Mile High United Way and the City of Denver’s Crime Prevention & Control Commission have recognized the work of The Conflict Center as experts in Conflict Management and Bullying Prevention, by requesting The Conflict Center to provide the training to the United Way grantee recipients associated with the Metro Denver Gang Coalition.

 

According to Ron Ludwig, Executive Director from The Conflict Center “we have been partnering with United Way over 10 years and it is a great honor and a vote of confidence to be recommended by the City of Denver’s Prevention & control Commission and chosen by United Way to provide our expertise in Conflict Management and Bullying Prevention.”

 

In the following months The Conflict Center will provide training to: GRASP, Urban Scout

October 2008

Mile High United Way and

the City of Denver Recognize

The Conflict Center

By Diana Higuera

 

ing, Open Door, Youth Biz, Prodigal Son, YMCA, Boys & Girls Clubs, Denver Park & Rec, and Urban League which are the grantee recipient organizations of the Metro Denver Gang Coalition Grant, for their after school programs.   To be effective the organizations will need to deal with trauma, conflict and aggression. The training will include tools and techniques necessary to help understand differing perspectives, generate options, and create mutually agreeable solutions for parties involved in a conflict. These skills will play an important part in their work to deter gang activities in youth 12 years old and younger.  A second training on dealing with grief will be provided by Judi’s House.