemistry of children's brains; building community; school bullies; dating violence; and empowering adolescent girls to refuse the role of the "victim" and embrace personal strength. Grounded in real stories and the author's own profound experiences in her twelve years of teaching, this is more than an activity book-it is inspirational reading for anyone who wants to nurture strong, peaceful minds.  Susan Gingras Fitzell is a Learning Disabilities Specialist/Teacher at Londonderry High School in Londonderry, New Hampshire. She is the founder of AIMHI Educational Programs, a company that provides consultant services and workshops on Inclusion for Special Needs students and workshops on Character and Conflict Education.  Includes developmental charts, activity boxes, handouts, extensive annotated bibliography and an appendix. The book can be ordered through Chapters or Amazon.com through Susan's website http://www.seresc.k12.nh.us/~sfitzell/free/free.html

Getting Away With Murder - The Canadian Criminal Justice System, David M. Paciocco; ISBN 1-55221-032-4; publisher Irwin Law in 1999, 325 Humber College Blvd., Toronto, ON, M9W 7C3.  This book unravels the mysteries of the Canadian criminal justice system, explaining how and why we sentence offenders and pointing out where we err, particularly with the parole system.  It describes the reasons behind the system's technicalities and why some who are guilty receive their benefit.  The book explores the inadequacies and excesses of criminal defences and illustrates why the system is as miserly as it is when it comes to victims' rights.  Suggesting that much of the loss of confidence in our criminal justice system is based on misunderstanding and inadequate information, the book provides information to fill the gaps without becoming an apologia for the system.  Although entertaining - written with a touch of humour and a bit of irreverence - the book is a serious, hard-hitting, and candid work by a law professor who has acted both as a prosecutor and as defence counsel.  Contents: 1. Faith and Justice; 2. Crime and Punishment; 3. Getting Off on Technicalities: The Rule of Law; 4. Proving Guildt and Maintaining Innocence; 5. Justifiable Homicide; 6. The Role of the Victim; 7. Conclusion.  5 Star - must reading particularly for Canadians.

Guilty: The Collapse of Criminal Justice; Judge Harold J. Rothwax; ISBN 0-679-43867-X; Random House, Inc.  According to Rothwax, America is fast becoming a nation of bad laws, in which criminals and defense attorneys hide behind a morass of poorly conceived statutes, procedures, and rulings that prevent courts from resolving the paramount question at hand: Did the accused commit the crime?  In trial after maddening trial, Rothwax sees the truth sacrificed at the altar of an increasingly arcane process designed to protect the rights of criminals.  Drawing on a career's worth of experiences and using the Simpson trial as an example, Rothwax makes his case for ten major reforms of the criminal justice system, including the end of unanimous jury verdicts, the elimination of Miranda rulings, and a new interpretation of the Fourth and Fifth Amendments.  Contents: 1. Anything But the Truth: Truth Undermined by 'Fairness' - and Criminals Go Free; 2. Snowy Nights and Cars on the Run: The Fourth Amendment and the Supression of Evidence; 3. The Silence of the Fox: Miranda and the Quagmire of Coercion, Confession and Conscience; 4. Clam up and Call Your Lawyer: The Right to Counsel and the Rules of Investigation; 5. The Rush to Nowhere: Speedy Trial Statutes Do Not Guarantee Rapid Justice; 6. The Theater of the Absurd: Anything Goes in the Modern American Courtroom; 7. The Plea Bargain: Tortured Outcome of an Overwhelmed System; 8. Poker-Faced Justice: How Liberal Discovery Laws Can HIde the Facts and Subvert the Truth; 9. Speak No Evil: The Truth, a Defendant's Accountability, and the Fifth Amendment; 10. A Jury of Our Fears: Twelve 'Ordinary' Citizens the Legal System Doesn't Trust with the Truth; 11. Judgement Day: A Demand for Common Sense in the Courtroom.   5 Star - must reading particularly for Americans.

