Portland State is a vibrant, active campus. Students in our program are involved in a variety of activities from school leadership to community activism. The program calendar is current and lists events we feel might be of interest to our students.

Mediation and Legal Services

Coalition of Victim-Offender Mediation Programs

Resolutions Northwest (RNW)http://www.resolutionsnorthwest.org/
RNW is a nonprofit organization providing mediation and education that helps Oregon's kids, families, and communities resolve conflict.

Student Center for Dispute Resolution (SCDR) http://www.scdr.pdx.edu/
SCDR is a PSU organization of professionally trained Conflict Resolution graduate students and their faculty advisors. SCDR offers free and productive conflict resolution strategies for PSU students who are facing interpersonal conflict. SCDR provides individual conflict resolution coaching, mediation, conflict resolution training, and meeting facilitation to the PSU campus community.

Clackamas County Dispute Resolution Center http://www.co.clackamas.or.us/cscc/mediation.htm
Clackamas County Dispute Resolution Center is a county agency committed to empowering Clackamas County residents, families, communities, organizations, businesses and governments to resolve disputes effectively, peacefully and collaboratively.

Oregon Mediation Association (OMA) http://www.mediate.com/oma/
The Oregon Mediation Association is a nonprofit organization of members committed to the development, support and advocacy of mediation in the State of Oregon.

Executive Committee of Alternative Dispute Section of the Oregon State Bar

Oregon Judicial Department
The department works closely with the Multnomah County Small Claims Court and the newly created Columbia County Small Claims Court Mediation Program, providing training, practicum placement, and observation.

Oregon Association of Community Mediation Programs

Ombudsman offices at the Bonneville Power Administration and the City of Portland

Public and Governmental Organizations

Local FBI Citizens Academy Alumni Association: member http://www.nfbicaa.org/

Sexual Minorities Roundtable: member http://www.portlandonline.com/Police/index.cfm?c=31112

City of Portland Police Officer Interview Panel: member

Washington County Domestic Violence Surrogate Dialogue Program: board member

City of Portland Department of Peace http://www.thepeacealliance.org/content/view/12/67/

US Postal Service
Provide workplace mediation panel for the Postal Service's Redress Program

State Department of Agriculture
The department provides a panel resolving legal disputes between farmers and migrant farm workers

Oregon Department of Education
The department provides a small panel of special education mediators

Portland Public School: Patent-Teacher dialogue

City of Oswego Dialogue Project

City of Portland and Multnomah County Taskforce on Housing

Human Resources Department of the City of Milwaukie http://www.cityofmilwaukie.org/departments/hr/hr.html

Oregon Consensus Programhttp://www.odrc.state.or.us/

Oregon Solutions http://www.orsolutions.org/index.htm

Higher Education and Academic Associations

The Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) http://www.peacejusticestudies.org/ The Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) is a non-profit organization that was formed in 2001 as a result of a merger of the Consortium on Peace research, Education and Development (COPRED) and the Peace Studies Association (PSA). Both organizations provided leadership in the broadly defined field of peace, conflict and justice studies.

International Studies Association http://www.isanet.org/ The International Studies Association (ISA) was founded in 1959 to promote research and education in international affairs. With well over four thousand members in North America and around the world, ISA is the most well respected and widely known scholarly association in this field. ISA cooperates with 57 international studies organizations in over 30 countries, is a member of the International Social Science Council, and has nongovernmental consultative status with the United Nations. The ISA includes a distinctive Peace Studies Section.

University of Nicosia, Cyprus http://www.unic.ac.cy/ The University of Nicosia, Cyprus is a well-known international institution and the largest and most prestigious university in Cyprus with nearly 5,000 students, including 1,000 international students.

The Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute (CNTI) http://www.cnti.org.cy/ CNTI is a non-profit, non-governmental organization working in the area of learning and modern technology with a specific focus on civil society, peace and conflict, the mass media and special education. CNTI is in the process of transformation and enlargement under the new name, Future Worlds Center

Also see our Resources page

Non-Profit and Non-Governmental Organizations

Oregon Peace Institute (OPI) http://www.orpeace.us/ OPI's mission is to promote and make available education and resources for peace and nonviolent conflict resolution in individual, community, national, global and environmental contexts. We seek the widest possible collaboration and cooperation with others to achieve our purpose.

Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO) http://www.irco.org/ IRCO assists refugees, immigrants, and multi-ethnic communities to develop self-sufficiency and cultural awareness while affirming and preserving each culture within an ever-changing environment.

Indian Dispute Resolution Services ( IDRS) http://www.indiandispute.com/index.php

Phoenix Rising Transitions http://www.phoenix-rising-transitions.org/

Portland Peaceful Responsehttp://www.pprc-news.org/

Save Our Youth http://www.saveouryouth.org/page.php

Fuego http://www.gofuego.com/about_fuego/about.html

The World Affairs Council http://www.world-affairs.org/

Mercy Corps International http://www.mercycorps.org/

Other Clubs, Organizations, and Networks

Metro Collaborative Group: member
The Metro Collaborative Group is an association of all the community mediation programs in the Portland area.

The PeaceWorker and PeaceVoice http://www.peacevoice.info

CR Activist listserv https://www.lists.pdx.edu/lists/listinfo/cr_activists This list is for CR students, faculty and friends who wish to post and receive notices of civic engagement opportunities (a.k.a. activism) that have something to do with our program, our courses, our principles of inclusivity and nonviolence, or other issues that may be too controversial for our general program list.

Partnership with Center for Academic Excellence: Peace Poetry Events http://www.pdx.edu/cae/

Students United for Nonviolence (SUN) http://www.sunpsu.blogspot.com/ SUN's mission is to unite PSU students and the Portland community in a common interest for peace and justice, promoting the awareness and practice of nonviolence through activities and events.

Trauma Healing Project Eugene, OR

Portland Rotary Club http://www.rotarypdx.org/template.php

Lake Oswego Rotary Club http://www.lorotary.org/