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Hey y'all! Inmn is sitting down with Casandra tomorrow afternoon (8/4) to talk about the how-to of conflict mediation, drawing of principles Casandra and Kai Cheng talked about recently. Let us know if you have any questions for them!

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Kevin Hengehold

I organize tenants, and I've had situations were people fucking hate each other - immigrants vs native born, subsidized vs market rent, seniors vs families - so much so that they refused to work together to win things from their landlord. Are there good ways to approach this in the future?

Masty W

I recently got trained in social justice mediation. As a new mediator how can I get word out that people can reach out, so mediation can start before conflicts blow up and harm can't be undone?

Lyca // Fern

I’m curious how we can move from only taking responsibility for our own actions to being assertive. How can we be both egoless and also get our needs met? I’ve watched really skilled mediators actively listen to people who are really agitated and in their own narrative, and through that come around to a compromise, but I can’t seem to get through that middle part to actually get the people involved with the conflict to meet halfway, I just get stuck in the listening stage, whether it’s me and someone else in conflict or two other parties. Any advice?

Sturdy

Suggestions for self-mediation or sneaky-mediation when one party in an ongoing conflict won't agree to including outside help and perspectives? I've had the same neighbors (3 other households) for more than a decade. I find them unkind and bigoted (there's some social and power dynamics at play that benefit them and which they don't acknowledge) so for my own peace of mind I've focused on being a responsible neighbor if not a friendly one (I'll take care of stuff on my side of the fence and work with them to take care of things, but I don't socialize with them at all) but they're very focused on harmony/togetherness/connection friendliness etc. and I don't want that with them. I've tried to explain that I prefer to keep to myself but they seem to have taken this as both a challenge and an insult.