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OMA Membership Events
Basic Equity Training for Mediators
This is an introductory training for mediators who are looking to apply an equity lens to their mediation practice. It involves introspective exercises exploring personal and social identity, understanding systemic contexts that shape conflict, and skillful practices to intervene in identity-based conflicts and subtle forms of oppression.
- December 8th & 9th, 5:30 – 8pm (both days)
- No charge for Members | Register Here
Facilitated by Ryan Nakade. Ryan is a mediator and facilitator with East County Resolutions, and also contracts with the Beaverton Center for Mediation and Dialogue. He teaches public workshops in equity and diversity, dialogue, and political depolarization, and holds regular community dialogue events.
Monthly Community Connection
Get together with OMA members to network and talk shop with other mediators. Bring questions around difficult mediations or just show up to reconnect with friends and colleagues. An OMA facilitator will be on hand for conversation prompts and breakout rooms as requested.
- 2nd Friday of each month, 6 – 8pm (starting December 10, 2021)
- No charge for Members | Zoom link will be emailed in advance
Save the Date | Mediation in Motion
Mediators meet with like-minded colleagues to engage in an Awareness Through Movement (Feldenkrais) class, then talk about insights and parallels between mediation and slow, attentive movement. Learn from not pushing, self-awareness, self-care, timing, and grace, combined with forms of “active listening” to your body. Discover a myriad of surprising connections between meditative movement and mediation.
- 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month, 7 – 8:15am (starting February 22, 2022)
- No charge for Members | Zoom link will be emailed in advance
Facilitated by Carie Fox. Carie has been mediating for 25 years and has over 300 hours of training in teaching body movement. She recently hosted a Feldenkrais workshop at OMA's 2021 Conference.