Governor Neil Abercrombie, Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell and the Honolulu City Council proclaimed October 16, 2014 as “Conflict Resolution Day”. Each of the proclamations encourages us to learn more about conflict resolution practices and apply them in their daily lives to promote peaceful and creative resolutions to disputes. In honor of Conflict Resolution Day, the Hawaii State Judiciary’s Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution has released this special edition of ADR Times.

Pictured from left to right: Lisa Jacobs, Association of Conflict Resolution (ACR) Hawaii Board Member; Gen. Frances I. Mossman (Ret.), ACR Hawaii Board Member; Andrew Hipp, Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution Director; Mayor Kirk Caldwell; Anne Smoke, Matsunaga Institute for Peace & Conflict, President-Elect, ACR Hawaii; Tracey Wiltgen, The Mediation Center of the Pacific Executive Director; and the Honorable Diana Warrington (Ret.), ACR Hawaii Board Member.