This is my first entry in my work/life back in the US. I have just closed my old website devoted to my now former career as a practitioner and academic of creative conflict engagement. I have been in a neutral zone for the past two years, coinciding with the Pandemic, since leaving academia and returning to hometown Yellow Springs, Ohio. […]

Between March 1 and May 2, 2012, members of the Jewish community of Nashville engaged in a unique series of conversations using the ARIA C3 action evaluation tool.  The conversations were organized around this question: “What are your goals for the Jewish communitywhen people hold strong and conflicting viewson issues related to Israel and its future?” The process unfolded in four […]

Rivals Change Sides In Debate reposted from www.augustachronicle.com January 2, 2000 By Margaret N. O’Shea, South Carolina Bureau When Michael Givens sees a Confederate flag, his emotions flow from a deep wellspring. For him the emblem recalls a great-great-grandfather, Young H.E. Hitch, photographed with his rifle, wearing a gray uniform his wife had sewn, just before marching off with the South Carolina […]