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March 2020
HOPE Spring Session 2020
HOPE consists of five interactive, skill-building, educational classes designed to reduce the negative impact of divorce or separation conflict on children by helping parents learn healthy habits for more positive co-parenting. * Understand your child’s right and need to love both parents * Focus on your child’s needs instead of your own desires * Recognize relationship transitions * Develop effective communication skills * Minimize conflict & manage emotions * Create healthier boundaries while building trust & respect This class consists of five sessions: March 9 and…
Find out more »April 2020
THIS EVENT HAS PEEN RESCHEDULED TO Sept. 17, 2020 KIPCOR’s 2019-2020 Peace Lecture Series presents our second event, featuring Sarah Smarsh
Dear Friends of KIPCOR, Thank you so much for your support over the past couple of months since we announced Sarah Smarsh as our 2020 Spring Peace Lecturer. Clearly, we did not anticipate the way that our world would change so drastically with the onset of the coronavirus. As a result, we are postponing this event until Thursday, September 17th, 2020 at 7:00 pm; you can find that event by clicking on "view calendar" and scrolling to the appropriate date (Sept.…
Find out more »This film is postponed until Fall 2020. KIPCOR Film Series: Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
Note that this film is postponed until Fall 2020. KIPCOR 2019-2020 Film Series Presents: Cooked: Survival by Zip Code We'll fire up the KIPCOR projector again on Sunday, April 19, at 2:00 PM for our next film, "Cooked: Survival by Zip Code". Join us in Krehbiel Auditorium in the Luyken Fine Arts Center on the campus of Bethel College in North Newton as we watch the film and discuss it and its ramifications with Dr. Christy Miller Hesed, Postdoctoral…
Find out more »C Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest 2020
Bethel students are invited to register for this oration contest, which features a local $300 first prize and an additional $300 national first prize. The C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest is administered by the Peace and Justice Ministries of the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and locally sponsored by the Kansas Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (KIPCOR) and the Bethel College departments of Bible and Religion and Communication Arts. Bethel students are invited to share original orations with the…
Find out more »June 2020
Summer Institute: Practical Skills for Managing Interpersonal Conflict (Primary Training) June 2020
This unique and highly interactive training will... Equip participants with practical skills for managing interpersonal difference and disagreement. Address the impact of personal style, culture, and power on conflict. Provide technical proficiency in structured-dialogue and mediation techniques. Benefit both potential mediators and others interested in developing better skills for handling the difficult conversations we all face. Who should attend? Teachers, social workers, managers, business people, counselors, attorneys, court personnel, church leaders, community leaders - and anyone interested in learning more…
Find out more »HOPE Summer Session 2020
HOPE consists of five interactive, skill-building, educational classes designed to reduce the negative impact of divorce or separation conflict on children by helping parents learn healthy habits for more positive co-parenting. * Understand your child’s right and need to love both parents * Focus on your child’s needs instead of your own desires * Recognize relationship transitions * Develop effective communication skills * Minimize conflict & manage emotions * Create healthier boundaries while building trust & respect This session consists of five classes: June 22; July…
Find out more »Domestic Mediation Training 2020
This training focuses on application of the mediation process to situations involving divorced or separating parents who cannot agree on issues related to child custody and parenting. Topics include... Divorce as family reorganization Impact of divorce on children Developmentally appropriate parenting plans Working with high conflict families Assessing for domestic violence and abuse Kansas divorce and mediation law Prerequisite: Core-level mediation training; completion of core co-mediations is not required. Register Now
Find out more »September 2020
KIPCOR’s 2019-2020 Peace Lecture Series presents our second event, featuring Sarah Smarsh
Join us on September 17 for the second of our 2019-2020 Peace Lectures! The Fall KIPCOR 2020 Peace Lecture Series will feature author, speaker, and journalist, Sarah Smarsh, who will present "Bridging the Cultural Divide in Difficult Times," on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 7pm, in Memorial Hall at Bethel College, North Newton. Smarsh is the author of Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth, an instant New York Times bestseller and…
Find out more »HOPE Fall Session 2020
HOPE consists of five interactive, skill-building, educational classes designed to reduce the negative impact of divorce or separation conflict on children by helping parents learn healthy habits for more positive co-parenting. * Understand your child’s right and need to love both parents * Focus on your child’s needs instead of your own desires * Recognize relationship transitions * Develop effective communication skills * Minimize conflict & manage emotions * Create healthier boundaries while building trust & respect This session consists of five classes: June 22; July…
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