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Local man specializes in conflict resolution

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Conflict-resolution specialist George Anthony, a Middle-town resident, was recently profiled on a 20/20 TV special hosted by John Stossel for programs he developed to combat bullying and school violence. FARRAH MAFFAI
"It can no longer a boys-will-be-boys or a kids-will-be-kids mentality," he said.

"In my program students are taught from day one to stand up for those who stand alone," said Anthony.

To combat violence and bullying in schoo [...]

Editorial Conflict Resolution

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Getting Along and Going Along

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How it Starts
Thankfully, much can be done to prevent these problems from ever starting, and even more can be done to ease conflicts when and if they do flare up. The most important way to curb problems is to understand how and why they happen, and to realize that the root causes are as varied as the people sitting in that boardroom.

For example, "Issues often arise when people get involved as a board volunteer for a personal reason," says Margie Russell, executive director of [...]

Resolving Board Conflicts

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How it Starts

Thankfully, much can be done to prevent these problems from ever starting, and even more can be done to ease conflicts when and if they do flare up. The most important way to curb problems is to understand how and why they happen, and to realize that the root causes are as varied as the people sitting in that boardroom.

For example, "Issues often arise when people get involved as a board volunteer for a personal reason," says Margie Russell, executive director [...]

Focus on students as agents of change to confront bullying

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If you want to teach about the destructive force of racism on another teen, then expose students to the fate of 14-year-old Emmett Till, who was beaten to death in Mississippi because he was black. Or Yusef Hawkins, a 16-year-old black beaten to a bloody death by a group of racists in Brooklyn. The fatal beating of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old gay man in Wyoming, and how James Byrd, 49, a black man, was dragged to death behind a truck in Texas could be included in this discussion.

Demons [...]

Local man takes part in U.N. conference on peace

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"He spoke about the idea in connecting our suffering," Anthony said. "Our human stories of pain and struggle and in overcoming the obstacles of conflict are touching. But unless we are not personally connected to each of our stories, then that effect is a temporary one."

Anthony is the director of Peace Dynamics, a company that offers counselors to help with peer mediation and community relations.

Having the students from the African countries speak to the Ameri [...]

PEACE DYNAMICS CONSULTANTS Leadership, Communication, Conflict Resolution

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MR. GEORGE S. ANTHONY
Executive Director, Senior Facilitator
Mr. George S. Anthony is an award winning Educator and Conflict Resolution Specialist. Mr. Anthony has been featured nationally on ABC News�s �20/20: John Stossel Special Reports: Social Cruelty in Our Nation�s Schools� and on CNN�s �Crossing Borders�. He is frequently featured in many newspaper articles on [...]

Programs Effectiveness

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Peer Mediation /Leadership Training

In today�s learning environment, school districts, administrations and parent groups prefer to expose their students to �Assembly� programs� that promote the message of tolerance. Often these shows are poignant, amusing and informative. Unfortunately they do not leave a lasting impression. The show moves on but the students remain (often times the same). In essence nothing has changed, unless the administration or parent groups recognize the need for thi [...]

Leadership taught as way to fight bullying

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Anthony, in his sixth year of doing the program, explained that while the program is designed for all kids ranging from kindergarten through 12th grade, there are certain facets that are tailor-made for each age level.

"We always have the same pitch or presentation, but we just do it in a different way," Anthony said. "With the older kids, we discuss things like alcohol and drugs because that's what they're learning about in class. With the younger kids, we don't do t [...]

About George Anthony

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George Anthony Awarded Educator of the Year

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"His drive, his dedication to what he teaches just spreads," said junior Francine Ndjatou.

"He is like a father figure to me," said junior Austin Brooks.

The 2007 Excellence in Education Awards program is presented by Staten Island Academy in cooperation with the Staten Island Advance and the borough's business community.

Actually, the word "teacher" doesn't begin to describe Anthony, 48, who was born in Brooklyn, raised in Westerleigh and now [...]

Resident brings lesson to United Nations

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"I addressed the conference on the relevance of the teachings of Dr. King and Mahatma Gandhi in the lives of students today," Anthony said. "I also spoke about connecting their words to the issues that surround us today. Often times students who commit bullying behaviors against other students or commit vandalism against school property generally do so because they feel disconnected from their school and their peers."Students are less likely to be violent towards [...]

Stand Up and Lead

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Seminar teaches Bullying and the Holocaust

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Anthony brought two students to the temple, which each played a role in a scenario regarding bullying. Other people, who took part in the seminar, were not told that the targets were only actors. They were seen as another member of the group, Anthony said.

The first target, Edward Pepitone, came in acting shy and was dressed in clothing unlike clothes the rest of the group would wear. Certain kids, who attended the seminar, were let in on the secret by Anthony and told to purposely mock P [...]

Lessons of hate replaced by those of understanding

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In less than two minutes, chains were broken, black ink was streaked across the posters and paper was torn to shreds.

"It's so much easier to make war than peace," said senior Lindsey Thomas.

Lindsey, a member of the honor society Arista, was one of 30 students representing 15 diverse clubs who participated in the symposium on tolerance, which was held in the school library.

"No one is born to hate. That is taught. We have to replace that hate with le [...]

Learning to keep bullys at bay

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The skit was part of a conference yesterday that allowed high school leaders from Brooklyn and Staten Island high schools (B.A.S.I.S.) lead and participate in 10 workshops on conflict resolution.

The event, which draws more than 300 students annually, was held at the College of Staten Island.

In CSI's Green Dolphin room, students from Wagner and Staten Island Technical high schools shared experiences about being the victim of cruelty and prejudice as well as being the bystander.

Bully Bully: Peer leadership program targets teen aggression

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. Published in the Asbury Park Press 3/26/03

There are no innocent bystanders when it comes to schoolyard bullies, and everyone who fails to step in to help a bullied child is guilty of being an accomplice.

Conflict resolution trainer George Anthony didn't mince words during his lecture on student bullying at the Brookdale Community College Bayshore Learning Center in Hazlet March 18.

"We live in a culture where it's normal to be mean, and the exception to be kind," [...]

Peace Dynamics Consultants

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Recommendations

I have come to know George Anthony as a dedicated and passionate educator and role model, who is able to inspire and motivate groups of people using peer mediation and conflict resolution skills. Mostly working with teenagers from opposite sides of international conflicts at Seeds of Peace, George's enthusiasm was able to draw in even the most distracted and unwilling among the participants. His passion for the work is contagious and the kids he worked with respected and ad [...]

Programs Effectiveness

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This foundation is generally referred as the �Peer Mediation Center�.

A place where infinite possibilities can emerge. From this room mediations take place between students {face to face} with a faculty member close by for support and instruction. Here students are encouraged to discuss their issues and concerns with each other. It is a place where their voices are heard and their words have meaning. Through their words they will find solutions. It will be through their solutions they wil [...]

Peace Dynamics Programs

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Anti-Bias Education

N-Word and It�s Place in the 21st Century
Disability and Discrimination
Sexual Harassment in the Middle School and High School Years
Labels that Hurt � Violence Pyramid
Sticks and Stones
Breaking Down Barriers
Combating Homophobia

Anti-Violence Education

Responses to Conflict
�I� vs. �You�. Using the language of peace
Breaking Down Barriers
Violence Pyramid
Dealing With Rumors
N-Word and Its Place in the 21st Century

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