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| Mission | We offer a community intervention model of justice that transforms conflict to cooperation through the process of community conferencing and other consultative processes. Education, training, mentoring and direct delivery of service will be used to gain the support of major organizations and institutions from our communities. |
Goals
- Identify the root cause and determine an effective solution for conflict.
- Transform the fear, anger and hatred to cooperation, peace, growth and healing.
- Change the manner in which the community currently deals with crime and conflict.
ACTS’ target groups are…
- Children, youth, their families, adults and their supporters
- Through the schools, courts, police and the communities
- Organizations and the workplace
ACTS’ basic principles are…
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ACTS holds the following values as sacred in guiding its decisions and actions…
- ACTS values recognizing that instances of conflict involves a much wider audience than those directly involved in the conflict and values the opportunities for that wider audience to participate in the transforming process.
- ACTS values turning conflict into cooperation through transforming relationships and assisting those who have caused harm to accept responsibility and demonstrate accountability for their actions.
- ACTS values building communities of empathy, respect, responsibility and accountability.
ACTS’ programs…
- ACTS also offers Restorative Justice workshops to create awareness about restorative justice and the processes available within the community.
- In trying to heal the ever-reaching conflict we see everyday on the streets, in our schools, families and workplace, we need tools such as community conferencing and conflict resolution in place for others to access.
History: The Alberta Conflict Transformation Society (ACTS) is a non-profit, charitable organization with the mission of transforming conflict to cooperation. In September 1998, the Community Conferencing Association of Edmonton was formed with the support of the Edmonton Police Service and a number of other community organizations. In July 2003, the organization's name was changed to the Alberta Conflict Transformation Society (ACTS), to better reflect a broader purpose from Community Conferencing to Conflict Transformation. Conferencing had its conceptual origins in New Zealand with the Maori people and has gained favour in numerous communities around the world as an innovative means of increasing victim satisfaction and offender accountability [Transformative Justice]. It is a program that endeavors to change the manner in which the community currently deals with crime and conflict. To return to a model of justice which brings together all parties, including the community to the conflict, in order to identify the root cause and to determine an effective solution.
In recent years, ACTS has worked diligently to broaden its approach towards providing an Alternative Dispute Resolution process for the community. Community Conferencing is ACTS foundational program, and represents a restorative justice approach towards conflict and crime. As our new name reflects a broader approach, the agency has also increased its programming to conflict resolution analysis. This assists the individuals in agencies and organizations to learn about the nature of conflict, new skills and how to deal with conflict in a healthier manner.