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• ISCT Porch Gatherings 2026

  • Start
    January 23, 2026
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  • End
    November 20, 2026
  • Schedule
    11 sessions
  • Location
    zoom

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  ISCT Porch Gathering 2026
  

  What: A virtual space to regularly gather, connect, and converse.

  Who: Transformative practitioners who identify as members of the Black/African diasporic experience.
  

  When: The 4^th Friday of each month from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern via Zoom

  • Friday, January 23, 2026
  • Friday, February 27, 2026
  • Friday, March 27, 2026
  • Friday, April 24, 2026
  • Friday, May 29, 2026
  • Friday, June 26, 2026
  • Friday, July 24, 2026
  • Friday, August 28, 2026
  • Friday, September 25, 2026
  • Friday, October 23, 2026
  • Friday, November 20, 2026

  Hosts: Barbara Cockerman, Mike Criam & Jerry Mings

  How to Participate: Register here, and receive reminders with the zoom link a few days before each of the scheduled sessions.
  

  Topics and Discussions: Informal and shaped by participants’ needs.

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• Transformative Dialogue Study Group

  • Start
    May 12, 2026
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  • End
    June 02, 2026
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    online

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  Transformative Dialogue Study Group

  The VI is offering a study group geared toward people who have taken the online asynchronous dialogue course, or the transformative dialogue course in any other form (hybrid, in person).  It will be a chance to dive deeper into dialogue and a time for participants to talk about dialogue, using chapters from the new book,  Transformative Dialogue: Co-Creating Conversations in Communities and Organizations, Edited by Erik Cleven and Judith Saul,  to shape the conversation. 

  Each session will focus on a topic from a certain chapter, with authors/practitioners working as a team of two to lead the study group.  

  You will find copies of the Transformative Dialogue book here

  May 12-1-3 pm Eastern Time US /Vesna Matovic and Jared Ordway

  Culture, Identity, Non-directive process, Chapter 11 & 12

  May 26- 1-3 pm Eastern Time US/ Sherri Tardio and Tom Wahlrab

  Race and Community in the US, Chapter 7  & 8  

  June 2- 1-3 pm Eastern Time US/ Anja Bekink and Janet Mueller

  Working in Organizations, Chapter 5 

  
  

  Price: $100 USD

  Member Price: $80 USD

  Zoom link sent after registration.

  
  

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• Transformative Mediation Practice Group for recent Basic Training Graduates

  • Start
    June 22, 2026
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  • End
    July 06, 2026
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    online

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  Coached Mediation Practice Group  for recent Basic Training Graduates, 

  with Hannah Diamond and Martina Cirbusova

  A great opportunity to practice your mediation skills in small group setting with a coach.  Three sessions allows for time to play the roles of both a mediator and a party in the mediation.  Group is limited to the recent graduates of the spring 2026 Basic Transformative Mediation Training. 

  Three 2 hour Sessions:

  1.June 22, 2026, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

  2.June 29, 2026, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

  3.July 06, 2026, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  

  Price: $100 USD

  Member Price: $80 USD

  
  

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• Premises & Transformative Practice: Revisiting our Foundation, with Judy Saul

  • When
    June 25, 2026
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    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    on line

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  Premises & Transformative Practice:  Revisiting our Foundation, with Judy Saul

  The idea that purpose drives practice is central to our work as transformative practitioners.  But what keeps us true to our purpose?  That's where the premises come in.  They are our foundation. Several years ago, during the design of a transformative dialogue training, we realized that beliefs related to identity, power, culture and group interaction deserve to be as deeply rooted as our understanding of conflict and our belief in people’s capacity. 

  Join Judy Saul as she discusses the original and revised version of our premises, why they were expanded and how they are relevant to all of us whether having a one-on-one conversation, mediating, facilitating a dialogue or coaching.  Then together we’ll explore how the premises directly affect our practice by sharing examples of choices made in response to an interaction and connecting those choices back to one or more of the premises.

  
  

  $35 for members.  $65 for non-members

  
  

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• Basic Transformative Mediation Training Package, with Janet Mueller & Christian Petschke

  • Start
    October 13, 2026
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  • End
    December 15, 2026
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  • Schedule
    9 sessions
  • Location
    online

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  The ISCT Basic Transformative Mediation Training gives participants a solid foundation in the Transformative Approach to Mediation, including the theory and how it is lived out in action. 
  

  This package includes two parts: the Basic Mediation Course (6 sessions) and a Mediation Practice Group (3 sessions).  

  Part 1 Basic Mediation Course

  This course is 18 hours of live, interactive online training with a small class size and experienced trainer.  The course includes presentations, discussions, exercises, and role plays.  The class will meet as a large group as well as work in break-out groups.  We will be using Google drive for sharing materials and email for communication between sessions.

  Following the 6 Basic Training sessions, participants will join a 3 session practice group.
  

  By completing this full package, you will have completed a 24 hour Basic Transformative Mediation training.

  *Scholarships available, fill out an application form!

  
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  Basic Transformative Mediation Training dates all times in Eastern US

  1. October 13, 2026, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM 

  2. October 20, 2026, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

  3. October 27, 2026, 12:00 AM - 3:00 PM*

  4. November 03, 2026, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

  5. November 10, 2026, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

  6. November 17, 2026, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

  Basic Transformative Mediation Practice Group dates:

  7. December 01, 2026, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

  8. December 08, 2026, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

  9. December 15, 2026, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

  *This week the US changes their clocks for daylight savings but Europe has not.  The start time will be 5pm CET for all of the weeks.  Please use this link to check the time in your time zone, especially for the time change! Thanks.

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