1. http://www.acrnet.org/annual2011/ Many Paths…One Destination Sheraton Harbor Island, San Diego, CA October 12 – 15, 2011

2.  The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) is a professional organization enhancing the practice and public understanding of conflict resolution.  We are the nation’s largest professional association for mediators, arbitrators, educators and other conflict resolution practitioners. ACR works in a wide range of settings throughout the United States and around the world.  At ACR, you will find colleagues with similar skills and concerns, whether you are a: government employee working with the shared neutrals program, school educator teaching peer mediation, custody mediator in the court system, environmental mediator dealing with regulatory disputes, arbitrator dealing with corporate non-performance, public policy facilitator working with interagency conflict, or divorce mediator working with families, or more!  Our multicultural and multidisciplinary organization offers a broad umbrella under which all forms of dispute resolution practice find a home. © 2010 by the Association for Conflict Resolution, 12100 Sunset Hills Rd., Suite #130 Reston, VA 20190 | phone: 703.234.4141 | fax: 703.435.4390

3. ACR is dedicated to supporting and improving the field of alternative dispute resolution. Our primary activities include:  Conferences ACR Conferences gather conflict resolution practitioners, students and interested parties from all corners of the globe to network, learn new skills, discuss cutting-edge issues and keep abreast of what is happening in the expanding field of conflict resolution. ACR’s annual conference attracts more than 1,000 people from around the world and offers more than 150 workshops.  Professional Interest Sections ACR's Sections serve as ACR’s programmatic core. Sections allow members to join with colleagues with similar interests as well as share information via websites, newsletters, teleconferences and meetings. Members of ACR Sections enjoy a wide array of programs, as well as opportunities for volunteer leadership within ACR.  Regional Chapters ACR's Chapters enable members to meet and share ideas with colleagues in their community and participate in activities that support their professional development.  Committees and Initiatives ACR also hosts a wide variety of committees, task forces, work groups, and initiatives that are essential to the field of alternative dispute resolution. © 2010 by the Association for Conflict Resolution, 12100 Sunset Hills Rd., Suite #130 Reston, VA 20190 | phone: 703.234.4141 | fax: 703.435.4390

4.  Welcome Reception  10 pre-conference skills training institutes  Mini-plenary panels on hot topics  70 workshops  18 professional interest section sessions  Youth Day  Author’s Corner  Exhibit Hall  Sponsorship Opportunities  An opening panel on diversity of practice, convened by Marvin E. Johnson, a mediation luminary  A thought provoking keynote by renowned mediator and author Forrest “Woody” Mosten on the “Journey from Mediation to Peacemaking”  An inspiring keynote by Father Greg Boyle, founder and CEO of Homeboy Industries, the nation’s largest gang intervention and recovery organization.

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7.  The Association for Conflict Resolution’s (ACR) Education and Restorative Justice Sections are proud to present Youth Day 2011, Listening When It’s Most Difficult: Youth Conflict Resolution Practitioners Lead the Way at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel on October 14. Youth Day (the Fifth Annual) has become a very special event at the ACR Conference. This year, aligning with the conference theme: Many Paths, One Destination, Youth Day San Diego will engage in two, time-honored conflict resolution practices around one of the most challenging issues faced by our multicultural nation: Illegal Immigration. It is one thing to learn about conflict and its resolution...and another to apply learned strategies to seemingly intransient social issues.  Sixty Middle and High School San Diego-area student mediators will have the opportunity to engage with ACR Education and Restorative Justice (RJ) Section members in two experiences: 1) mentored mediation and 2) RJ circle dialogue.  Participating youth will be able to observe an actual commercial mediation via a 20 min bus ride from the Sheraton at the University of San Diego Joan Kroc Peace Institute with renowned Attorney/Mediator Gregg Relyea.

8. And, join us as ACR celebrates Conflict Resolution Day the third Thursday of October. Our logo of the tree was designed as a symbol to celebrate growth in Conflict Resolution. The first year, start small, but just like the tree the seeds you plant one year, will continue to grow and blossom each year. Conflict Resolution Day was conceived in 2005 by ACR to: Promote awareness of mediation, arbitration, conciliation and other creative, peaceful means of resolving conflict; Promote the use of conflict resolution in schools, families, businesses, communities, governments and the legal system; Recognize the significant contributions of (peaceful) conflict resolvers; and Obtain national synergy by having celebrations happen across the country and around the world on the same day. For more information, click here: http://www.acrnet.org/crday/http://www.acrnet.org/crday/

9. We’re here to help you take the next step…  For questions about the conference, email Suzanne Burnett.Suzanne Burnett  For questions about conference registration, email Leah Retting. Leah Retting  To get involved in the California Host Committee, contact Debra Dupree or Pamela Lane-GaronDebra Dupree