What causes conflict? How can we intervene to diffuse or disrupt conflict in the community before it becomes entrenched? This session will introduce a model of conflict based on unmet needs, as well as strategies to identify those needs and attend to conflict.

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How can communities bolster themselves through conflict? In a culture bent on avoiding conflict until it tears the community apart, how can we recentre disagreement productively? This session will present interventions that can make conflict a site of growth and increased connection.

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How does the community continue its work if relationships break down? How do systemic hierarchies interact with those in our organisations? This session will apply Nonviolent Communication principles to situations where repair and restoration are not achievable, and methods for working together anyway.

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What do we mean when we say we want collaboration? How can that collaboration welcome difference? In this session, we will present some personal practices that will support collaboration, as well as the ways that collaboration can meet our needs and the needs of our communities.

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How can we invite all different kinds of people to collaborate? What means will make collaboration fruitful for every participant? This session will present technical and practical skills to facilitate collaboration, some of which include making agreements, checking in, and retaining clarity of purpose.

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How can we continue to care for each other when working together? What can we do to acknowledge important moments and make room for varied experiences and perspectives? This session will present skills to care for relationships while working together, including how to make room for difference and listening to all voices.

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