March 26, 2021
On March 19, 2021, CBI hosted a virtual engagement for Switzer Network Fellows exploring "Breakthrough Collaboration on Environmental Problems."
March 17, 2021
CBI developed an assessment, first-ever strategic plan, and governance policy to help the Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District in Colorado clarify and create a lasting vision for its role in the Yampa River.
March 17, 2021
CBI works with Chilean farmed salmon companies and communities to improve the industry’s social performance.
March 17, 2021
CBI pilots innovative methods to help residents of one coastal community understand and begin adapting to the complex and emotionally fraught issue of long-term flood risk.
March 11, 2021
CBI Senior Mediator Catherine Morris worked with the Long Island Solar Roadmap leadership team - The Nature Conservancy, Defenders of Wildlife, and Michigan Technological University - to ensure the Roadmap reflects input from a diverse consortium representing state, local, and county governments; the solar industry; farmers; environmental and community organizations; the electric utility; businesses; and academic institutions.
Reflections on facilitator identity and the management of complex public disputes
March 11, 2021
This is final part of a four-part series of blog posts, related to a recent article in CBI Reports, in which we sought to address several difficult questions related to facilitator identity in complex public disputes. In this post, we summarize key overall lessons.
Reflections on facilitator identity and the management of complex public disputes
March 11, 2021
This is part three of a four-part series of blog posts, related to a recent article in CBI Reports, in which we sought to address several difficult questions related to facilitator identity in complex public disputes. In this post, we discuss the importance of acknowledging both lived and learned experiences as key components and perceptions of identity.
Reflections on facilitator identity and the management of complex public disputes
March 11, 2021
This is part two of a four-part series of blog posts, related to a recent article in CBI Reports, in which we sought to address several difficult questions related to facilitator identity in complex public disputes. In this post, we address the importance of proactively and simultaneously tracking both internal and external perceptions of identity.
March 5, 2021
CBI Managing Director Stacie Smith worked closely with the Executive Committee to design and facilitate the deliberations of a diverse and cross-ideological 32-person Steering Committee and helped guide engagement of a national network of more than 300 scholars, educators, practitioners, and students from a diversity of perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences to develop the Roadmap.
February 11, 2021
From June through September 2020, CBI facilitated a groundbreaking effort to build agreement among New York City landlord and tenant groups on ways to prevent the COVID economic crisis from leading to a wave of evictions across the city.
December 22, 2020
The Consensus Building Institute (CBI) helped create the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SVBGSA), which brings together diverse stakeholders to achieve a legislative mandate.
Reflections on facilitator identity and the management of complex public disputes
October 27, 2020
This is part one of a four-part series of blog posts, related to a recent article in CBI Reports, in which we sought to address several difficult questions related to facilitator identity in complex public disputes. In this post, we address the importance of understanding and navigating identity through an intersectional lens (i.e. acknowledging how multiple identity characteristics “intersect” and create different lived experiences for both stakeholders and facilitators), and doing so with humility and integrity.
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