Source: (2006) Voma Connections. Spring 2006, Number 23. pp. 5,8.
In response to a Fall 2004 middle school riot in Guam involving ethnic overtones, the school asked a local non-profit community-based mediation organization to help with the situation. The organization developed a two-day process/method. The first day involved a conflict training resolution workshop, emphasizing diversity education for each group separately. The second day involved four concurrent Restorative Justice Group Conferences in the same room. The group conferences included storytelling and brainstorming ideas on how to prevent future violence; each group then selected the ideas they liked best and created a written agreement the students signed. The final step involved activities to reinforce harmony.
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