EVENTS
Managing Group Conflict for Community Leaders
The Program for the Advancement of Research in Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC), at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, the City of Syracuse, the University Neighborhood Partnership, and the Environmental Finance Center are co-sponsoring a one-time pilot program offering a select group of community leaders and college students the opportunity to increase their capacity to manage group conflict. For consideration, submit your application form (pdf) by May 24th, 2012.
University Network for Collaborative Governance (UNCG) 2012 Annual Meeting
Embedding Collaborative Governance in Universities, Communities, and Government
June 10-12, 2012 at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
This conference will focus on one central question: How do we make collaborative governance an embedded feature in the regular work of universities, communities, and governments?
Numerous centers for collaborative governance have sprung up at universities across the country and around the world. These centers seek to assist citizens and leaders to engage in dialogue, discussion, problem solving, and conflict resolution around public issues. Few would argue against the need for such centers, particularly given the numerous policy challenges we currently face in our communities, states, and nation. However, while these centers have had successes in practice and service, teaching and training, and/or in research, their assistance is not consistently sought out by decision makers in the universities, communities, and governments they serve.
Registration:
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Please mail your registration form along with a check or money order by May 11, 2012 to: Policy Consensus Initiative, University Station, PO Box 1762, Portland, OR 97207. Or pay through PayPal at: http://policyconsensus.org/events/uncg_2012.html and email registration form to: sarah@policyconsensus.org, or fax the form to (503) 725-9099.
Co-sponsored by UNCG and the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC) of Maxwell School at Syracuse University.
The PARCC Labor Studies Group 2011-12 Lecture Series
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES UNDER SEIGE? The Case of Public School Teachers. Wednesday, April 18th from 4-6 PM in 204 Maxwell Hall. Public sector workers are under unprecedented political attack. Salaries and pensions have been cut in the name of fiscal austerity. Collective bargaining and organizing rights have been rolled back in Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana. The battle is spreading to other states. In the midst of this furor, public school teachers are facing the twin challenges of insistent demand for improved outcomes for their students and the fiscal restraints of the ongoing recessionary environment. Our distinguished panelists will present on the phenomenon of the political attacks on public sector workers and then focus on the case of teachers, highlighting the best and worst strategies being employed by school systems, politicians, teachers and the unions that represent them to address these challenges. Panelists: Douglas Gerhardt, Esq., Partner with Harris Beach, PLLC, President of Management Advocates for School Labor Affairs (MASLA), Rebecca Givan, Asst Professor at ILR, Cornell University, Pauline Kinsella, Executive Director, NYS United Teachers, former Chair, NYS Public Employment Board.
Solidarity Across Borders: New Developments in Labor Transnationalism. Tuesday, March 20, 2012- from 4:00-6:00 pm in the Global Collaboratory, 060 Eggers Hall. Guest Speakers: Jamie McCallum-Assistant Professor of Sociology at Middlebury College, Robin Alexander- Director of International Affairs of the United Electrical Workers Union (UE), and Benedicto Martinez Orozco- Co-President of the Frente Auténtico del Trabajo (FAT) in Mexico. With the institution of NAFTA, labor transnationalism found new and fertile ground in which to take root, pushing well beyond officially imposed limits. One of the pioneering cross-border alliances to chart the way from anti‐NAFTA agitation tothe formation of a principled and sustained transnational labor movement has been the UE-FAT Strategic Organizing Alliance. Moreover, both principals in this alliance are rooted in a rare tradition of independent, social-movement unionism in the U.S. and Mexico. Recently, these fortuitous beginnings have been considerably strengthened and expanded by the formation of the Tri-National Solidarity Alliance (TNSA), comprising a variety of unions from Mexico, Canada, and the U.S. In this exciting forum, we continue our tradition of bringing seasoned practioners in the field together with academic experts to talk about the state of the labor movement and labor solidarity. Leaders from the United Electrical Workers Union (UE) and the Frente Auténtico del Trabajo (FAT) will join a labor sociologist to talk about key developments in and the longer-term outlook for transnational labor solidarity.
Labor and Community Organizing: a Labor Studies Symposium. Friday, October 28, 2011 from 2-4pm in 500 Hall of Languages. Janice Fine, Professor at Rutgers University and Author of Worker Centers: Organizing Communities at the Edge of the Dream. Ian Macdonald, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University. Jeffrey Bellamy, Executive Director of Syracuse Alliance for a New Economy. Mark Spadafore, Political Organizer for SEIU Local 1199.
Taken for a Ride: Guestworkers in the U.S. Thursday, September 1, 2011 in 060 Eggers Hall, the Global Collaboratory at 4:00pm with guests David Griffiths from East Carolina University, Rachel Micah-Jones and Martin Davila from Centro de los Derechos del Migrante (CDM) that works to organize and improve working conditions for migrant workers in the U.S. and Rebecca Fuentes, coordinator of the Workers' Center of Central New York. For more information, click here.
Past Events
PARCC also co-sponsored a two day symposium titled, Engaging Conflict: Transformations through the Arts, which featured film, movement, theater, and story-telling. The conference, began on Friday, November 4, at 5 pm with a film screening and continued with a full day of activities on Saturday, November 5. It was held at the Warehouse Auditorium, 350 W. Fayette Street, in downtown Syracuse. Read more.
Monday, April 2nd- PARCC Welcomes David Cortright, Director of Policy Studies at the Kroc Institute and Chair of the Board of the Fourth Freedom Forum for two lectures. Non-violence and the Middle East. at 12:00 pm in 402 Maxwell Hall. For nonviolence to be relevant it must be applicable to the most complex conflicts. Cortright will discuss the theory and tactics of nonviolent strategy and its use in the Egyptian revolution. Afghan Women Speak: Enhancing Security and Human Rights in Afghanistan. at 4:00 pm in 341 Eggers Hall. Since the overthrow of the Taliban by U.S.-led forces in 2001, the promotion of women’s rights in Afghanistan has generated much public debate. Some commentators have suggested that prolonged U.S. and NATO military occupation is needed to protect women’s gains. But what do Afghan women think? David Cortright co-authored a report of this title based on extensive interviews with Afghan women leaders, including parliamentarians, activists, school principals, health workers, and members of the police force and army. *This Event is Co-Sponsored by: Syracuse University’s Department of Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Women’s and Gender Studies, the South Asia Center, and Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND).