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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. X-43 <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 20 , 1994 <br /> SUBJECT: REPORT FROM VIOLENCE REDUCTION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION <br /> TASK FORCE <br /> DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING: Yes x No <br /> Commission for Women <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> - Violence Reduction and Lucy Lewis ext . 2251 <br /> Conflict Resolution Task <br /> Force Community Report TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> (under separate cover) Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive a report from the Orange County Violence <br /> Reduction and Conflict Resolution Task Force. <br /> BACKGROUND: In November, 1989, the Orange County Commission for <br /> Women held a "Symposium to Address the Needs of Orange County <br /> Women" in order to identify and prioritize unmet needs of women in <br /> Orange County, and to recommend action to address those needs . <br /> Prevention and treatment of family violence was identified as one of <br /> the top five unmet needs. <br /> Symposium participants thought that one of the most effective ways <br /> to prevent family violence would be to teach young people skills for <br /> resolving conflict. This would provide a foundation for non-violent <br /> resolution of problems as young people developed relationships and <br /> families of their own. One of the symposium recommendations, <br /> addressed to the Chapel Hill/Carrboro City School Board and the <br /> Orange County School Board, was "Include conflict resolutions skills <br /> as part of the curriculum from kindergarten through Grade 12 . " <br /> The Orange County Violence Reduction and Conflict Resolution <br /> Task Force was initiated by the Commission for Women in the summer <br /> of 1991 as a way to address the concerns raised in the Symposium <br /> about preventing family violence, and concern about the promotion of <br /> violence prevention among young people in general . <br /> The primary effort of the Task Force was conducting a needs <br /> assessment by surveying administrators, teachers and staff at all <br /> Orange County public schools, private schools, day care centers, <br /> Head Start programs, and key youth services agencies. The purpose <br /> of the study was to assess the frequency and seriousness of <br /> different issues of conflict and violence as these are perceived by <br />