November 27, 2018
Pointing to the effectiveness of CBI’s facilitation in the formation of a groundwater sustainability agency, Monterey County leaders encourage a similar approach to develop a land use transition plan for a former military base.
November 26, 2018
CBI and NCI are working with a broad coalition of leaders from Lakewood, NJ to identify opportunities to address the social and civic challenges facing the region and develop a shared vision for the future in the context of rapid growth and demographic change.
November 10, 2018
It’s hard to find an arena closer to people’s hearts than their schools. In Nicholas County, West Virginia, despite shrinking enrollment and tight budgets, the rival high schools in Richwood and Summersville have served as the centers of civic community life. So it wasn’t surprising that a proposal to consolidate the schools erupted in controversy and intense conflict.
November 10, 2018
Central to the American Dream is the belief that through education and hard work, each generation can raise its standard of living, and create greater opportunities for the next. But over the past forty years, incomes for lower-wage workers have stagnated, and economic inequality has increased. Education and hard work are no longer a guarantee of upward mobility for lower-wage workers.
November 10, 2018
Facing growing pressure and concern to generate a strategy to address land and property issues in Marawi, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) turned to the Consensus Building Institute. CBI mediators have helped develop systems to manage post-conflict land and property issues in peace processes in Guatemala, Timor Leste, and Sri Lanka.
November 10, 2018
Welcoming our new members
November 10, 2018
A snapshot of ongoing and recent work.
November 6, 2018
CBI consults with the California program on effort to promote innovative breast cancer research ideas.
November 5, 2018
CBI facilitated the meeting of 400 water managers, producers, and other leaders in April in Garden City, Kansas.
October 30, 2018
What can we do to advance dialogue to serve common interests?
October 28, 2018
CBI facilitated the role-play simulation days after the passage of Hurricane Florence.
October 16, 2018
A national leadership group facilitated by CBI releases a new report, “Working Up,” on making work a stronger engine of economic mobility for lower-wage workers.
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