International Conflict Resolution Day

Conflict Resolution Day is an international celebration held annually on the third Thursday in October. The date for Conflict Resolution Day 2006 is October 19, 2006. Join in and promote conflict resolution in your community! For a list of Conflict Resolution Day 2006 events, click here.

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History

In 2005, in order to increase public awareness about conflict resolution and its many benefits, ACR’s Board of Directors adopted a resolution designating October 20, 2005 as Conflict Resolution Day. ACR coordinated its efforts with other conflict resolution organizations and reached out to local, state and international groups to build interest in holding local celebrations in conjunction with Conflict Resolution Day. Events were held in Canada, Portugal, and 22 U.S. states. Also in the United States, a number of counties, cities and states adopted proclamations designating day- or week-long conflict resolution celebrations. For a list of 2005 events, click here.

In March 2006, ACR’s Board of Directors adopted a resolution designating the third Thursday in October as Conflict Resolution Day. Going forward, Conflict Resolution Day will always be held on the third Thursday of October. This year the event will be on October 19, 2006. To read the resolution, click here.

Partnership

In 2006, the World Mediation Forum (WMF) joined ACR in co-sponsoring Conflict Resolution Day. To read the WMF resolution, click here.

How to Get Involved

Interested in working on Conflict Resolution Day 2006? Have an event planned or in progress that you’d like ACR to know about and promote? Send an email to ACR Program Manager Jennifer Druliner at jdruliner@ACRnet.org. ACR Members also can sign up for periodic updates about ACR’s Conflict Resolution Day work by logging in to the Online Member Center, then clicking on “My Profile,” then “Contact Groups” and selecting “Conflict Resolution Day.”

Conflict Resolution Day Event Resources

For a general list of event ideas, click here.

For ideas on holding events in K-12 schools or with K-12 students, check out conflict resolution lessons and activities for elementary, middle and high school classrooms in the book “Peaceful Schools Build Peaceful Communities,” produced by the Florida Law Related Education Association, Inc. and the Florida Dispute Resolution Center.

Additional resources for the classroom include “School Activity Suggestions,” also produced by the Florida Dispute Resolution Center.

For a toolkit on planning school-based Conflict Resolution Day events, including sample proclamations, click here.

Interested in securing a proclamation in your political jurisdiction? To view a request letter that helped secure the Pennsylvania gubernatorial proclamation, click here.