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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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• The Art of Reflection, with Tara West

  • When
    April 17, 2026
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    12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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  The Art of Reflection, with Tara West

  Reflection is one of the most important interventions of the Transformative Model. It is a supportive response that is aimed at helping individuals hear themselves and make choices in how to communicate during a difficult conflict conversation.

  Reflection is a supportive third-party response that is aimed at helping individuals who are engaged in a conflict conversation to hear themselves better and to make choices. As practiced in the Transformative Approach to Mediation and Dialogue, reflection is neither a corrective or coercive intervention, (unlike reframing, which is often aimed at telling or suggesting to folks how they should speak or what their tone or focus should be). The Art of Reflection is practiced in a way where the mediator experiences themselves as a listening and observing mirror. Our reflections are most effective when they capture both what is said and what is not necessarily expressed verbally. Learn how to do reflection = mirroring, as a means of skillfully supporting each individual’s ability to gain clarity and improve their own conflict communication, which in turn, improves the interaction between parties in conflict. This workshop will include demonstrations, group discussions, and opportunities for participants to practice and receive feedback.

  *Basic Transformative Mediation training required

  
  

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• Prison and Reentry Member Cafe Conversation

  • When
    April 28, 2026
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    On line

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  In this Member Cafe conversation, we will hear from three practitioners who work directly with incarcerated people and with individuals returning to their communities after incarceration. Their efforts span teaching transformative mediation and Responding Effectively to Conflict training, developing institutional mediation programs, and providing mediation services for people re‑entering the community and their families. This work creates deep impact and opens meaningful possibilities. Come learn about their work and join the conversation. 

  April 28, 12-1 pm Eastern. 

  Zoom link will be sent upon registration

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• Trauma Informed Transformative Practice, with Susan Jordan

  • When
    May 05, 2026
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    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    online

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  Trauma-Informed Transformative Practice: This training will help mediators and case coordinators co-create and facilitate transformative processes with care and awareness, recognizing that trauma-informed approaches benefit all participants, regardless of trauma history. It will emphasize participant voice, choice, and thoughtful mediator presence.

  Zoom link sent after registration

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• Book Study Group: Perspectives on Conflict: Insights for Professional and Personal Practice

  • Start
    May 07, 2026
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  • End
    May 28, 2026
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    On line

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  Come join us to discuss Kenneth Fox's recently published book, Perspectives on Conflict: Insights for Professional and Personal Practice.  

  Perspectives on Conflict is a broadly interdisciplinary exploration of the many facets of conflict. Practitioners have long had access to a range of resources with guidance on what to do when working with parties in conflict. However, perhaps with the exception of work by those affiliated with ISCT, it can be more difficult to find a single, practical examination of the nature of conflict itself. Grounded in theory and drawing on three decades of experience, Perspectives on Conflict explores conflict from six perspectives: the body; the non-conscious mind; the strategic mind; language and symbols; the co-creation of meaning and systems; structures and the conflict ecosystem. Together, these six perspectives offer the reader more holistic insights into the conflicts we (and parties) experience and how to better ground conflict practice.

  May 7 and 28 from 12-1 pm Eastern

  Please RSVP so we know who to expect! Zoom link will be sent upon registration.

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• Inside Out Practice Group, with Dan Simon and Tara West

  • When
    May 18, 2026
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    12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    online

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  Inside Out Practice Group, with Dan Simon and Tara West

  Would you like to practice your mediation skills by analyzing another mediator’s session, rather than having your own session analyzed?

  We have the workshop for you!

  During this 2-hour session, you will have the opportunity to observe a mediator (Dan) in action, via a recorded role-play, and analyze the situation. You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions of Dan and Tara, including how they read the parties’ states of weakness and self-absorption and why Dan made the practice choices he made. You will have a chance to pause the mediation session, come back to specific situations, and analyze what you observed in more detail.

  
  

  prerequisite: basic transformative mediation training

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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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