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How to Talk to Kids About COVID-19 Ashley Virtue, External Relations Director at the National Conflict Resolution Center, shares tips for parents and caretakers on how to talk to children about the coronavirus in a way that’s both truthful and reassuring.

Three Tips for Telecommuting Success Ashley Virtue, External Relations Director at the National Conflict Resolution Center, shares three tips for telecommuting success with CBS8 San Diego.

This Year's Peacemaker Awards to Honor Former Big Brothers Big Sisters Executive, Paul Palmer Columnist Diane Bell mentions the 2020 Peacemaker Award's Paul Palmer Memorial Fund for Civility and the national peacemaker awardee, Arthur Brooks of the Harvard Kennedy School.

Development Director Chris Hulburt talks Civility Listen to Director of Development, Chris Hulburt, on SiriusXM, discussing how 'Civility is on Life Support.'

This Year's Peacemaker Awards are More Important than Ever The Presidio Sentinel interviews Steve Dinkin about NCRC's youth programming, and the importance of the upcoming Peacemaker awards.

Bridging the Political Divide NCRC Director of External Relations Ashley Virtue goes on air with C-SPAN to discuss how NCRC's conflict resolution techniques can help you deal with political divides going into 2020.

Public Invited to Combat Hate at Final Community Dialogue Circle on USS Midway ‘A Path Forward’ is a four-part series of restorative circles in the aftermath of the attacks on the Chabad of Poway and Dar-ul-Arqam mosque.

A Path Forward - Be Supported Fox 5 San Diego covers the A Path Forward series event at the USS Midway Museum. The theme for the night was, "Be Supported." This was the most vulnerable and open dialogue in the series, as participants were asked to look at their own biases and personal challenges. Attendees then had an opportunity to share what they needed help with individually to get the support that they needed in order to become the change that they want in our community.

Staying Civil with Politically Opposite Family & Friends This Thanksgiving Thanksgiving dinner is a time when family and friends gather to celebrate. However that joy can go sideways when political topics or other divisive issues are brought up. Ashley Virtue, Director of External Relations at the National Conflict Resolution Center, was in studio to talk about how you can help your family get along this holiday season.

Employers Join Workplace Equity & Civility Initiative Lawyers Club invites all regional employers to adopt the Workplace Equity & Civility Initiative Commitment, a statement that the employer commits to strive for work environments free of sexual harassment and gender discrimination by adopting and enforcing policies that promote pay equity; respectful workplace speech, language and conduct; environments where employees feel safe to speak and report concerns; education for all employees and measurable strategies to evaluate the education’s effectiveness; and positive engagement from employees regarding these issues.