PFI #06: No Justice, No Peace: Walking the Talk in Collaborative Cases

The purpose of this interactve program is two-fold: (a) to identify the ways in which diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice issues show up in our Collaborative cases, and (b) to explore how Collaborative practitioners can address those issues when they arise. We will do this work in both small discussion groups and plenary sessions. Our premise is that, even when social justice issues (such as sexism, homophobia, classism, racism, etc.) are not presented directly in our cases, there are diversity issues in every case because of differing identities and the power differentials associated with those identities. Accordingly, CP professionals should consider how to strike the balance between, on the one hand, making our cases safe and supportive arenas for peacemaking, while on the other hand addressing and confronting injustice and inequality.