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  WHAT WE DO

Kids Managing Conflict has been finding ways to bring dispute resolution tools to students since 2007, and will continue to support youth that want to resolve conflicts peacefully.  In just the last 10 years, KMC has been able to provide 41 California schools with $115,000 in grants.

Each grant provides funds to:

TRAIN students with the same skills that professional mediators use

CREATE a structure for an on-campus Peer Mediation program

PROVIDE assessment tools that highlight positive changes to their school environment, and to identify areas for new future growth.


APPLY FOR GRANTS

Can your school benefit from having it’s own Peer Mediation program?? Start the CHANGE, by applying for a grant this year, and begin helping your school manage conflict better soon!. Submit YOUR application starting MAY 1 — JUNE 30. Be sure to Bookmark this page, and set a reminder on your calendar.


how does
peer mediation actually work?

Imagine two students get into some kind of verbal fight/conflict. Normally, this means adults step in, stop the argument, and sometimes even punish them.

Suppose one of their "peers" (fellow student) has been trained to use a dispute resolution process for people their own age.

Will our two students feel more understood, and less judged or punished, by the School Administrators, or one of their Peers with mediator skills?

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

For our First Year Grant Recipients, KMC helps get their first peer mediator training, and establish their own program.

-- First Year Award --  
Vice Principal Jesslyn Harris receives their KMC Grant Certificate from  Program Director Wesley Acker.

Our Second and Third Year Recipients use funds to train NEW mediators, and for program growth and sustainability.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE


 Empowering the Next Generation of Mediators with KMC  

With such an impressive mediation portfolio, it's surprising to  hear KMC's President, Anne Sawyer tell us her mediation career began “totally by accident”...


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About us

Our Mission:

To support and promote programs in K-12 schools that teach students conflict management skills and enrich their lives into adulthood.

CONTACT US

Kids Managing Conflict
Address: PO Box 372

Sunset Beach, CA 90742

Telephone: 657-204-4022

Email:  info@kidsmanagingconflict.org

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Kids Managing Conflict is a 501(c)(3) and the charitable and educational arm of the Southern California Mediation Association (SCMA).  

We are honored to be a part of SCMA - California's premier professional society for mediators.

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