The Little Book of Transformative Community Conferencing

A Hopeful, Practical Approach to Dialogue

David Anderson Hooker

• Publisher: Good Books
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9781680991666
• eBook ISBN:
  9781680991673
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Conflict Resolution
• Index: Law

When conflicts become ingrained in communities, people lose hope. Dialogue is necessary but never sufficient, and often actions prove inadequate to produce substantial change. Even worse, chosen actions create more conflict because people have different lived experiences, priorities, and approaches to transformation. So what's the story?In The Little Book of Transformative Community Conferencing, David Anderson Hooker offers a hopeful, accessible approach to dialogue that: Integrates several practice approaches including restorative justice, peacebuilding, and arts
Creates welcoming, non-divisive spaces for dialogue
Names and maps complex conflicts, such as racial tensions, religious divisions, environmental issues, and community development as it narrates simple stories
Builds relationships and foundations for trust needed to support long-term community transformation projects
And results in the crafting of hopeful, future-oriented visions of community that can transform relationships, resource allocation, and structures in service of communities' preferred narratives. The Little Book Transformative Community Conferencing will prove valuable and timely to mediators, restorative justice practitioners, community organizers, as well as leaders of peacebuilding and change efforts. It presents an important, stand-alone process, an excellent addition to the study and practice of strategic peacebuilding, restorative justice, conflict transformation, trauma healing, and community organizing.This book recognizes the complexity of conflict, choosing long-term solutions over inadequate quick fixes. The Transformative Community Conferencing model emerges from the author's thirty years of practice in contexts as diverse as South Sudan; Mississippi; Greensboro, North Carolina; Oakland, California; and Nassau, Bahamas.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Chapter I: Overview
• Chapter II: Word Matters—Glossary of Terms for LBTCC
• Chapter III: What Are Transformative Community Conferences?
• Chapter IV: An Outline of the TCC Model
• Chapter V: The TCC Model—Part 1: Mapping Narratives
• Chapter VI: The TCC Model—Part 2: From Mapping to Action Planning
• Chapter VII: Skills for TCC Facilitators
• Chapter VIII: Transformative Community Conferencing in Action
• Chapter IX: Now What?—Conclusion
• Notes
• About the Author