"Healing Communities in Conflict - International Assistance in Complex Emergencies" by Kimberly Maynard, Columbia University Press.   From Barry Husk: I do recommend this excellent book related to international situations.

Healthy Relationships: Violence Prevention Curriculum.   Helping students to analyze the culture of violence that condones abusive behavior is the first step towards empowering them to create the violence-free culture of tomorrow.   The $75 course deals with teen anger, abuse and attitudes and has sold more than 3,000 copies across North America.  The program has received strong endorsements.    http://fox.nstn.ca/~healthy/

"The Heart of Conflict" by Bryan Muldoon.  From Tom Baines: An excellent book on the general subject of conflict management.  Bryan and I share the view that conflict is a natural, pervasive, and not entirely unwanted element of the human condition.  The goal is to recognize the source of conflict, and manage it, so as to ameliorate the negative results, while captializing on its postive aspects.  There are many books which discuss the "mechanics" of CR, covering negotiation, mediation, arbitration, etc.  There are some good books that take a rigorous approach and discuss conflict from game-theoretic, decision matrix, axiomatic utility, or other formal methods bases.  The most important lesson that I've gotten from any of the books I've studied is that defining success is the hardest task of all.  Therefore, our statement of goals is crucial to the rest of our efforts.

Mediators and Complete Mediation Information http://www.mediate.com/

Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management's Web page - We have a large number of conflict management lessons for elementary, middle, and high schools students that you can download directly from our Web site.  The site is www.state.oh.us/cdr/ .  On the front page you can access the Conflict Management Week Lesson Packets, and then if you go into the school section, you will find additional lessons, a link to other web sites, etc.  Contact: Jen Batton, Director of School Programs, Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management; email  Jennifer.Batton@cdr.state.oh.us

OVERCOMING VIOLENCE: A Challenge to the Church in All Places by Margot Kässmann, 86 pp. In 1997 the WCC established a Programme to Overcome Violence. But what can the churches do together to overcome violence in the home, on the streets, in the media? When conflicting national and ethnic aspirations often seem to lead to repression of armed revolution, can the church live out the conviction that war is contrary to the will of God? What resources for nonviolent resolution of conflicts can they find in the Bible and their theological traditions? This book explores the opportunities and difficulties linked with the vocation of non-violence. 2-8254-1228-7, SFR 9.90 (US£6.95, £4.50). WCC Publications, Risk Book Series. ).  For more information, see http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/pcn/pov-res.html .  For information and an order form, send a message to WCC Publications hs@wcc-coe.org .  Peacebuilding & Disarmament Programme, International Relations, World Council of Churches, PO Box 2100, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland; Tel.: +41 22 791.6315/4/3; Fax: +41 22 791.6122.

Papers on Nonviolent Action Strategy and Cooperative Decision-Making - Friends, As you probably know, I began facilitating free workshops to prepare people for nonviolent direct action with the Northern California Nonviolence Preparers Collective (part of the Abalone Alliance) in 1980. Soon after that, I also started facilitating workshops on cooperative decision-making and consensus. For these various workshops I found it useful to prepare sample agendas which I could then easily modify to suit the occasion. I also developed notes and handouts that included everything I had learned about these subjects.  In addition, I have collected some papers developed by other people.  From the beginning I have freely distributed these papers and encouraged other people to use them to facilitate workshops for progressive social change activists in their own area.  I've finally put most of these papers -- the ones I usually distribute at workshops -- in Adobe Acrobat Reader (PDF) format on my new web site so that anyone can view them, download them, print them, and distribute them. Feel free to copy and distribute these papers however you see fit (as long as it is for non-commercial use). The papers are located here: <http://www.vernalproject.org/RPapers.shtml>   Please pass this email message on to anyone you think might be interested in these papers.  Randy Schutt, P.O. Box 60922, Palo Alto, CA 94306
<http://www.vernalproject.org>

