Civic Fusion and the Hidden Connective Energies of Conflict 

PON Live! Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School

Cambridge, MA

Sacred Lands Mediation

Island Conversations

KWXX

Hilo, Hawaii

The Abortion Talks Documentary (2022)

The Abortion Talks is a documentary that tells the story of six pro-life and pro-choice leaders that met in secret for six years after fatal shootings at two women’s health clinics in Massachusetts.

We the People

We the People is a documentary about the City of Chelsea, Massachusetts and its efforts to rebuild its democracy through an inclusive, community-wide mediation process to self-governance.

Produced by Maria Rosaria de Medici for "Agenda del Mondo" RAITRE, Italian Public TV.

Upcoming & Recent Lectures

The Abortion Talks: Fostering Dialogue Across the Divides

Film Screening and Panel Discussion: Sunday, January 28, 2024

First Parish In Needham, 23 Dedham Avenue, Needham, MA

Register here to attend in person or virtually

Process Design: Reflections on Mediation Infrastructure

Roundtable Breakfast Discussion

Association for Conflict Resolution of Greater New York and City of New York Dispute Resolution Center at John Jay College

New York, New York

Special Workshop: Mediation Tools and Process Design

Conflict Resolution and Mediation Program

International Graduate School for Social Sciences

Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

Civic Fusion: Bonding Across Deep Differences

Centre for Spirituality and Wisdom Practices

Renison University College, University of Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario

Civic Fusion as a Leadership Tool

Hot Topics in Leadership and Negotiation

Bay Path University

Longmeadow, MA

Civic Fusion: Bonding Across Deep Differences

PATHWAYS Institute for Negotiation Education

Israel

Building Capacity for Meaningful Connection Across Difference 

Ignorance is the Enemy of Peace Conference 

King Hamad Centre for Peaceful Coexistence

Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain

Mediation Process Design Framework

Mediator Summit 

Compliance Advisor Ombudsman, The World Bank

Virtual

The Intersection of Systemic Racism and Conflict Resolution

Environmental Conflict Resolution Community of Practice

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Polarization in the Time of COVID-19

A Dispute Resolution Professional's Guide to Coming and Needed Changes 

American Bar Association Webinar

Past events

Mediating Polarized Public Disputes, Conflict Management Institute, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawa’ii, Honolulu, HI.

Balancing Burdens and Benefits: Conflict Resolution Support for Communities Seeking Environmental Justice, International Association for Conflict Resolution Annual Conference, Tucson, Arizona.

State of the Mediation Field regarding Conflicts with a Religion Component, Peace Process Support Conference, Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC.

Harnessing Unresolvable Difference Across Abrahamic Faiths to Resolve Religion-Related Tangible Conflicts, International Center Ethno-Religious Mediation Conference, New York, NY.

Public Policy Mediation: A Civic Fusion Approach, Judicial Conflict Resolution Clinic, Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Peace is a Path, Not a Destination: A Panel Discussion about Creating Positive Change in the Community, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

Access to Justice and Dispute Resolution Systems: A Panel Discussion, Global Pound Conference Series, New York, NY

Negotiating Amidst Polarization: A Civic Fusion Approach, Association for Conflict Resolution, Reno, Nevada.

Mediating Conflicts over Sacred Lands, Association for Conflict Resolution Environmental Public Policy Section Conference, Denver, CO.

Integrating Track II Interests and Ideas into Track I Negotiations, International Mediators Community of Practice (IMCP), at the Alliance for Peacemaking Conference, Washington, DC 

Public Policy Mediation: A Civic Fusion Approach, Negotiation Practicum, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA

Negotiated Rulemaking, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.

The Need for and Conduct of a Conflict Assessment concerning the Sacred Esplanade of Jerusalem, 1st Annual International Conference On Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding, New York, NY.

Negotiated Rulemaking: Worker Safety Standards for Cranes and Derricks in Construction, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Pre-Conference, Transparency and Stakeholder Engagement in Regulatory Policy, The Peace Palace, The Haag, Netherlands

Public Policy Mediation: A Civic Fusion Approach, Sustainable Development Through Actors ' Involvement: A Joint Project of Hjørring Kommune and Dalslandskommunernas Kommunalförbund sponsored by the European Union, Färgelanda, Sweden.

Conflict Assessment, Gender and Inclusive Mediation Processes: A Seminar for Special Envoys, Mediators, and Mediation Experts, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo, Norway.

Process Design, Gender and Inclusive Mediation Processes: A Seminar for Special Envoys, Mediators, and Mediation Experts, Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Helsinki, Finland. 

Peace Process Design, Gender, Women, Peace & Security Training, United Nations Department of Political Affairs, New York, NY.

Negotiating the Extremes: Impossible Dialogues in the 21st Century, Cardozo Law School, New York, NY.

From Demonizing Rhetoric to Respectful Difference: Suggestions from Public Policy Mediators, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Civic Fusion: Mediating Polarized Public Disputes, General Directorate for the Central Organization, Emilia-Romagna Regional Government, Bologna, Italy.

All Appropriate Inquiry in Brownfields Redevelopment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields Conference, Charlotte, NC.

The Something Beyond, Keynote Speaker, North Carolina Leadership Conference, Leading with Civility: Navigating Complex Conversations with Passion and Courage, Charlotte, NC.

Public Policy Mediation, Kvalitets Mässan, Göteborg, Sweden.

Designing Effective Processes for Citizen Participation, NICIS Institute (Netherlands School for Public Administration), The Hague, Netherlands.

Public Policy Mediation and Consensus Building: A Method for Effectively Engaging the Public,” ParteciP.A. Salone della Democrzia Partecipativa, Modena, Italy.

Public Policy Mediation: Effectively Engaging the Public, Amsterdam Center for Conflict Studies (ACS), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Doing Deliberative Democracy, American Bar Association, Section of Dispute Resolution Conference, Seattle, WA.

Journey to Paradoxical Unity, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas.

Facilitating Democracy, University of Bologna and the Initiative for Democracy of the Alexander Langer Foundation, Bolzano, Italy.

Mediation of City and Public Disputes: Experiences in the USA and Europe, Interfaculty of Peace Operations Management and Mediation of Conflict, Faculty of Political Science, University of Florence, Italy.

Tough Talk: How to Have Real Dialogue on Hard Issues, Boston College Law School, Boston, MA. 

Public Policy Mediation: Process Design, Seminar on Mediation and other Facilitative Processes, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA.

Negotiating the Complex: Policymaking Across Sectors, Dispute Resolution Forum, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Models for Global Deliberative Consultation, Global Governance Conference, Montreal, Canada.

Is there a role for mediation in the war on terrorism?, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Boston Bar Association, Boston, MA. 

All Appropriate Inquiry in Brownfields Redevelopment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields Conference, Charlotte, NC.

Re-Thinking Environmental Justice and Development, Boston Build, Boston, MA.

Application Models for Deliberative Consultation, Center for Interactive Policymaking, Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, Delft, Netherlands.

Engage All Voices: Productive Classroom Participation, Faculty Seminar, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

The Art and Science of Negotiation, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.