Make Talk Work International Video Competition Deadline: April 17, 2009

Credit: The City University of New York Dispute Resolution Consortium (CUNY DRC) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice-CUNY Make Talk Work First International Video Competition funded by the JAMS Foundation.

More and more dispute resolution practitioners are finding that satisfying and sustainable resolutions to conflict are attainable through meaningful and nonviolent conversation. The City University of New York Dispute Resolution Consortium (CUNY DRC) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice-CUNY is now trying to increase public awareness about this peaceful dispute resolution. See excerpt below:

The [CUNY DRC] announces an international competition for short videos of up to 60 seconds using any of the themes in the 24 Make Talk Work ® bookmarks. This video project, which is funded by the JAMS Foundation, seeks to increase public awareness about dispute resolution. The bookmarks, also funded by the JAMS Foundation, were created by the CUNY DRC and dispute resolvers in New York City with images designed by Susan Spivack.

The videos will demonstrate how universal messages about handling conflicts can be shared with people from all walks of life. Each of the 24 bookmarks, which must be used as the basis for this video competition, contains a message that can be visually illustrated through video.

The ten winning videos of the 2008 Make Talk Work ® First International Video Competition can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/user/johnjaydisputeres.

[Deadline for the 2009 competition is April 17, 2009.]

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