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• ISCT Porch Gatherings 2026

  • Start
    January 23, 2026
  •  
  • End
    November 20, 2026
  • Schedule
    11 sessions
  • Location
    zoom

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  ISCT Porch Gathering 2026
  

  What: A virtual space to regularly gather, connect, and converse.

  Who: Transformative practitioners who identify as members of the Black/African diasporic experience.
  

  When: The 4^th Friday of each month from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern via Zoom

  • Friday, January 23, 2026
  • Friday, February 27, 2026
  • Friday, March 27, 2026
  • Friday, April 24, 2026
  • Friday, May 29, 2026
  • Friday, June 26, 2026
  • Friday, July 24, 2026
  • Friday, August 28, 2026
  • Friday, September 25, 2026
  • Friday, October 23, 2026
  • Friday, November 20, 2026

  Hosts: Barbara Cockerman, Mike Criam & Jerry Mings

  How to Participate: Register here, and receive reminders with the zoom link a few days before each of the scheduled sessions.
  

  Topics and Discussions: Informal and shaped by participants’ needs.

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• Spring 2026 Basic Transformative Dialogue Training: Who Needs to Talk to Whom about What and How?

  • Start
    March 01, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM
  • End
    June 01, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM
  • Location
    online

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  Basic Transformative Dialogue Training:

  Who Needs to Talk to Whom about What and How?

  Dates/Times: This training is fully asynchronous. Upon registration you will receive access to a Google Classroom with all reading, videos, and coursework.  You will have the option to set up a call with one of the trainers if you'd like to ask questions or talk about any of the material.  The materials will be available to you until April 30, 2026.
  

  Commitment:  18 hour course (8 hours of video and approximately 10 independent reading and reflection hours)

  Cost:  Early bird $395USD by February 28, 2026

  Regular price - $475USD 

  
  

  Course Overview: This training provides participants with the basic understanding and skills to support people in communities and organizations in having meaningful and constructive conversations across differences; conversations that help change the quality of their interactions whether or not they agree at the end of the process.   

  Participants will:

  • Learn how the transformative understanding of conflict applies to group and community conflict
  • Gain a relational understanding of identity, race, ethnicity, culture and power, and learn how transformative facilitators respond to these differences
  • Understand how transformative dialogue is consistent with trauma-informed practice
  • Learn to organize a participant-driven dialogue process through one-on-one and small group meetings and conversations with community members
  • Learn the goals, roles and core skills of a transformative facilitator
  • Learn techniques for facilitating open conversations and options for structuring interactions transformatively that allow even very large groups to share ideas and make decisions

  Who the course is for:

  This training is for anyone interested in growing their skills and understanding of Transformative Dialogue.  Elements on this online training include expanded premises on identity and people in groups, incorporation of trauma-informed practice into the training, and centering discussions of race, culture and power in the training. Whether you are interested in organizing and facilitating conversations in your local community, or in your workplace or organization you belong to, or you are working in an area of ethnopolitical conflict, this training will be an excellent starting point for this work.

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• TRANSFORMATIVE PRACTICE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES

  • When
    March 12, 2026
  •  
    1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Location
    On line

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  TRANSFORMATIVE PRACTICE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES 

  The ISCT invites all members to the fourth Café in our ongoing series, Transformative Practice in Uncertain Times, on March 12 from 1:00 - 2:30 pm EST.

  Originally inspired by an essay by Jared Ordway, these conversations continue to evolve through feedback from previous participants. This session will focus on issues related to social power dynamics, including repression and oppression. Practitioners will share concrete examples from their recent work, and together we will explore strategies and responses that remain consistent with Transformative premises and principles.

  Open to all - new participants and those who have attended other events in the series

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• Basic Transformative Mediation Training Package, with Martina Cirbusová & Hannah Diamond

  • Start
    March 16, 2026
  •  
  • End
    May 18, 2026
  • Schedule
    9 sessions
  • Location
    online

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  The ISCT Basic Transformative Mediation Training gives participants a solid foundation in the Transformative Approach to Mediation, including the theory and how it is lived out in action. 
  

