___ Conflict transformation is important in diverse communities to resolve conflicts and to promote peace among groups of different race, ethnicity, and culture. It is a process that takes time, patience, humility, a long-term commitment, and a willingness to trust and to take risks.
___ Acknowledging conflict is the first (often most difficult) step toward resolving it.
___ Reconciliation allows participants to move past their differences by making amends and offering restoration to bring groups together.
___ Envisioning and strategizing has participants think ahead to the future to move from dialogue to resolving the conflict through action.
___ Sustaining asks how can we ensure that the transformed conflicts and strengthened alliances remain that way?
___ To transform conflict, diverse groups must be brought together to discuss problems and causes and to
work together to address the problems.
___ It is important to create environments for diverse groups to participate in activities and
share common ground.
___ These groups need safe places to envision common goals and strategize for the future.
___ Communities should establish ways to sustain abilities to work together and
prevent future conflict.