African Community and Economic Development of New England (ACEDONE)
Semester: 2012 Fall
Project Type: Conflict Analysis, Curriculum Development & Delivery, Facilitated Dialogue
Students: Michael Robertson and Andrew Sullivan
ACEDONE was founded in 2002 to provide support to Boston’s East African community and families as they integrate into American society. Tensions between old world and new can exacerbate the already challenging teen/parent relationship. ACEDONE has enlisted HNMCP to report on the underlying causes of such tensions in the Somali community, and to recommend techniques and develop a curriculum for effective conflict management.… More
Cornerstone CoHousing
Semester: 2016 Fall
Project Type: Facilitated Dialogue
Students: Ashleigh Ruggles, Emily Joung, and Jose Alvarez
Cornerstone Village Cohousing Community is a 32-unit residential community in North Cambridge. It is an owner-occupied intentional community, meaning that housing is designed and built with input from the residents, and buildings are clustered around a central common area, including a community dining room where residents may share meals. Meetings are run by consensus and… More
Delta Directions Consortium
Semester: 2009 Spring
Project Type: Facilitated Dialogue
Students: Ben Weiner, Jared Craft, Amanda Kim, & Joe Pileri
To build consensus among the different players in the Mississippi Delta transportation field.… More
Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
Semester: 2009 Spring
Project Type: Facilitated Dialogue
Students: Jordan Goddard, Will Boothby, & Mayssam Ali
To help a parish end a spiral of hostility and distrust between the rector and various constituencies in the parish.
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Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
Semester: 2012 Spring
Project Type: Facilitated Dialogue, Stakeholder Assessment
Students: Karl Jun, Felicia Cote, and Theodore Hart
The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts has traditionally required congregations to cover 100% of the health insurance premiums of clergy and lay employees. This policy has been questioned of late and the conversation has become divisive, indicating that deeper issues than simply financial exist and are obstacles to good decision making. HNMCP students will facilitate a series of conversations to help surface the various interests, begin a deeper conversation about possible options, and produce a report for the wider community on its findings and analysis.… More
Massachusetts Office of Public Collaboration
Semester: 2017 Spring
Project Type: Facilitated Dialogue
Students: Rob Petito & Nate Szyman
For over 25 years, the Massachusetts Office of Public Collaboration (MOPC) has assisted public agencies as a neutral forum and state-level resource for accessing quality services, proven programs, and national knowledge-based networks for dispute resolution, consensus-building and public engagement. In 2013 MOPC was established as the Program Administrator of the Community Mediation Center Grant Program… More
Ono Academic College
Semester: 2015 Spring
Project Type: Facilitated Dialogue, Stakeholder Assessment
Students: Rachel Hutchinson and Eli Shalam
Ono Academic College has enlisted HNMCP students research issues around Israel’s mandatory national and military services in the armed forces, which causes considerable internal conflict in the country and creates hierarchies of citizenship. Informed by their research, students will conduct a stakeholder assessment and facilitate dialogues among Ono students affected by the issue.… More
Paulist Center
Semester: 2007 Fall
Project Type: Facilitated Dialogue, Stakeholder Assessment
Students: Becky Jaffe & Dave Baron
Design and evaluate a reconciliation process for disaffected Catholics… More
Seeds of Peace
Semester: 2012 Fall
Project Type: Facilitated Dialogue, Stakeholder Assessment
Students: Andrew Chinsky and Christie Dinapoli
Seeds of Peace is dedicated to the pursuit of lasting peace by helping high potential youth in regions of conflict develop effective leadership in peace-building. There are more than one hundred NGOs devoted to conflict resolution and peace-building in Israel and Palestine that, while having similar or shared missions, have little to no coordination or communication between organizations. SoP has contracted HNMCP to map the scope of the peace-building community and make recommendations on a consensus-building process for organizations to leverage their individual strengths to positively impact each other’s work and their broader goals. … More