  This package includes two parts: the Basic Mediation Course (6 sessions) and a Mediation Practice Group (3 sessions).  

  Part 1 Basic Mediation Course

  This course is 18 hours of live, interactive online training with a small class size and experienced trainer.  The course includes presentations, discussions, exercises, and role plays.  The class will meet as a large group as well as work in break-out groups.  We will be using Google drive for sharing materials and email for communication between sessions.

  Following the 6 Basic Training sessions, participants will join a 3 session practice group.
  

  By completing this full package, you will have completed a 24 hour Basic Transformative Mediation training.

  *Scholarships available, fill out an application form!

  
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  Basic Transformative Mediation Training dates:

  1.March 16, 2026, 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (* starting at 5 pm CET)
  2.March 23, 2026, 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (* starting at 5 pm CET)
  3.March 30, 2026, 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (* starting at 6 pm CET from this week onward)
  4.April 06, 2026, 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  5.April 13, 2026, 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  6.April 20, 2026, 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

  Basic Transformative Mediation Practice Group dates:

  7.May 04, 2026, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  8.May 11, 2026, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  9.May 18, 2026, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  

  Please use this link to check the time in your time zone! Thanks.
  

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• Book Talk Cafe Conversation: Transformative Conflict Resolution

  • When
    March 24, 2026
  •  
    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    On line

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  Book Talk Cafe Conversation: Transformative Conflict Resolution
  

  Join us for this conversation with Martina and Robin about the new publication from ISCT fellows Martina Cirbusova and Robin Brzobohaty as well as ISCT co-founder, Joseph Folger. 

  This book is available for free. If you make a donation or become a member you will receive a download of the book.  You may also find the book from the publisher's website here. 

  March 24, 1-2 pm Eastern 

  Zoom link will be sent upon registration

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• International Practitioners Cafe

  • When
    March 25, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    On line

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  International Practitioners Cafe

  ISCT’s International Connection and Belonging Team is inviting you for an upcoming cafe!

  As an international organization, ISCT is committed to supporting our international practitioners and members, and we want to do so even more in 2026. 

  ISCT transformative practitioners involved as board and working group members, fellows, trainers and staff want to hear  your thoughts on how you, as our international partners, experience our  community. We want to know if you feel represented and heard.  

  • Is there anything that can be improved in our  mutual relationship, and what needs to be done to achieve that? 

  • How might we support and grow the involvement of more transformative practitioners in your country? ? 

  • What themes and topics might you be interested in discussing with practitioners of other countries in this cafe, and/or in the future? 

  • How does the transformative approach to conflict intervention fit into what is happening in the world right now? 

  • Are there new developments in your area? Are there obstacles? 

  We are hoping that we have someone attend from every connected country. We plan to take your ideas and thoughts to the board. Additionally, we would love to welcome new international members to the International Connection and Belonging Team.

  
  

  
  

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• Mediating Parents & Adult Children Member Cafe Conversation

  • When
    April 07, 2026
  •  
    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    On line

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  Mediating Parents & Adult Children Member Cafe Conversation
  

  Save the date and RSVP today! More information coming soon. 

  April 7, 1-2 pm Eastern 

  Zoom link will be sent upon registration

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• The Art of Reflection, with Tara West

  • When
    April 17, 2026
  •  
    12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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  The Art of Reflection, with Tara West

  Reflection is one of the most important interventions of the Transformative Model. It is a supportive response that is aimed at helping individuals hear themselves and make choices in how to communicate during a difficult conflict conversation.