Pre-Kindergarten Peace Material - Sande Rose has been teaching peaceful alternatives to pre Kindergarten age children (their parents, siblings, etc.) for many years. It is NOT an easy task, as there are still so many within the Established Educational systems who do not recognize HOW MUCH the children absorb in the 1st 5 yrs. Even more disturbing is HOW VERY little our teachers, aides & directors know about teaching simple conflict resolution methods! Offering the knowledge of having CHOICES [during moments of conflict]is impowering! My teaching tool is that of HUMOR ~ It is a tool from which children learn well and it follows them throughout their Educational journey. THEY ARE NATURAL CLOWNS who are 'stored' within the system of daycare and rarely given the chance to excercise their RIGHT to "act-out" in a silly manner rather than aggressively. Due to various limitations within the individual care centers, those whose responsibility is that of instilling basic social skills to the young are themselves untrained in the area of non-violence. This is how it has been FAR TOO LONG! The children who are NOW killing others in school, WERE in yesterdays Pre-Kindergarten centers where "acting-out" aggression was not only allowed but facilitated by staff & hired personnel. Teaching the basics [REAL vs. UNREAL, RIGHT vs. WRONG] has been left up to those who are barely able to 'babysit' and who have not been trained for such an enormous task! By the time they're in Kindergarten, these children are often already lost! *Ask a Kindergarten teacher! My goal is to help teachers TEACH PEACE from the BEGINNING! I am also trying to bring this URGENT matter to the attention of those who still believe that the formal educational level begins with Kindergarten! WE know this is WRONG! My site offers tried & true E-Z lesson planners, reprintable materials for use by anyone! *NAEYC approved for pre-Kindergarten thus, adaptable for ALL age & development levels. Please help me to help others ~ WHO WANT TO ENJOY TEACHING again! It's so simple and rewarding! Laughing is natural and painless, while violence is fatal ~ What TOOLS are we offering our children for a LIFETIME of use? Please use whatever you feel may be useful to you FREELY! While doing so, notice how many more smiles you see on the faces of ALL who are involved ~ Teaching Peace is simply Amazing! "FUN FOR EVERYONE!"
Sande Rose; contact email 2TeachPeace@MSN.com ; web site http://come.to/Rose4Peace

Papers on Preventing School Violence - Papers by a psychologist, psychiatrist, & sociologist who presented at the National  Institutes of Justice's 1999 Conference on Criminal Justice Research & Evaluation are now online: 1. "Community & Institutional Partnerships for School Violence Prevention"; 2. "Research-Based Prevention of School Violence & Youth Antisocial Behavior: A Developmental & Educational Perspective"; 3. "Controlling Violence: What Schools are Doing."      http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/180972.pdf or http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles1/nij/180972.txt

REGENERATION OF WAR-TORN SOCIETIES Edited by Michael Pugh, University of Plymouth; Published by Macmillan.  Chapters include: 'The Ownership of Regeneration and Peace Building' - Michael Pugh; 'Conceptualising Peacebuilding: Human Security and Sustainable Peace' - John Cockell; 'International Security Assistance to War-torn Societies' - Annika Hansen; 'Raising the Costs of Conflict, Lowering the Price of Peace: Demilitarisation after Post-modern Conflicts' - Neil Cooper; 'Bargains for Peace: Military Adjustments during Post-war Peacebuilding' - Fred Tanner; 'The Rule of Law or the Rule of Might? Restoring Legal Justice in the Aftermath of Conflict' - Rama Mani; 'The Social-Civil Dimension' - Michael Pugh; 'From Statehood to Childhood: Regeneration and Changing Approaches to International Order' - Vanessa Pupavac; 'Peacebuilding, Hegemony and Integrated Development: The UNDP in Travnik' - Philip Peirce and Paul Stubbs; 'International Law and National Reconciliation in Peacebuilding: Transcaucasia' - Sophie Albert; 'Dilemmas of Accommodation and Reconstruction: Liberia' - Comfort Ero; 'The Post-war Nation: Rethinking the Triple Transition in Eritera' - Eric Garcetti and Janet Gruber.

