Basic Conflict De-escalation Training

Saturday, May 30, 1:30-4:30pm, Meeting room
This training is based on the CLARA method, which stands for Calm, Listen, Affirm, Respond, and Add information. It is used throughout the world in conflict deescalation and the Portland Peace Team has been training individuals and organizations in CLARA since 2012 and provides peacekeeping for family-friendly events and protests. Because of our current political environment, our training focuses on how to defuse potentially violent conflict on the street or between groups. We recommend you watch this short (11:26) YouTube video, Finding Confidence in Conflict, by Kwame Christian in preparation for the training: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6Zg65eK9XU. To RSVP and for more information, contact Ron Braithwaite at peaceteam.pdx@gmail.com with your name, email address, and phone#. This training is limited to 30 people and there will NOT be a blended Zoom option.