  Reflection is a supportive third-party response that is aimed at helping individuals who are engaged in a conflict conversation to hear themselves better and to make choices. As practiced in the Transformative Approach to Mediation and Dialogue, reflection is neither a corrective or coercive intervention, (unlike reframing, which is often aimed at telling or suggesting to folks how they should speak or what their tone or focus should be). The Art of Reflection is practiced in a way where the mediator experiences themselves as a listening and observing mirror. Our reflections are most effective when they capture both what is said and what is not necessarily expressed verbally. Learn how to do reflection = mirroring, as a means of skillfully supporting each individual’s ability to gain clarity and improve their own conflict communication, which in turn, improves the interaction between parties in conflict. This workshop will include demonstrations, group discussions, and opportunities for participants to practice and receive feedback.

  *Basic Transformative Mediation training required

  
  

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• Prison and Reentry Member Cafe Conversation

  • When
    April 28, 2026
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    On line

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  In this Member Cafe conversation, we will hear from three practitioners who work directly with incarcerated people and with individuals returning to their communities after incarceration. Their efforts span teaching transformative mediation and Responding Effectively to Conflict training, developing institutional mediation programs, and providing mediation services for people re‑entering the community and their families. This work creates deep impact and opens meaningful possibilities. Come learn about their work and join the conversation. 

  April 28, 12-1 pm Eastern. 

  Zoom link will be sent upon registration

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• Trauma Informed Transformative Practice, with Susan Jordan

  • When
    May 05, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    online

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  Trauma-Informed Transformative Practice: This training will help mediators and case coordinators co-create and facilitate transformative processes with care and awareness, recognizing that trauma-informed approaches benefit all participants, regardless of trauma history. It will emphasize participant voice, choice, and thoughtful mediator presence.

  Zoom link sent after registration

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• Inside Out Practice Group, with Dan Simon and Tara West

  • When
    May 18, 2026
  •  
    12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    online

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  Inside Out Practice Group, with Dan Simon and Tara West

  Would you like to practice your mediation skills by analyzing another mediator’s session, rather than having your own session analyzed?

  We have the workshop for you!

  During this 2-hour session, you will have the opportunity to observe a mediator (Dan) in action, via a recorded role-play, and analyze the situation. You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions of Dan and Tara, including how they read the parties’ states of weakness and self-absorption and why Dan made the practice choices he made. You will have a chance to pause the mediation session, come back to specific situations, and analyze what you observed in more detail.

  
  

  prerequisite: basic transformative mediation training

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• Basic Transformative Mediation Training Package, with Janet Mueller & Christian Petschke

  • Start
    October 13, 2026
  •  
  • End
    December 15, 2026
  •  
  • Schedule
    9 sessions
  • Location
    online

  Register

  The ISCT Basic Transformative Mediation Training gives participants a solid foundation in the Transformative Approach to Mediation, including the theory and how it is lived out in action. 
  

  This package includes two parts: the Basic Mediation Course (6 sessions) and a Mediation Practice Group (3 sessions).  

  Part 1 Basic Mediation Course

  This course is 18 hours of live, interactive online training with a small class size and experienced trainer.  The course includes presentations, discussions, exercises, and role plays.  The class will meet as a large group as well as work in break-out groups.  We will be using Google drive for sharing materials and email for communication between sessions.

  Following the 6 Basic Training sessions, participants will join a 3 session practice group.
  

  By completing this full package, you will have completed a 24 hour Basic Transformative Mediation training.

  *Scholarships available, fill out an application form!

  
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  Basic Transformative Mediation Training dates all times in Eastern US

  1. October 13, 2026, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM 

  2. October 20, 2026, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

  3. October 27, 2026, 12:00 AM - 3:00 PM*

  4. November 03, 2026, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

  5. November 10, 2026, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

  6. November 17, 2026, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

  Basic Transformative Mediation Practice Group dates:

  7. December 01, 2026, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

  8. December 08, 2026, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

  9. December 15, 2026, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

  *This week the US changes their clocks for daylight savings but Europe has not.  The start time will be 5pm CET for all of the weeks.  Please use this link to check the time in your time zone, especially for the time change! Thanks.

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