Resources for Peace - for parents, teachers and others  http://www.seresc.k12.nh.us/~sfitzell/links/links.html

Resources for Radicals, second edition, an annotated bibliography of print resources for those involved in movements for social transformation, was formally released at a recent Homes Not Bombs gathering that took place in Toronto..   Resources for Radicals is written and compiled by Brian Burch, a Toronto based writer with a history of activism going back to the time of the Vietnam War.  His work has appeared in over 100 publications and anthologies in Canada, the United States, England and Australia.  He is a member of the National Writers Union (UAW Local 1981) and I.U. 670 of the Industrial Workers of the World.  His other books include For Christ and Kropotkin, Still Under the Thumb and Next Exit. Like the first edition, Resources for Radicals grew out of requests for further information that arose from workshops in non-violence conducted by Toronto Action for Social Change. Participants were seeking a list of resources that they could read for more in depth information, inspiration, ideas and analysis than could be shared in the space of a workshop.  Periodicals as diverse as Earth First! Journal, The Catholic Worker, Highgrader, Freedom, Friends Journal, Natural Life, The New Socialist and Shelterforce are included in this annotated bibliography.  Books from authors as varied as Dorothy Day, Emma Goldman, Petra Kelly, Peter Kropotkin, Brian Martin, Thomas Merton, Sheila Rowbotham and William Kilbourne form the core of Resources for Radicals.  A wide range of topics are touched on, from meeting facilitation to community gardening to civil disobedience to union organizing.  Work coming from such struggles as the feminist, animal rights, ecology and the peace movement abound.  Resources for Radicals is available from Toronto Action for Social Change.  The price (including postage and handling) is: $11.00 Canada, $12.00 U.S., $14.00 Rest of the World.   Resources for Radicals is revised frequently, with a new edition every two years.   Books and magazines focusing on feminism, union organizing, popular culture, sexual freedom, humanism, anarchism, radical christianity, strikes, demonstrations, ecology, non-violence, socialism, co-operatives, aboriginal rights, pacifism, urban renewal, urban agriculture, revolutionary theory, black history, community shared agriculture, pro-choice, anti-imperialism, communism, penal abolition, multi-faith dialogue, conflict resolution, ploughshares efforts, alternative dance and theatre forms, critical mass, paganism, public transportation, monkey wenching, socialism, community organizing, community  economic development, gender diversity, squatting, seamless pro-life, alternative media, anti-facism, anti-racism, animal liberation, intentional communities, disAbilities activism, civilian based defense, co-operatives and other expressions of radical non-violent dissent are welcome and should be sent to: 20 Spruce St., Toronto, Ontario (Canada) M5A 2H7.  Especially welcome are handbooks, guides for trainers and directories.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police ("RCMP") Crime Prevention/Victim Services - This branch focuses on the social order needs of an ethnocultural society through education, increased public awareness strategies and the promotion of inter-agency co-operation and personal contact. The specific needs of crime victims are addressed through the development and implementation of responsive community-based police services. There are over 200 programs to assist communities in preventing crime or reducing the fear of crime. Program efforts include determining service objectives through community consultation and crime analysis and increasing awareness of all aspects of community violence. http://www.rcmp-ccaps.com/cpvs.htm

SAFE SCHOOLS--A Handbook for Practitioners, was written  in partnership with DynCorp, to help principals develop plans to reduce violence in schools. The 300-page loose leaf, user-friendly how-to manual provides step-by-step instructions and practical tools that will help : 1. Identify your school's security problems. 2. Understand existing laws that affect school security. 3. Master techniques to address incidents as they occur. 4. Communicate your school's safety plan. To obtain a Safe Schools Handbook, call the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) at 1-800-253-7746. Press "6" to reach to Sales Office.  Visit the web site http://www.nassp.org/leadership_assessment/safe_schools/safeschl_handbk.htm   .  NASSP Board of Directors Position Statement on Safe Schools http://www.nassp.org/hot_topics/ps_safeschool.htm .   School Safety Resources http://www.nassp.org/schoolsafety/index.html

