Connecting transformative practitioners across the world
All events at listed in Eastern Time USA.
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 4th Friday of each month from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern via Zoom
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.
Coached Mediation Practice Group for recent Basic Training Graduates,
with Hannah Diamond and Martina Cirbusova
A great opportunity to practice your mediation skills in small group setting with a coach. Three sessions allows for time to play the roles of both a mediator and a party in the mediation. Group is limited to the recent graduates of the spring 2026 Basic Transformative Mediation Training.
Three 2 hour Sessions:
1.June 22, 2026, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
2.June 29, 2026, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
3.July 06, 2026, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Price: $100 USD
Member Price: $80 USD
Zoom link sent after registration.
Premises & Transformative Practice: Revisiting our Foundation, with Judy Saul
The idea that purpose drives practice is central to our work as transformative practitioners. But what keeps us true to our purpose? That's where the premises come in. They are our foundation. Several years ago, during the design of a transformative dialogue training, we realized that beliefs related to identity, power, culture and group interaction deserve to be as deeply rooted as our understanding of conflict and our belief in people’s capacity.
Join Judy Saul as she discusses the original and revised version of our premises, why they were expanded and how they are relevant to all of us whether having a one-on-one conversation, mediating, facilitating a dialogue or coaching. Then together we’ll explore how the premises directly affect our practice by sharing examples of choices made in response to an interaction and connecting those choices back to one or more of the premises.
$35 for members. $65 for non-members
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.
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!
Basic Transformative Mediation Training dates all times in Eastern US
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.
Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation
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