Upcoming Events

Past

December 15, 2020, 8:30-10:00am: Restorative Approaches Collaborative: Collaboration at All Levels. This event will officially launch the "Restorative Approaches Collaboritive" between the MD State Department of Education and C-DRUM. The program will feature C-DRUM's Barbara Sugarman Grochal and Chella Drew, trainer and consultant with Restorative Solutions. The pair will provide an overview of the collaborative, identify resources, and look at core concepts of builidng a safe and supportive school climate.
December 1, 2020: Restorative Practices for Authentic Youth Engagement. Featured Speaker: David Yusem, Coordinator, Restorative Justice Oakland Unified School District
November 18, 2020: What Works in Building a Resotrative School District?. A discussion of lessons from recent research, featuring C-DRUM's Deborah Thompson Eisenberg and Anastasia Watson Smith along with Karen Webber, Director of Education and Youth Development, Open Society Institute-Baltimore, and Matt Hornbeck, Principal, Hampstead Hill Academy
November 13, 2020: A Conversation on the Role of ADR in Resolving Issues of Gender-Based Violence. Professor Leigh Goodmark is guest editor for this edition of the Ohio Journal of Dispute Resolution
November 10, 2020: Using a 'Restorative Practice Mindset' to Positively Impact School Culture. Featured Speaker: Phil Catania, Past School leader and Consultant
October 28, 2020: UMB Workplace Mediation Service Coworker Feud Game: A Communication Competition. Open to UMB staff, faculty, and students.
October 21, 2020: "Teleconflicting: Addressing Conflict from a Distance" a joint telework open forum webinar with the UMB Human Resources Organization and Employee Development and the Workplace Mediation Service.
October 6, 2020: An Introduction to Trauma-Informed Restorative Practices. Featured Speaker: Joe Brummer, Independent Consultant and Author
April 14, 2020: Building Restorative Approaches in Maryland Schools. Towson, MD. Barbara Grochal, served as a guest lecturer for the future K-12 school leaders enrolled in the Leading Safe and Successful Schools course at Towson University’s Transformational Educational Leadership Master’s Program.
April 20, 2020: Navigating ADR Online: https://www.mpmeonline.org/MPME/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=ADRONMPME1&WebsiteKey=72b249e1-e127-4ec2-aa24-5db8be435d1e. Toby Guerin served as a panelist in the first of a Maryland Program for Mediator Excellence series on online dispute resolution.