Wow, the term is completely over now. It has been a great experience for me to be able to work with Centro Latinoamericano in Eugene. They are such a wonderful non-profit and are doing great work for the Latin community. As the term wrapped up, I was working on trying to get some next steps figured out a bit more. I was able to talk with some Oregon based organizations that are working in Intercultural Conflict Resolution, to be able to get an idea of what training might cost for the resource center of mediation here at Centro. The conversation with the organizations went well. I was able to get a rough idea of what some places would charge for an intercultural training, to work within multiple cultures performing conflict resolution services, namely mediation. The cost of training in such a capacity, at least from what I have found, has been more than we expected. The good thing is that for me, if I were to continue down this path and could train in this capacity I would be able to make a decent living. The bad thing, is that for those that are trying to do a public service for low costs, the amount of money required to receive sufficient training is almost impossible to find the funds.
Even though the internship is technically over, I will continue to submit proposals to organizations that might be able to help with the training, at some more slightly cost beneficial prices. We are also working to develop relationships with the school, community, and CRES program to further the progress that we have made in the attempts to provide a mediation resource center to the Latina Community. I will miss being so close to the organization (as I am moving to another city) but will continue to keep in touch and help out in any way that I can. Like I said, it has been a wonderful experience and I have learned a great deal about myself and the capacity that I would like to develop to be able to work interculturally in the world of Conflict Resolution, especially with the Cultura Latina.
My progress in Conflict Resolution will continue... Thanks for reading!
-David
Monday, June 24, 2013
Week Off
I did take the second to last week off of the term from doing the internship. This was a time that offered some great reflection that will be talked about more in depth in the next post. Obviously I have continued to put in the hours of the internship as if I hadn't taken that week off, but didn't want to leave everyone (all three people that read this) in the dark.
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