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Join the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (S-CAR) and the United States Department of Justice's Community Relations Service (CRS)
for an illustration of the practical use of conflict resolution skills in the professional federal justice context, specifically relating to issues of discrimination mandated by the Hate Crime Prevention Act of 2009.
Agenda
9:00am: Opening Remarks
CRS Director, Grande H Lum
9:05am: Enforcement Entities to Expose Hate Crimes
panel discussion with:
Mr. Roy Austin, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights
Mr. Wendell Watts, Supervisory Special Agent on Hate Crimes, FBI
Mr. Eric Treene, Special Counsel for Religious Discrimination
10:00am: Conflict Resolution to Combat Hate Crimes
panel discussion with:
Ms. Cathryn Oakley, Legislative Counsel Human Rights Watch, Gender Conflicts
Mr. Michael Lieberman, ADL Washington Counsel and Director, Civil Rights Policy Planning Center
Mr. Harpreet Singh Mokha, CRS Region III Director
11:40am: Closing Remarks
CRS Director, Grande H Lum
S-CAR Dean, Dr. Andrea Bartoli
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Break for lunch (not provided)
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Facilitated SPIRIT Session (Site Problem Identification and Resolution of Issues Together)
This conflict resolution exercise, developed by CRS, helps groups to identify and resolve issues together through mutual dialogue and resect. A role-play SPIRIT session will be facilitated as a learning tool
Please RSVP and indicate whether you will be staying for the full day of programming and participating in the SPIRIT facilitation, or only staying for the morning panels