School House Hype: Two Year Later - a Report by the Justice Policy Institute in Washington, D.C and The Children's Law Center in Covington, Kentucky.   It can be found on the web at http://www.cjcj.org/schoolhousehype/shh2.html

Teaching for Justice: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Peace Studies, co-edited by Kathleen Maas Weigert and Robin J. Crews.  This is the 10th monograph in an 18-volume AAHE series on service-learning in the disciplines.   The book includes: a Preface by Elise Boulding, an Introduction by the co-editors, 16 essays by 24 contributing authors (including: Conceptual Essays, essays on Service-Learning in Peace Studies Programs and essays on Service-Learning Courses in Peace Studies), and Appendices.  The book is available from The American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) online from the AAHE Online Publications Catalog at http://www.aahe.org/catalog and by phone at (202) 293-6440, ext. 780.

Teaching Peace Bibliography http://wwwave.org/TeachingPeaceBibliography.htm

Teaching Students To Be Peacemakers http://www.cooplearn.org/pages/peace.html available online

TRANSFORMING VIOLENCE Linking Local and Global Peacemaking edited by Judy Zimmerman Herr and Robert Herr foreword by Konrad Raiser. 250 pp. A collection of essays on the biblical and theological background for peacemaking, with practical examples from local and global settings, by noted writers from Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. This book is a project of the Historic Peace Churches and the Fellowship of Reconciliation in support of the Programme to Overcome Violence. Herald Press: Scottsdale Pennsylvania, USA. SFR 15.00 (US$9.99, £6.50) . For more information, see http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/pcn/pov-res.html .  For information and an order form, send a message to WCC Publications hs@wcc-coe.org .  Peacebuilding & Disarmament Programme, International Relations, World Council of Churches, PO Box 2100, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland; Tel.: +41 22 791.6315/4/3; Fax: +41 22 791.6122.

The State of the World's Children 2000 http://www.unicef.org/sowc00/  [a UNICEF Report]

UNESCO Report on the Follow-Up to and Dissemination of The Barcelona Declaration on the Role of Religion in the Promotion of a Culture of Peace. Download in Adobe format from http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0011/001107/110793eb.pdf

The latest U.S. Government publicaton on school safety. http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/ActionGuide/   "I continue to be unimpressed by this kind of work. They obviously are not interested in addressing the sources of violence in the community." says Ian Harris, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Violence And People With Disabilities: A Review Of The Literature (1994)  http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/familyviolence/pdfs/people.pdf 
La violence et les personnes ayant des incapacites : Une analyse de la litterature    http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/violencefamiliale/pdfs/people.pdf    This literature review provides an overview of violence against people with disabilities. It describes the nature of the violence, why it happens  and the effects on victims. It explores effective ways the judicial  and social service sectors can respond to and prevent violence. 85 p.

Victim Services http://www.dvsheltertour.org/  A very user-friendly site which has information on making a safety  plan, a tour of a shelter and links to international resources.

