Supportive Organizations & Links

Colorado Forum on Community & Restorative Justice
Denver based organization providing Colorado with training, conferences, and educational materials on restorative justice.   

Centre for Restorative Justice, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University - The Life at School Project
focuses on research on school bullying, particularly related to the role of shame management; numerous links to publications on this subject are included.

Tripod.com
A web site by Jack Mangan of Minnesota about use of peacemaking circles in schools, particularly elementary level; includes lessons, descriptions, and multiple examples of applications

National Institute for Dispute Resolution/Conflict Resolution Education Network
1726 M Street, NW, Suite 500, Washington, D.C. 20036-4502. (202) 466-4769. (This is our field’s national organization that is a wealth of information, connections and resources. They produce the journals The Fourth R and Forum, both essential for school programs.)

Educators for Social Responsibility/Resolving Conflicts Creatively
Program Educators for Social Responsibility/Resolving Conflicts Creatively Program.
ESR, 23 Garden St. Boston, MA. 02138 (617-492-1764)
(This organization is one of the most respected and knowledgeable in the field. We are grateful to them for all their work. Many of our and other’s ideas started with them.)

Collaborative for the Advancement of Social and Emotional Learning
University of Illinois at Chicago. Dept. of Psychology (M/C285) 1007 W. Harrison St. Chicago, Ill. 60607-7137. (312) 413-1012.

Bullyproofing Your School
Aurora, CO. (800-547-6747).
(This is one of two programs we know of dealing with dealing comprehensively with bully issues.)

Center for Media and Values
Los Angeles, CA. (800-226-9494)
(This organization believes a concern for values in today’s media age is not so much knowing all the answers as asking the right questions. The center is dedicated to the development of a media literate citizenry. They publish a quarterly magazine "Media and Values" that frequently deals with the issue of media violence.)

International Forgiveness Institute
P.O. Box 6153 Madison, WI. 53716-0153 (608-222-0241)
(This organization is an excellent source of material for and discussion on issues of forgiveness and reconciliation.)

Conflict Resolution Education Catalog
NIDR, Washington, D.C. (202-466-4764)
(The most comprehensive catalog of conflict resolution resources for schools in America, screened to ensure high professional standards.)

Roots and Wings Educational Catalog
Boulder, CO. (800-833-1787).
(Independent woman-owned business focused on valuable tools that can help bring understanding and acceptance from a global perspective to within our own community, to bridge the differences that drive us apart.)

Great Ideas in Education
Resource Center for Redesigning Education Brandon, VT. (800-639-4122).
(A comprehensive selection of hart-to-find materials on democratic, learner-centered, holistic approaches to teaching and learning—carefully chosen from over forty sources.)

Rethinking Schools: Resources for Equity and Social Justice.
Milwaukee, WI. (800-669-4192).
(The catalog focuses on urban school reform based on meeting the needs of all children in public schools in order to create a humane, caring, multiracial democracy.)

Zephyr Press: New Ways of Teaching for All Ways of Learning
3316 N. Chapel Ave. P.O. Box 66006-F Tucson, AZ. 85728-6006 (520-322-5090).
(This catalog has collected the best products for brain-based learning, multiple intelligences and integrating the curriculum.)