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About Practice Groups

Conflict resolution practitioners encourage understanding and bridge boundaries. Yet many work alone, with few opportunities to share their questions, frustrations, and ideas with colleagues. ACR-GNY promotes learning and dialogue within the ADR community to provide more support. ACR-GNY series for Commercial/Employment Mediators and Family/Community Mediation Practice Groups are quarterly confidential meetings where mediators can come together to exchange puzzling moments and share honest feedback with one another.

Practice Groups are free for ACR-GNY members and open to nonmembers for $20. Scholarships are available. Registration is limited to ensure each attendee receives individualized attention and time to ask questions and engage in meaningful conversation.

Upcoming

  • Getting Good at Conflict | A Learning & Practice Session

    • Monday, June 09, 2025
    • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    • ZOOM
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    Getting Good at Conflict | A Learning & Practice Session

    You are invited to join in on an interactive 90 minute session to learn and practice core mediator skills that will help you get good at responding to conflict in any context. In this session you will be introduced to:

    • The loop of understanding - an active listening skill used by mediators
    • A lens through which you can start to disentangle the complexity of conflict
    • Reframing - a practice to reduce confusion and help clarify what people really need in conflict

    This session is geared toward students and emerging conflict resolution professionals, but all are welcome!

    Presented in partnership with Columbia University's Master of Science Program in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution. 

    SETHU LAXMI NAIR FACILITATOR 


    Sethu Laxmi Nair is a mediator, facilitator, coach and trainer in the alternative dispute resolution and restorative practices fields. Through her work, Sethu improves interpersonal and social dynamics by enhancing leadership capacity and conflict competence among leaders and groups. Currently, she serves as Senior Conflict Resolution Specialist at the Center for Creative Conflict Resolution within New York City government. A member of Hidden Water, Sethu facilitates restorative circles to heal the impact of child sexual abuse in the family system. She also teaches a foundational restorative justice course at the School of Social Work at Columbia University. Through her private practice, Sethu consults with organizations offering a unique blend of leadership coaching and restorative conflict management and serves on the Advisory Board at the International Institute of Restorative Practices.

    Date: Monday, June 9, 2025
    Time: 12:00 - 1:30pm (Eastern Time)
    Cost: Free (Registration Required)

    Location: Virtual via Zoom

    Contact us with questions: questions@acrgny.org

    This program is presented in partnership with:

    Columbia SPS | M.S. in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

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Past Facilitators:

  • Danielle B. Shalov, Esq.
  • Michael D. Lang & Ellen Waldorf
  • Melody Wang
  • Carmen Rodriguez
  • Sethu Laxmi Nair
  • Salman Ravala, Esq.
  • Iyana Titus
  • Maurice Q. Robinson, Esq.
  • Theodore K. Cheng
  • Dr. Camille Jones
  • Michele Kern-Rappy
  • Helene Bernstein, Esq.
  • Andrea Hirshman, Esq.
  • Shari Bornstein, Esq.
  • Melissa Goodstein, Esq.
  • Rebecca Price
  • Chris M. Kwok
  • Susan Salazar
Association for Conflict Resolution - Greater New York Chapter

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ACR-GNY's mission and programming are generously sponsored by:

ADR Notable: Dispute Resolution Management Made Easy

Discounts on ADR Notable platform available for ACR-GNY members!

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