We invite you to view some of the work we are currently leading and/or collaborating on, and invite you to participate and/or contribute.
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Ohio college and university faculty, staff, administrators and students have the ability to help create positive change through your leadership in your community.
Angry community members or students? Hot topics like politics in the classroom and college-community relations? Fellow faculty members who feel passionately about issues? Learn what to do when emotions run high and positions are deeply held. Compromise isn't the only option. In this workshop you will learn how to de-escalate difficult situations and move from gridlock* to effective solutions to challenging public issues. Participants will practice identifying what other people actually need to move forward even when they aren't saying it, articulating what you need in way that makes difficult people responsive, managing high emotions, and developing solutions that get implemented because they integrate the needs of everyone involved.
*alternatives = impasse, confrontation, conflict, crisis
This workshop is fully customizable for colleges, universities, non-profits, city and local government. The linked flyer provides an overview of the training and is a sample specifically for higher education.
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Collaborating groups and institutions include: The Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, Peace Education Working Group & the Ohio Peace and Conflict Studies Network.
Our free program development manual supporting peace and conflict studies program development is a product of a collaboration that began in 2009 in which lessons learned about the process of developing programs, certificates, and degrees in peace and conflict studies were shared. The manual is a resource for faculty, staff and administrators authored by faculty, staff and administrators. The 2nd edition, completed in 2018, is available here: https://conflictstudies.org/books/manual-pcs-v2/
An Overview of the 3rd Edition
While the first edition focused on community colleges, we hope to include a wider array of contributions in the 3rd edition, such as from:
Community colleges
Public and private colleges and universities
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s)
Colleges/universities outside the United States.
The three main categories of submissions include,
1) Capacity Building and Sustainability
2) Course Development and Integration
3) Student and Supplemental Programming
Interested in contributing? Click here for more information.
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CEC was excited to serve as both a judge and a coach for the 3rd Annual International Online Peer Mediation Tournament which took place March - May, 2026. Sponsored by JAMS Foundation, NAPPP, and the Online Peer Mediation Platform, this global event brings together student mediators from elementary, middle, and high schools to showcase their conflict-resolution skills in a supportive and collaborative online environment. While this year’s contest is over, consider either participating as a coach, judge, or better yet…. working with young people in your schools to prepare them to participate in the competition. You can read more here!