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 Gender and Conflict Working Group

The S-CAR Gender Working Group is dedicated to fostering discourse and encouraging research on a wide spectrum of gender and conflict related issues. The group is comprised of students, faculty and staff, as well as academics and professionals outside of S-CAR interested in issues of gender and conflict.                                                                                     

Africa Working Group
Africa Working Goup is an affiliation of people who have an interest in peacebuilding and conflict resolution issues in Africa. The Africa Working Group (AWG) at The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (S-CAR) is an association of academic practitioners, activists, and students interested in fostering an in-depth understanding of contemporary African issues. Any interested persons may join the Africa Working Group. The working group was founded in the early 1990s by S-CAR students and faculty. To this end, the AWG has utilized advocacy, activism, research and seminars to engage the Washington metropolitan community and others in African affairs. AWG has hosted some notable events which include the African Peacemakers Encounter, conference marking the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide; a Darfur symposium; and a book reading with Rwandan author Louise Mushikiwabo. In 2006 and 2007, AWG hosted a Career Fair in Peacebuilding, Symposium on Comprehensive Peacekeeping in Africa as well as several brown bags on contemporary issues confronting Africa. 
 
S-CAR's Latin American and Caribbean Working Group is a team of students and faculty who share an interest in and passion for the policies, issues, history and current conflicts affecting Latin America and the Caribbean. We invite guest speakers to share their expertise, organize film showings and special discussions, and work together on initiatives to better understand and transform conflicts in the region.
 
Contact: Ellen Bateman, ebatema1@gmu.edu
  
This is an informal ICAR group which aims to explore what can be done to improve the relationship between America and the "Muslim world"--particularly what can be done by "ordinary" people and what can be done at ICAR. We aim for both discussion and action. 
 
Three goals of CAWG are: 1) to build a professional network of Central Asia specialists within ICAR; 2) to share and develop best practices for dealing with challenges associated with research in Central Asia, such as finding appropriate data, navigating complicated power structures, and handling ethical issues of surveying people in conflict and post-conflict environments; and 3) to provide a forum for maintaining awareness of current events in Central Asia and analyzing their implications for the region and beyond.
 
 
Participating in a working group is a great way to get outside of the classroom experience in holding events related to a particular topic within the conflict resolution field.  Some working groups are more active than others year to year and have held events such as conferences and panel discussions. 

More Working Groups can be found on the S-CAR Community Network and Forum.  Links go to group pages on the S-CAR Community Network and Forum and you must be a member of the network to access them.  . 

Interested in starting a new working group? If a small group of students would like to start a working group at S-CAR, they should first approach a faculty member who is willing to serve as their "advisor".  Once the group is formed, email icarmgr@gmu.edu to let us know about the new working group (name, breif description, contact information).   Also email icarmgr@gmu.edu if you have any events or meetings you would like to publicize to the S-CAR Community.  Be sure to start a group on the S-CAR Community Network and Forum.  This is also where you can post event and meeting announcements.  

ISA is considered to be S-CARs officially recognized student organization.  Working groups fall underneath ISA and can approach ISA for event funding requests.  ISA has their own process in place in handing event funding requests for working groups at S-CAR.  
 
Participating in a working group is a great way to get outside of the classroom experience in holding events related to a particular topic within the conflict resolution field.  Some working groups are more active than others year to year and have held events such as conferences and panel discussions. 

 

Dialogue and Difference

Dialogue and Difference is a new initiative at Mason aimed at building a stronger campus community through sustained dialogues around difficult and controversial issues.

The program is coordinated through The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution and University Life, and offers a variety of dialogue related events, training and coursework each semester.

Participation in the program is open to all members of the Mason community (students, faculty and staff).

Peer Mediation Partners

Peer Mediation Partners represent a united group of students who work collectively to support growth, development, and interest in peer mediators and their parent programs on campus and with local schools. This is accomplished through teaching and implementing relevant conflict analysis and resolution theories, techniques, and practices. Members give students individualized, dynamic experiences through engaging classroom, club, conference, and training activities. PMP members gain skills and experience in mediation, leadership, facilitation, dialogue, training, role-plays, round-table discussions, and more.

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