Waging Peace for a Living (an action plan for survival of life on earth) author Walt Taylor imagines how we could work together to
make peace and full employment a reality if we did indeed choose life. He lays out before us a startlingly simple idea, that we harness the energies that have traditionally been used for waging war to wage peace instead.   The first chapter tells us what we are up against, presenting us with, as its title suggests, "Dire Warnings of Unparalleled Catastrophe". Here we find key texts and quotes that that the media and people in general have been too quick to forget, such as Einstein's 1946 telegram to the New York Times, excerpts from Rachel Carson's _Silent Spring_ and the entire test of the "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity" of 1992.
But _Waging Peace_ is not aimed at convincing us that we are doomed.  Instead, Walt Taylor transforms Dante's warning at the gates of Hell ("All hope abandon, ye who enter here") to read "Abandon despair, all ye who enter here". He does not deny that we face a crisis; indeed he urges us not to deny the gravity of that crisis but he also reminds us that the Chinese word for *crisis* is made up of two parts, one signifying *danger*, the other *opportunity*. _Waging Peace_ proposes that citizens, through the NGOs
(non-governmental oganizations) they belong to, seize the opportunity inherent in our crisis.  The crisis we face endangers life on earth. It also threatens our faith in our ability to govern ourselves, as more and more people recognize the dangers we face and see that our governments are failing to address them adequately. And it threatens social stability as more and more people find
themselves without employment or having jobs that are of little value to workers and society at large.  The problem is not that we lack for work needing to be done, as any NGO could attest! The problem is that our economic system encourages us to perform work that is of little or even of negative value to society, while other work that desperately needs doing is left undone.   Walt Taylor proposes that we not wait for the economic system to change.  Instead, let NGOs get together to first make an inventory of the work that needs to be done to make our world a livable one and then find ways to pay for, administer and accomplish this work. Some may find this vision overly naive. But as Mary Rawson, of WILPF BC writes, one cannot "dismiss Walt Taylor's proposal easily, tied as it is to an appreciation of economics... From [David Korten] and Herman Daly to Paul Hawken and Marilyn Waring, the emphasis is on understanding how ecology and economics are interwoven."  Why didn't we think of this before? you may be saying.... Maybe because now is the opportune moment! In any case, some people certainly think so.  Philip Symons, co-president of the Victoria, BC branch of the World Federalists of Canada wrote to Walt: "When I received the copy of _Waging
Peace for a Living_ last July, ...I was going to give it a quick browse, but instead, found myself reading every word, and then going back to read some of it again. I don't think I can give it a better endorsement!" Symons then goes on to outline, in schematic form, how the World Federalists could, in conjunction with other NGOs, work to make real Taylor's vision.  To cite just one other example, Rosalie Wahl, the first woman justice to serve on the Minnesota Supreme Court, has been distributing copies of this
visionary book to key activists in her entourage. She writes: "May our denial melt as we read this stirring, hopeful book - and get to work."  Like Rosalie Wahl, I have been giving copies of this book to people I feel are most likely to make good use of its vision. Certainly, I agree with Jim Fulton, Executive Director of the David Suzuki Foundation, who writes: "_Waging Peace for a Living_ should be required reading for politicians and social activists around the world. I should know; Walt Taylor gave me sage advice for 15 years while I was his Member of Parliament." Another group I especially hope will read this book is young people, especially students, because _Waging Peace_ explains so succinctly and clearly the crisis we face, yet leaves us empowered to seize the opportunity inherent in the crisis.  Copies can be ordered through Trafford Publishing, Ste. 2, 3050 Nanaimo St., Victoria, BC V8T 4Z1. phone: (250) 383-6864 or 1-888-232-4444. fax: (250) 383-6814. <editorial@trafford.com> URL: http://www.trafford.com

WEAVING CONNECTIONS: Educating for peace, social and environmental justice.  Editors:  Tara Goldstein & David Selby
Publisher: Sumach Press (released Nov 2000)  ISBN 1-894549-01-5.  Price: paperback  400 pages, $24.95 Can/US$ 19.95, includes suggestions for classroom resources.  The book focuses on educational models based on the principles of nonviolence, tolerance, equity and justice developed by teachers, parents, activist and students in canada. The chapters include discussion of
multicultural and anti-racist education, anti-homophobia initiatives, black education, gender equity, environbmental education, global education, health education, education for compassion and justice, law related education, media education, First Nations Peoples, and education towards a culture of peace. Each chapter concludes with suggestions for teacher and classroom resources.

