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Identifying the Third Side in a Conflict and Making It Relevant to Parties

At the end of this tutorial, the learner will be able to introduce the concept of the Third Side to a conflict resolution process. https://youtu.be/0K8hnV5vi_k The impacts of conflict are often felt by the wider community. Not just the parties who were directly involved in the conflict themselves, but by others in the community who feel its effects. I'm Marlene, and I'd like to talk with you about that today. I'd like to talk with you about something called the Third Side. The Third Side approach to conflict, which came out of the Harvard Negotiation Project at Harvard. This is a project that seeks to better understand the theory and practice ...

There are three sides to every argument

By William Ury April 7th, 2017 See the original at Ideas.TED.com >> We can all play a role in helping defuse even the most bitter conflicts. Veteran negotiator William Ury shares his hard-won insights. My passion in life is helping people and societies to move from no to yes. As a negotiator, mediator and cofounder of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard University, I’ve spent more than four decades traveling the world and getting involved in some of the most difficult conflicts of our time, from the Cold War to the Middle East. One of my favorite negotiation stories is about a man who leaves his herd of 17 camels to his three sons ...

The Bystander Effect and The Third Side

It was a cold winter’s night, at 3.15 am, on March 13, 1964, when Kitty Genovese, a then 28-year-old manager of a bar, was returning home to her apartment in Queens, New York. She had parked her car about 100 feet from her apartment’s door when she was approached by Winston Mosely, a business machines operator on the prowl for potential victims. Moseley ran after her, quickly overtook her and stabbed her twice in the back. Genovese screamed. Almost all neighbors had their windows closed and very few deciphered it as a cry for help.[1] One of the witnessing neighbors had shouted at the attacker to leave Genovese alone, after which Moseley ran away, ...

March of Hope: How Israeli – Palestinian Women Wage Peace

* * * Hope was lost when talks to resolve the long standing conflict between Israel and Palestine failed in April 2014. This was the first time since President Obama’s tenure commenced, that the conflict was attempted to be directly discussed by the leadership of Israel and Palestine, in an effort to resolve their disputes and bring about peace in their nations. The long standing nature of the conflict has resulted in deeply rooted emotional hostilities as well as extreme political and societal distrust on both sides. The most logical outcome, under the circumstances, was the failure of the talks – which was what eventually happened. The demise ...

The purpose of Protest – A key tool for the Witness and Equalizer: The example of Colin Kaepernick

*** It was a bright sunny late August day in Santa Clara California.  The stadium was packed with San Francisco 49er fans.  The pre-season game was about to begin like any other National Football League (NFL) event – with the singing of the National Anthem.  The announcer’s melodramatic voice emerged through the loud speaker,  “Would you all please rise and remove your caps for the singing of our National Anthem.” Reverberations rippled through the stadium.  All rose.  But one. Colin Kaepernick, once a promising star quarterback with the San Francisco 49ers, who is now relegated to back up duties on the football field, stayed ...

Mosques do the Opposite of Terrorism: They Diffuse Peace and Dialogue

…said Mohmmed ben Mohammed, a member of the Union of the Islamic Communities in Italy, in the aftermath of the bloody attack on the Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray Church near Rouen, about 77 miles away from Paris. Many from the Muslim community in the Rouen region, in France, reached out in solidarity to the victims and the family of those affected. It is in times of crisis that we can distinguish our friends from our foes. It is also in times of crisis that the Third Side principles become so very crucial, that the creative people and communities automatically and unthinkingly adopt them. It was a peaceful morning Mass headed by Father Jacques ...

While we were sleeping…

...the world thrummed along – with humanity creating technologies, building civilizations, obliterating them, killing each other, helping each other. But as Third Siders, we're sure you’re more interested in the last category of activity in which humanity partakes. While we were sleeping it was Third Siders all over the world who were active, reaching across enemy lines and building relationships; teaching fourth graders how to create world peace through a game; rapping for justice; serving as clarion calls in our dangerously corrupt societies, all the while, unbeknownst to themselves, creating Third Side literature that we could voraciou...

Interview at the Joan Kroc Institute

Delivered on the 18th of November, 2009 at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego San Diego, California William Ury From the Boardroom to the Border: Negotiating for Sustainable Agreements Editor – Kaitlin Barker Senior Program Officer – Diana Kutlow Interview and Student Meeting with William Ury The following is an edited compilation of an interview with William Ury conducted by Dee Aker, deputy director of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice (IPJ), and a private meeting with graduate students from the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies and ...

Share Third Side Stories

If you have had any experiences that highlight the Third Side, we'd love to hear about them! Share any stories you know of below. These posts will help us as we build a more sophisticated online community of thirdsiders.

Libro: Mediación Internacional en Venezuela

Publicado 1 de Octubre, 2011 Por Jennifer McCoy y Francisco Diez Comprar el libro >> Mediación internacional en Venezuela examina los esfuerzos del Centro Carter y de la comunidad internacional, en general, para preservar el proceso democrático en Venezuela entre 2002 y 2004, extendiendo su análisis hasta febrero de 2012. Desde sus perspectivas, como facilitadores, en aquella intervención, Francisco Díez y Jennifer McCoy presentan la historia íntima de una compleja mediación a nivel nacional e internacional. Luego de escribir las raíces de la crisis, los autores caracterizan los principales actores internos como dos archipiéla...