Conflict Management Support- using technology to help build a nonviolent world

Conflict Management Support.... promoting Nonviolent Constructive Conflict Management

Our goals:

identify and encourage people / organizations who are actively involved in constructive conflict management and conflict resolution.
promote education and training in social skills that effectively identify, de-escalate and constructively manage conflicts.
explore how technology can help build a nonviolent world - a world where peace is a way of living

Our approach:

Work collaboratively with others who value human rights, respect diversity, advocate nonviolence
Seek out diverse perspectives
Recognize root causes of violence
Search for creative nonviolent solutions
Transform protesting into proposing

VISIONS OF A NONVIOLENT WORLD

What does a world without war look like? Is it that much different.....more

Send in your vision of a nonviolent world..more.

NONVIOLENT CONFLICT MANAGEMENT RESOURCES

Conflict Awareness

How we can become more aware of conflict situations..more

Conflict Assessment

Ways to think about a conflict and learn more about it...more

Conflict Management

Why the experts suggest conflict management requires building relationships AND solving problems ...more

If you agree with our goals and approach, please consider becoming a " Virtual Volunteer" - send us your perspectives, your suggestions, your examples of nonviolent constructive solutions.

The Volunteers at CMS work in four program areas: eLearning; Collaborative Web Projects; Research / Development of Advanced Applications; and Technical Support.

PEACE and JUSTICE WEB SITE DIRECTORY

NOTE: findapeacemaker.org can also be used.

WHAT"S NEW - try our ePeace BLOG

NONVIOLENT HEROES are acknowledged here...

NOTE: findahero.org can also be used.

ALTERNATIVES TO WAR

THERE IS HOPE !

Although CMS does not lobby for or against any legislation, it can identify specific legislation pertaining to the use of nonviolent alternatives to military force.

See DEPARTMENT OF PEACE
U.S. House of Representative Bill H.R. 808 (111th Congress):
To Establish a Department of Peace

See National Campaign ...

Colorado Campaign...

CMS is conducting research that constructs a functional model of the Department of Peace to better envision how such an organization would function enabling us to assess its potential effectiveness.

See Colorado Campaign Department of Peace Model Project...

and more....

See POSITIVE EXAMPLES OF PEACEMAKING

TOOLKIT FOR THE THIRD SIDE

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

(a column for our readers to voice their viewpoints)

CONFLICT DIRECTORY

A new facet of the Collaborative Web Project is the Conflict Directory.

The Directory is intended to help in the following ways:

identify conflict situations,
learn more about the people involved,
learn more about the issues involved, and
learn what is being done to help manage the conflict.

TRY IT ! - DON'T EXPECT MUCH DETAIL YET (try International)

*CONFLICT DIRECTORY (in work)*
Current and Potential Conflicts

LET US KNOW IF IT CAN BE USEFUL WHEN MORE INFORMATION IS ADDED

CONFLICT MAPPING TOOL

THE COST OF CONFLICT
(when managed using tools of destruction)

Example: War in Iraq

Human Casualties

	U.S. Army / Contractors	U.S. Allies	Iraqi Army	Iraqi Civilians
Deaths	4,259	317	13,500-45,000	91,121 – 99,500*
Injuries	31,102 (U.S.)	?	?	?

(Estimates based on sources indicated)
* Civilian losses range up to 650,000 by a Johns Hopkins School of Public Health independent survey of Iraqi households. See NPR web site for other comparisons.

U.S. Tax Payers' Burden

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See CostOfWar.com for basis of estimate and details ....

Psychological & Physical Rehabilitation, and other War Costs
(Unverified estimates) Ref: www.medact.org & ippnw www.ippnw.org

War Cost Accounting Outline (Example)