Western Justice Center has developed an online database of 1,400 organizations and educational institutions that provide resources and training in community-based mediation, crosscultural collaboration and other conflict resolution skills. These organizations are mostly in the US, but at http://www.westernjustice.org/CF/internat.cfm they also have a directory of such organizations around the world.

The Work Conflict, Work Violence and Difficult People Help Center - It doesn't matter what sector or what industry. Conflict can interfere with getting the job done, OR it can be harnessed to drive improved customer service and improve organizational life. It's up to us...how we behave to prevent destructive conflict and how we deal with it when it occurs (and it will).  The Institute For Cooperative Communication is dedicated to helping individuals and organizations work to prevent destructive conflict, and learn ways to use it effectively. This web site is a public service repository for resources to help you, regardless of sector. Here are some of the issues we address:  How to prevent conflict from occurring in teams and with co-workers; Dealing with difficult, aggressive or angry customers; Communicating more effectively with the boss (getting heard); Safety and workplace violence issues; How to learn better safer ways of dealing with other's anger; How to KEEP customers even when they get upset; Conflict Management; Conflict Resolution and Mediation; Reduction of stress resulting from work conflict.  We'll teach you about personality conflicts and what they mean, the manipulative methods people use to control others, and how to counter them. We'll teach you specific actions and skills. And we will consider different situations.  http://www.work911.com/conflict/   Contact: Work911/Bacal & Associates Business & Management Supersite, Bacal & Associates, 252 Cathcart St., Winnipeg, Mb. Canada, R3R 0S2; (204) 888-9290; Email: rbacal@escape.ca

The Workable Peace Project, an innovative curriculum on intergroup conflict management for high school classes and youth training programs.   The curriculum is being developed by the Consensus Building Institute, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based non-profit dedicated to improving the theory and practice of conflict management in the U.S. and around the world.   Workable Peace aims to help teenagers understand why intergroup conflicts start, why some of these conflicts lead to violence, and how violent intergroup conflicts can be prevented and ended.  Equally important, it aims to build students, negotiation and conflict management skills through both classroom and community work.  The Workable Peace curriculum has three parts: a framework, role plays set in hot spots of intergroup conflict around the world, and civic learning projects on local intergroup conflicts in the United States. Teacher's Guides and Workable Peace staff provide curriculum teaching suggestions and resources.  For more information, please see our web site: www.workablepeace.org  If you have additional questions, please contact the Workable Peace Co-director, Stacie Nicole Smith, at stacie@igc.org.  Stacie Nicole Smith, Co-Director, Workable Peace, 131 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (617) 492-1414 x24

WORKING WITH CONFLICT: SKILLS & STRATEGIES FOR ACTION Simon Fisher, Dekha Ibrahim Abdi, Jawed Ludin, Richard Smith, Steve Williams, Sue Williams.  Published by Responding to Conflict & Zed Books.  This book is a practical tool. It offers ideas, methods and techniques for understanding and working with conflict. It is based on the insights of practitioners and communities from their first-hand experience in conflict situations.  It is divided into four parts: 1. Analysis - a guide to understanding conflict, including practical techniques for conflict analysis and the critical issues that must be taken into
account - power, culture, identity, gender and rights.  2. Strategy - how to build effective strategies to address conflict, including
how to influence policy within organisations.  3. Action - intervening in situations of acute conflict; addressing the consequences; and working on the social fabric which conditions the emergence of conflict.  4. Learning - the skills involved in the necessary processes of evaluation and learning, in order to improve future interventions.  The final chapter provides a list of key conflict-related and peace-building resources, including organisations, publications, videos and websites.  For all practitioners who are working in conflict-prone and unstable parts of the world in the fields of development, relief work, human rights, community relations, peace and reconciliation, this book should provide an invaluable support.  For more information, or to order the book, contact: Farouk Sohawon, Sales Manager, Zed Books, 7 Cynthia Street, London  N1 9JF, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 7837 4014; Fax: +44 (0)20 7833 3960; Email: zed@zedbooks.demon.co.uk .

