2000 ANNUAL REPORT
Introduction
Community Support
2000 Major Accomplishments
2000 Funding
2000 Board of Directors
2000 Staff
Teaching nonviolent methods for dealing with conflict and anger is the work of The Conflict Center. Programs for children, adolescents and adults teach practical skills needed to make nonviolent choices.
The Conflict Center works with groups of people in a variety of settings, involving them in exercises which teach communication skills, consequences, negotiation, values clarification and refusal skills. Self esteem is built by helping participants handle daily hassles and conflict effectively.
Individuals learn to take concepts and ideas into the real world and translate them into productive, successful, nonviolent actions and behaviors.
The Conflict Center teaches three skills:
* Conflict Management
* Anger Management
* Parenting
The Conflict Center’s three program areas are:
* School Programs
* Organizations
* Youth at Risk
The Conflict Center applies three skills for groups in conflict:
* Facilitation
* Mediation
* Negotiation
The Conflict Center offers the following nationally recognized publications and products for conflict and anger management:
- Peacemaking Made Practical- available in Spanish & English. A conflict management curriculum for Elementary School >
- Conflict Management - A Middle School curriculum
- How to Avoid World War III at Home - parenting book
- Powerful Me - Interactive CD Rom Computer Game
- SOLUTIONS - an educational bi-monthly newsletter
- PEACE CONNECTIONS - a quarterly newsletter by and for Playground Conflict Managers
- T-Shirts
- Cards
- Bumper Stickers
The Conflict Center also houses a Resource Library which is open to the public 8:30 - 5:30, Monday through Friday, and offers the largest collection of conflict and anger management material in the western United States.
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Wish List
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The Conflict Center is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) human service organization. We provide all services based on a sliding fee scale and are committed to providing 50% of our services to people in poverty. Community support is essential to our ability to carry out this commitment.
We invite you to support our efforts to teach methods and skills for managing conflict and anger without violence. Monetary and in-kind donations make it possible to increase the number of people served. Please be assured that your donation, at any level, is leveraged to the fullest possible extent and used responsibly to provide services designed to accomplish the mission of The Conflict Center.
In 2000 The Conflict Center met or surpassed all program goals and objectives, serving over 17,000 people with many attending multiple workshops.
Over 10,000 students, teachers and staff from 64 schools were taught conflict management skills from Elementary to University level
Approximately 1,376 parents were taught practical skills for raising children.
A total of 725 youth-at-risk were served in violence prevention and intervention programs.
2,313 students were served in our Reading for Peace Program utilizing an average of 8 - 10 volunteers per week.
Almost 6,000 people were assisted with conflict management workshops, meeting design and planning, facilitation and mediation services in almost 120 different organizations, businesses and congregations.
Over 100 adults attended anger and conflict management classes on-site at The Conflict Center.
The Conflict Center provided skill building sessions to over 600 individuals in 10 Welfare to Work Programs.
The Conflict Center cosponsored two Peace Leadership Conferences, for students grades 3rd through 12th. The Spring Conference had 300 students and 50 adult attendees, the Fall Conference had 600 student and 120 adult attendees.
The Conflict Center completed a year and a half of the Gun Violence Prevention Initiative in collaboration with the Colorado Trust and the Center of the Study and Prevention of Violence, incorporating gun violence prevention strategies into programming for school, parents and health providers.
The Conflict Center co-hosted "Getting to Peace in Northwest Denver," an effort to institute a community-wide planning process for stopping violence, attended by 75 Northwest Denver residents, businesses, service providers and law enforcement officials.
In 2000 The Conflict Center had over 150 active volunteers including assistance from 4 student interns, two Senior Aides and 4 AmeriCorps VISTA members.
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Major Supporters |
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A.V. Hunter Trust |
K. Norris Children's Trust King Foundation Lederer Foundation LMC Community Foundation May Bonfils Memorial Trust MacCourt Fund Mile High United Way Miller Family Foundation Nord Family Foundation Park Hill Congregation Prince of Peace Church Roger Nittler & Company, Inc. Rose Community Foundation Rose Women's Organization Schlessman Family Foundation Schramm Foundation Spirit of Christ Church St. Francis Cabrini Parish St. John’s Cathedral Ten Thirty Catholic Community US Relocation Services, Inc. U. S. West Wells Fargo Bank Zinn-Cohen Consortium |
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Breakdown of Sources of Operation Income*
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| Foundation Grants | $240,300 |
| Earned Income | $250,000 |
| Mile High United Way | $ 59,658 |
| Contributions | $ 45,190 |
| Other | $ 41,820 |
| Religious & Civic Organizations | $ 17,500 |
| Business & Corporations | $ 6,980 |
| Capital Campaign | $ 56,654 |
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Total 2000 Income
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$718,641 |
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Breakdown of Expenditures as a Percentage of
Operating Income*
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| Administration |
8%
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| Fundraising |
6%
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| Youth-At-Risk |
17%
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| Organizations |
22%
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| Schools |
33%
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| Cost of Goods Sold |
1%
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| Building Improvement |
8%
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| Reserves** |
5%
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* 2000 Unaudited
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| ** Established for future building and program needs | |
The Board of Directors of The Conflict Center consists of fifteen diverse members representing education, banking, real estate, health, congregations, government, legal services and business. Active Board committees include: Finance, Public Relations, Organizational Development, Board Development and Fund Development.
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- PRESIDENTS Peter
Cvietusa, M.D PRESIDENT ELECT VICE PRESIDENT TREASURER EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR |
Kathy
Adams Principal, Park Hill Elementary Isabel
Alverado Bailey Connie Calkin, Ph.D Susan Drumm Edward Everding, Jr. Sue
Haskell Dr.
Myra Isenhart Francy
Milner, Esq. William
Murphy |
Elizabeth Loescher
Executive Director
- Education Certification.
- Author of Conflict Management: A Curriculum for Peacemaking,
How to Avoid World War III at Home, The Conflict Center’s
Middle School Conflict Management Curriculum and Peacemaking
Made Practical.
- Ms. Loescher is a pioneer in the field of alternative dispute resolution with over 20 years experience.
- National trainer in conflict and anger management and mediator.
Ron Ludwig
Manager of Operations
Ronnie Weiss
Manager of Fund Development
Jennifer Anderson-Guy
Youth-At-Risk Coordinator
Dodie Andrews
Data Entry
Matthew Bovenzi
Associate
Jessica Buckley
Associate
Shelli Graham
Associate
Susan Kaplan
Contract Associate
Mathew Kneal
AmericorpVista Member
Barb Larson
School Coordinator
Peter Lauch
AmericorpVista Member
Collen Mahoney
AmericorpVista Member
Laura Naranjo
Community Liaison
Israel Nuñez
Associate
Heather Polak
Receptionist
Estaban Rivero
Associate
Rachel Rudeen
Vincentian Intern
Vickie Samland
Associate
Tammy Sherwood
Associate
Virginia Vobejda, M.A.
Associate
Tricia Voss
AmeriCorpsVISTA Member
Mary Zinn-Stewart
Volunteer Coordinator
