Activist Mediation Network Launched!!!!!

Want to learn medi­a­tion skills?
Inter­est­ed in help­ing sup­port activist groups engage with inter­nal dis­agree­ments and con­flict, to make them more effec­tive?
Want to tack­le con­flicts in your per­son­al life that inter­fere with your activism?

Want to learn medi­a­tion skills?
Inter­est­ed in help­ing sup­port activist groups engage with inter­nal dis­agree­ments and con­flict, to make them more effec­tive?
Want to tack­le con­flicts in your per­son­al life that inter­fere with your activism?

Our launch events will be train­ing days:

North­ern Launch -
Leeds on 10th March 2007, from 11am — 5pm

South­ern Launch
— Lon­don on 17 March 2007, from 11am — 5pm.

The aims of these days are:

To train peo­ple in con­flict res­o­lu­tion skills that they can use in their own lives and activist work
For peo­ple inter­est­ed in vol­un­teer­ing with us to receive train­ing and to meet with us to dis­cuss tak­ing it fur­ther.

If you have a spe­cif­ic con­flict or sit­u­a­tion that you would like to dis­cuss with us, then please get in con­tact and we’ll see if we can help.

Activist Medi­a­tion to the res­cue! (not real­ly!)

Details of the train­ing days:

Book­ing essen­tial: Please email activist­medi­a­tion [at] aktivix [dot] org
Cost: We are ask­ing for a £10 dona­tion to fund expens­es and help set up a trav­el fund to help with our medi­a­tion work. If mon­ey would pre­vent you from attend­ing, then get in touch.
Creche: We are not pro­vid­ing creche facil­i­ties, but if child­care issues are pre­vent­ing you attend­ing, please get in touch and we’ll try and sort some­thing out.
Access: Both venues are wheel­chair acces­si­ble, and have acces­si­ble toi­lets. For oth­er access needs, please con­tact us.
Lunch: Not pro­vid­ed. Please bring your own.
Trans­port and Accom­mo­da­tion: Get in touch if you have any issues or can offer a lift.

For fur­ther infor­ma­tion have a look at our web­site www.activistmediation.org.uk
or tele­phone us on 0845 223 5254, and get in touch.

Back­ground

For the last few years we have both been involved in main­stream medi­a­tion, and using these skills at var­i­ous activist camps and sit­u­a­tions (Cli­mate Camp, Earth First!, Rad­i­cal Routes, Tri­dent Ploughshares). We have also been asked to work with oth­er activist groups to help them resolve inter­nal con­flicts. There is obvi­ous­ly a need for this work to be done on an ongo­ing basis, and so we have decid­ed to set up an activist medi­a­tion net­work. The aim is not for us to solve con­flicts, but to skill share and offer impar­tial medi­a­tors in order to help groups and indi­vid­u­als resolve their own con­flicts.