Practice Objectives

Our practice interventions provide locally informed and tailored conflict resolution and justice related services to external groups and institutions that specialize in developing new leaders and serving marginalized populations.

Our new initiatives include:

> Working with mid-level leaders and/or marginalized populations.

> Applying an ecological systems approach as part of a constellation of services.

> Working locally and in partnership to elicit new models.

> Conducting participatory action research ( PAR) to document innovation.

> Securing sufficient funding for support and long-term sustainability of projects.

> Seeking funding to develop and implement the ICCCR approach to external initiatives, which includes addressing Teachers College’s mission on equity in education, PAR research training and implementation for Ph.D. students, and exploration of alternative partnerships in the community.

> Training and funding Ph.D. students to conduct PAR with each initiative.

> Developing school community-based computer simulations and workshops to work with school and community leaders on addressing difficult patterns of conflict and violence in their school communities.

> Organizing intensive off-sites bringing artists, activists, scholars, practitioners and organizers together who are engaged in constructively responding to similar questions across contexts. Possible subjects include interrupting oppression and moving research to policy.