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2009
| Multiple Dates | TRAINING | RJ Classroom Circles: Enhancing the Learning Environment MORE INFO |
| October 7-10 | CONFERENCE | ACR The Association for Conflict Resolution MORE INFO |
Umbreit Update
The Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking, which Mark directs, received a $25,000 grant from the International Institute for Education to conduct a five day workshop on Peacebuilding Through Dialogue: From Conflict Management to Transformation in Individuals, Families, Communities, and Nations. Up to 40 Hubert Humphrey Fellows from countries throughout the world will attend this workshop in March of next year.
At the request of the Tribal Court of the Ft. Peck Reservation of the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes in Eastern Montana, Professor Mark Umbreit provided restorative justice training and consultation related to their youth justice system, on October 26-28th.
Professor Mark Umbreit received the John W. Byrd Pioneer Award for Restorative and Community Justice (Research, Education, Training, Program Evaluation and Policy Analysis) at the National Conference on Restorative Justice in Austin, Texas in May 2009.
Professor Umbreit was awarded a Fellowship from The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society (Northampton, MA) to develop a new course on "Peacebuilding Through Transformative Dialogue in the Global Community: A Mindfulness-based Approach.
Professor Mark Umbreit, Director of the Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking, will be traveling to Mexico City during the first week of April to conduct a three day training on victim offender mediation and restorative justice. The training is in response to a request from the Alternative Justice Center and the Federal Superior Court in Mexico City, and is made possible through support from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico.
Mark Umbreit, Director of the Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking, has received a request from the University of Istanbul, Turkey to have his previously published Marquette Law Review article on "Restorative Justice in the 21st Century: A Social Movement Full of Opportunities and Pitfalls" translated and published in their Law Review. This represents an important extension of his many years of engagement with the Muslim community, both in North America and abroad.