Zero Tolerance or Community Tolerance : Managing Crime in High Crime Areas by Sandra Walklate, Karen Evans 
Price: US $61.95  available from Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0754610179/o/qid=948125662/sr=2-3/002-3303018-2809826

OTHER INFORMATION:

American Association of School Administrators ("AASA") Safe Schools web site http://www.aasa.org/Issues/Safe/safe.htm .  Lots of good information.

Crime and Safety in Calgary, Alberta - Research report prepared by City of Calgary Community and Social Development Department http://www.gov.calgary.ab.ca/81/research/81dcrime.htm

City of Edmonton - Safer Cities Initiatives includes children and youth, family violence, safe housing, young adult employment, urban design and prostitution. The Initiative focuses on crime prevention through social development. http://www.gov.edmonton.ab.ca/cfs/cfslnkl.html

City of Toronto Interim Report of Toronto's Task Force on Community Safety http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/council/tfsafety_report1.htm

City of Winnipeg - Opportunities and Challenges - Key: Violent Street Crime Issue http://www.city.winnipeg.mb.ca/city/html/govern/oppchal/keyviol.htm

City of Vancouver - Mayor’s Initiative on Crime and Safety The Urban Safety Commission & Urban Safety Coalition.  It is estimated that 70 to 90% of crime in Canada is related to drug and alcohol abuse. http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/COALITION/INDEX.HTM http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/CTYCLERK/CCLERK/980303/URBAN2/tsld001.htm

The Community Tool Box http://ctb.lsi.ukans.edu/   is the web site created and maintained by the University of Kansas Work Group on Health Promotion and Community Development in Lawrence, KS, and AHEC/Community Partners in Amherst, Massachusetts. The site has been on line since 1995, and it continues to grow on a weekly basis.  Currently, the core of the Tool Box is the " how-to tools." These how-to sections use simple, friendly language to explain how to do the different tasks necessary for community health and development. For instance, there are sections on leadership, strategic planning, community assessment, advocacy, grant writing, and evaluation to give just a few examples. Each section includes a description of the task, advantages of doing it, step-by-step guidelines, examples, checklists of points to review, and training materials.  Additionally, you will find links to hundreds of other helpful web pages and listservs in areas such as funding, health, education, and community issues. A problem solving guide provides aid in troubleshooting, and a community grant application provides support in preparing requests for funders. You can also purchase materials created by team members in our General Store. Finally, some of our partners have home pages on the Community Tool Box.  http://ctb.lsi.ukans.edu/

Information Resources on Bullying

Keep Schools Safe: a collection of resources to help make schools safer.  On September 2, 1998, the National Association of Attorneys General and the National School Boards Association are announcing that the two organizations have joined together to address the escalating problem of youth violence occurring across our country. Our Youth Violence and School Safety Initiative is dedicated to promoting a mutual response to violent instances occurring in our communities and schools. We are committed to working together to find solutions to these problems. None of us can any longer afford to have the attitude that violence will not strike our hometowns. NAAG and NSBA would like to ask that local law enforcement, school boards, parents, and communities also form partnerships to address the issues of youth violence and school safety. Many communities have already demonstrated the success of such partnerships. We would like to congratulate those programs and partnerships that have been successful and showcase them as examples for others. As a first step in our joint venture and in an effort to facilitate the sharing of ideas and program information, NAAG and NSBA are launching this joint web site. Our purpose is to provide up-to-date information on successful programs and ideas in order to help communities work toward safer schools and devise the most appropriate response to reducing youth violence. We will focus each month on a specific aspect of the youth violence and school safety problems facing communities. For more information: http://www.keepschoolssafe.org/ ; email sschools@naag.org