Peer Mediation Invitational
The Western Justice Center Peer Mediation Invitational is an annual event and a unique opportunity to increase and deepen nonviolence and conflict resolution training for students who serve as peer mediators on their campuses. During the invitational, students from all over Los Angeles County participate in demonstration sessions where they take on the role of disputing parties as well as the role of mediator, managing each state of the mediation from welcoming the parties to writing the agreement. Attorneys, judges, professional mediators and peers provide feedback and coaching so the students' skills can be recognized and improved.
2008 Peer Mediation Invitational and Peace Fesitival
We are looking for volunteers to be coaches at this year's Fifth Annual Peer Mediation Invitational and Peace Festival. If you are interested, please fill out the application below.
We are also accepting applications from elementary, middle and high schools to have their students participate in this year's invitational. If your school would like to participate please fill out the application form below.
If you have any questions or would like more information please email Erin at erin@westernjustice.org
Coach Informaiton
Coach Application
Guidlelines for Coaching Elementary Students
Guidelines for Coaching Middle and High School Students
School Information
Elementary School Registration Form
Middle and High School Registration Form
Guidelines for Elementary School Students
Guidelines for Middle and High School Students
In the last year, the Western Justice Center provided more than 500 parents with conflict resolution education and training so they can effectively resolve conflicts in schools, and successfully overcome language and cultural barriers as they interact in the school system.
For three consecutive years, the Western Justice Center has partnered with B.E.S.T. (Building Educational Success Through the Arts) Arts to explore the boundaries of conflict resolution education and the arts by training hundreds of preschool teachers to use the arts in their classrooms as peaceful tools to resolve conflict.
The Western Justice Center trained representatives from Armenia, Bangladesh, Columbia, Egypt, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Uganda and Zimbabwe in effective conflict resolution methods and how to prevent ethnic - based conflicts.