In 1984, the people who were interested in peer mediation could fit in one room. I know because I was lucky enough to be there. About three dozen educators and conflict resolution practitioners gathered on Cape Cod, Massachusetts for the first NAME conference. We were excited. We had begun training young people to mediate conflicts, and the results were impressive and inspiring. Though the quantitative research that confirmed our individual observations came much later, we knew we were on to something special…
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