Updated at 1:14 p.m., Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Student mediators to attend 'Power to the Peaceful'
Advertiser Staff
Public and private school teenage mediators from throughout the state will gather tomorrow at McCoy Pavilion at Ala Moana Park for "Power to the Peaceful," the 2007 Peer Mediation Conference.Student mediators from sixth through 12th grades, and their advisers, will discuss how to strengthen peer mediation in the state's schools as well as career opportunities in conflict resolution, among other topics.
Student mediators have been successful in reducing the rate of violence on their campuses by helping students resolve conflicts verbally.
The conference will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
It's being held in collaboration with the Department of Education, Mediation Center of the Pacific, Hawai'i Chapter of the Association Conflict Resolution, the Judiciary's Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution, and MediationWorks, the University of Hawai'i's Program on Conflict Resolution.
