A Practice in Intentional Integrity
A Practice in Intentional
Integrity is the work of four women who seek to live by their words.
Over the last four years they have taught hundreds of people
communication skills for maintaining integrity in conflict. Informed by their study of Angeles Arrien's
cross-cultural wisdom teaching, and their professional mediation and
litigation experience, these women offer this four-week course to
explore integrity in communication. Participants are encouraged to identify and transform
old patterns, such as collapsing, disappearing, attacking and appeasing
in order to communicate more effectively while in conflict or under
stress.
This course provides a safe,
supportive environment in which to practice holding ground and speaking
truthfully. Through well-structured practice each week, participants
integrate new, intentional patterns of communicating to take into
their professional and personal lives. Practice of a variety of
creative, intellectual and spiritual processes will ground and support
the retention of the new skills.
Who We Are
Dana Curtis is a lawyer and
mediator. She teaches mediation and negotiation seminars at Stanford Law
School. She teaches and writes about forgiveness.
Justine Durrell
litigates cutting edge cases in the areas of sexual torts, toxic torts,
biotechnology torts and insurance bad faith. She is the former
Chairperson of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Women's
Caucus.
Maja Ramsey has been a
mediator and teacher of conflict resolution. She was the President of
the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association and was selected by TIME
Magazine as one of America's top ten women lawyers.
Rebecca Westerfield is a
mediator with JAMS. She is a former litigator and judge.
In 2005 these four
women founded a non-profit to advance non-violent conflict resolution
through education, improved communication and a deeper understanding of
justice. For more information visit the website at
http://www.rockroseinstitute.org.
Stay tuned
for news on A World Forum - Conflict Resolution through Justice,
Religion and Education scheduled for February 1-3, 2007 in San
Francisco.
