APRIL 17, 2004
Hi! You have received this first newsletter of the Center for Mediation, Peace, and Resolution of Conflict (CEMPROC) - International because someone, either one of our board members, volunteers, advisors, or Executive Director Jeff Pugh, thought you might be interested in learning about us. We are a new nonprofit organization based in Cumming, GA, USA, with an additional chapter in Quito, Ecuador, dedicated to the reduction of destructive, often violent, conflict in the United States and Latin America. You can find out more about CEMPROC, its leadership, and its programs at http://www.cemproc.org/, or in Spanish at http://www.ecuador.cemproc.org/ .
Over the past six months of its de facto existence (we are now an incorporated organization in the U.S.), CEMPROC has given six courses and seminars on effective and peaceful conflict resolution to organizational and community leaders in the United States and Ecuador. This training, which has received overwhelmingly positive feedback from the students, has planted seeds of change as it educates leaders in appropriate conflict resolution techniques, such as principled negotiation, open and healthy communication, and mediation. Next week, it will offer a series of
conflict resolution programs to children in a low-income sector of south Quito, teaching tomorrow’s leaders about the importance of sharing, open communication, nonviolence, and mediation. In addition to these courses, CEMPROC is actively exploring and planning future programming, taking advantage of strategic partnerships with other organizations in order to deliver quality and useful programs. Click on the links below for details:
CEMPROC is pleased and honored to welcome Dr. Edward Larson as the newest member of our team. On March 20, 2004, Dr. Larson became the first member of the Honorary Board of Advisors. A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian who has written extensively on the history of science and religion, Dr. Larson is the Richard B. Russell Professor of American History and Herman E. Talmadge Chair of Law at the University of Georgia. Read more about Dr. Larson here. To find out about the rest of the CEMPROC team, including its Executive Director, International Board of Directors, and the Board of Directors for CEMPROC - Ecuador, read
Who We Are.
From May 5-27, 2003, CEMPROC Executive Director Jeff Pugh will be in the United States, promoting the organization, raising awareness about its mission and projects, and raising funds to make these projects possible. This will be the perfect time for individuals, groups, or organizations that are interested in collaborating with, supporting, or helping in some way with CEMPROC’s programs to get involved in the organization! If you or a group you are a part of are interested in learning more about CEMPROC and its work to reduce destructive conflict in the Western Hemisphere, please contact
info@cemproc.org. For more information on ways to support CEMPROC, go to the CEMPROC web site.
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