Conflict Resolution in the Workplace

AORTA leads a training on conflict resolution through an anti oppression lens.

As part of our ongoing professional development series, The Democracy Center is excited to present AORTA's training on Conflict Resolution in the Workplace

• Mon, Aug 19
• 6:30-9pm
• 45 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge

Cost Information:

• individual-supported rate: $30
• organization-supported rate: $80
• Use the code "subsidized" for 50% off if you use mobility aids, are low income, and/or your organization cannot afford the $80 rate.
  • Be sure to click "enter promotional code" to open the access code box

• Email info@democracy center with subject line "AORTA Training Cost" if these rates don't work

As in all communities, conflict in organizations is unavoidable. It is also uncomfortable. In working through conflict, the question shouldn’t be, “How do we prevent conflict?” but rather “How do we address conflict in ways that are healthy and build a stronger organization?” This workshop will help participants identify conflict, even when its just a slow burning tension, and help us all distinguish between what healthy and unhealthy conflict look like. In the process we’ll share AORTA’s conflict resolution practices and methods in order to get a jump start in developing processes tailored to your own organization.

Please do not wear or apply strong smelling lotions, perfumes, etc. before or during the training to make this space more accessible to people with sensitivities.

Accessibility information:

• The Democracy Center is partially wheelchair accessible, no accessible bathroom on site. The Mandela, Parks, and Chavez rooms are accessible, but the Library is not. Wheelchair users are welcome to use the accessible restroom at Daedalus while we plan our improvements for bathroom accessibility. To reach that bathroom, exit the ramp and turn left on Bow St, at the next building (Daedalus) use their accessible entrance and their restroom will be on the right. More information at: democracycenter.org/accessibility. Contact info@democracycenter.org or 617 492 8855 as needed
• if you need ASL or CART services, please RSVP and email info@democracycenter.org by August 5 so we can arrange for interpretation
• children under 14 are welcome to attend the training for free, if you would like on site childcare, please RSVP and email info@democracycenter.org by August 5 so we can arrange for childcare
• there will be a separate quiet room available if needed, the DC Coordinator will be present to help you if this need arises

Presenter information:

Dana Pedersen's political awakening began as a young adult participating in living wage campaigns on her college campus in western Wisconsin. Since then, she has been on a trajectory of radical systemic analysis, critique, and imagination. In 2015, she joined the staff of Cooperation Texas to help develop worker-owned cooperatives in Austin, Texas and, through this work, formed ligaments with others in the solidarity economy movement. Her political involvements have focused on promoting economic democracy and Black self-determination in the South and conscientizing fellow tech workers within traditional, capitalist corporations. Dana’s education in Sociology and Communication Studies has produced close attention to how discourses help create reality and the importance of developing frames and narratives that liberate.

Dana’s deepest callings are to heal communities through creative expression and transform conditions by facilitating critical turning points for others. She excavates her own experiences as a queer, Black, Caribbean American woman to understand power and oppression more broadly and discover collective resources for change.