Make Talk Work®
International
Video Competition
The City University of New York Dispute Resolution Consortium (CUNY DRC) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice-CUNY, announces an international competition funded by the JAMS Foundation, for short videos of up to 60 seconds using any of the themes in the 24 Make Talk Work® bookmarks.
For images of the bookmarks, click here or click on the individual bookmarks below.
This video project seeks to increase public awareness about dispute resolution. The bookmarks, also funded by the JAMS Foundation, were created by the CUNY Dispute Resolution Consortium and dispute resolvers in NYC with images designed by Susan Spivack.
The videos will demonstrate how universal messages about handling conflicts can be shared with people from all walks of life. Each of the 24 bookmarks, which must be used as the basis for this video competition, contains a message that can be visually illustrated through video.
Deadline for Competition Submission is April 15, 2008, 5 p.m. EST
Make Talk Work®
Bookmarks
The Make Talk Work® bookmark project consists of 24 bookmarks with tips on effective ways to manage talk with others. The bookmarks have been designed to provide the public with simple messages which draw on complex dispute resolution principles and processes. Regardless of the processes or techniques used by dispute resolvers, all dispute resolvers help to make talk work between and among individuals and groups. Since 9/11, the CUNY DRC has spearheaded a variety of public awareness educational projects as part of its Make Talk Work® initiative. All of the projects have been partnerships between the academic community and dispute resolution professionals. For the bookmark project, the partnership included the CUNY DRCand dispute resolvers in NYC with graphics designed by Susan Spivack and funding by the JAMS Foundation.
For information on how to order complimentary bookmarks or to purchase, click here.
Welcome to the Dispute Resolution Consortium
Since 1993, John Jay College of Criminal Justice has housed the City University of New York Dispute Resolution Consortium (CUNY DRC), a university based academic center which serves as a comprehensive coordinating mechanism to advance research and innovative program development throughout the City University as well as the New York City metropolitan area. Read More
CUNY Dispute Resolution Consortium
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
899 Tenth Avenue, Suite 520
New York, NY 10019
T: (212) 237-8692 F: (212) 237-8646
Email: dispute@jjay.cuny.edu
For COMPETITION GUIDELINES and INFORMATION, click here
To download the Make Talk Work® International Video Competition Flyer, click here for PDF or click here for Microsoft DOC file.
The bookmarks can be viewed at the CUNY DRC website by clicking here.
Monthly NYC Roundtable
NYC-DR Monthly Breakfast Meeting at John Jay College
Date and Time:
First Thursday of each month, 8am
The Association for Conflict Resolution of Greater New York (ACRGNY) will be sponsoring the next monthly breakfast which was started by the CUNY DRC in 2001.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Time: 8:00 am - 9:30 am
Speaker: Dr. Candace McCoy will use examples from her work in Scotland, in which Scottish researchers and criminal justice authorities have developed plans to apply restorative sentencing as part of probation services. Restorative justice practices are used in a variety of settings in the United States, but seldom in criminal sentencing. Although courts in the state of Vermont sentence felons under restorative principles, no other state has adopted the practice except in juvenile sanctioning or diversion for low-level offenders. If American jurisdictions were to consider instituting restorative justice programs in criminal procedure, what structures would be most likely to gain acceptance, and how would they fit with established sentencing practices?
Dr. McCoy teaches in the doctoral program of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She specializes in the study of criminal justice policies, researching and teaching on such topics as sentencing, plea bargaining, jury decision-making, and police practices. Her most recent publication on these matters is “Plea Bargaining as Coercion: The Trial Penalty and Plea Bargaining Reform,” The Criminal Law Quarterly, Vol. 50, No. 1 (2005). Professor McCoy has conducted many evaluations of innovative programs and has consulted widely with federal and state criminal justice agencies most recently as Chair of the New Jersey Criminal Disposition Commission, and is currently working with the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research to develop restorative justice practices as conditions of probation. She has received the American Society of Criminology's Herbert Block Award for distinguished service to the profession.
Place:
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
899 Tenth Avenue [between 58th and 59th Streets], Room 610
New York, NY 10019
Click here for a map
Information:
Monthly city-wide Roundtable Breakfast Meeting focusing on specific concerns of interest to those in the New York City Dispute Resolution field. All dispute resolution scholars and practitioners are invited. There is no charge for breakfast meetings, but RSVP is highly recommended. For information on speakers and summaries of each breakfast meeting, subscribe to the NYC-DR listserv.
For more information, please contact Julie Denny, ACRGNY President:
Email: juliedenny@resolutionsforyou.com