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<br />Recipient of the American Bar Association's 2018 John W. Cooley Lawyer as Problem Solver- Award _r,__
<br />The Divided Community Project strengthens community efforts to transform division into action. The project ocuses on
<br />how communities can respond constructively to civil unrest as well as on how they can identify and meaningfully address
<br />the reasons underlying community division.
<br />OUR STEERING COMMITTEE:
<br />• RaShall Brackney, Chief of Police, Charlottesville,
<br />Virginia;
<br />• Susan Carpenter, mediator in community conflicts,
<br />trainer and co-author of Mediating Public Disputes;
<br />• Chris Carlson, public policy mediator and Chief Advisor,
<br />Policy Consensus Initiative;
<br />• Sarah Cole, John W. Bricker Professor of Law and
<br />Director, Program on Dispute Resolution at The Ohio
<br />State University Moritz College of Law;
<br />• Michael Lewis, JAMS mediator, arbitrator, ombudsman,
<br />court monitor and special master with decades of complex
<br />dispute resolution experience;
<br />• Grande Lum, Provost, Menlo College, former Divided
<br />Community Project Director, and former Director of the
<br />Department of Justice's Community Relations Service.
<br />• Craig McEwen, Professor Emeritus, Bowdoin College,
<br />and social scientist focusing on dispute resolution;
<br />• Nancy Rogers, Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State
<br />University Moritz College of Law, and former Ohio
<br />Attorney General;
<br />• Sarah Rubin, Technical Outreach Specialist, California
<br />Department of Conservation;
<br />• Joseph ("Josh") Stulberg, Moritz Chair in Alternative
<br />Dispute Resolution, The Ohio State University Moritz
<br />College of Law, and mediator in community conflicts;
<br />• Kyle Strickland, Senior Legal Analyst, Kirwan Institute
<br />for the Study of Race and Ethnicity;
<br />• Andrew Thomas, mediator in community conflicts and
<br />Community Relations and Neighborhood Engagement
<br />Director, City of Sanford, Florida.
<br />OUR LEADERSHIP:
<br />Director, Becky Monroe, formerly: interim Director of
<br />the U.S. D.O.J.'s Community Relations Service; Senior
<br />Counsel, Civil Rights Division; Director, Stop Hate
<br />Project, Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law
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<br />Deputy Director William Froehlich, Langdon Fellow in
<br />Dispute Resolution, The Ohio State University Moritz
<br />College of Law, Froehlich.28(&osu.edu.
<br />FEATURED INITIATIVES:
<br />1. Bridge Initiative @ Moritz
<br />• Offering communities rapid consultation
<br />on processes for addressing community
<br />conflict, go.osu.edu/DCPbridge
<br />2. American and Community Spirit Initiative
<br />• Ideas for finding an American Spirit and a
<br />Spirit for every community,
<br />nrorit::law.osit.edu/american-spirit/
<br />Community Resiliency Initiative
<br />Illustrations of broad -based community
<br />planning from partner projects across the
<br />country, go.osu.edu/DCPcri
<br />FEATURED DCP RESOURCES:
<br />Divided Communities & Social Media (2017)
<br />• Strategies for community leaders dealing
<br />with community division against the
<br />backdrop of the challenges and
<br />opportunities of social media,
<br />go. ostt. edu/DCPsm
<br />2. Key Considerations for Community Leaders
<br />Facing Civil Unrest (2016)
<br />A checklist to consider when a community
<br />faces civil unrest and when that
<br />community begins to build consensus
<br />about dealing with the underlying
<br />problem, go.osu.edtr/DCPkc
<br />3. Planning in Advance of Civil Unrest (2016)
<br />• Offers points to consider for a community
<br />that seeks to develop a strategy to deal
<br />with division before it escalates into civil
<br />unrest, go. osu.etlu/DCPpia
<br />The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Program on Dispute Resolution serves as the host institution.
<br />The JAMS Foundation provides significant support for the Project.
<br />The Kettering Foundation is an ongoing partner in the Project's work. The Jacques M. Littlefield Foundation and AAA-ICDR Foundation along
<br />with Ohio State University Emeritus Academy and The Ohio State University Democracy Studies Program support the project.
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