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60 Minutes, On Zoom, Wednesday, April 15: 1 pm PT / 3 pm CT / 4 pm ET
On April 15, Carolyn Jacobs, founder of Ally in Divorce, will host a virtual benefit to support Kids Managing Conflict, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that strengthens and funds peer mediation programs in K–12 schools. Carolyn will sit down with distinguished scholar, educator, and family law practitioner Dr. Michael Saini for a conversation on the importance of fostering civil discourse concepts and skills among youth.
Children and youth are coming of age in a world marked by polarization, rapid judgment, and shrinking spaces for thoughtful disagreement. Teaching civil discourse is no longer just about manners or classroom rules. It is about helping young people learn how to express values, listen with curiosity, disagree without harm, and remain in relationship across differences. This conversation explores how children and youth learn the norms of disagreement through families, schools, peers, institutions, and digital spaces. It examines the tension between speaking up and staying open, and between accountability and dialogue.
About Dr. Saini
Michael Saini, Ph.D., MSW, RSW is a Full Professor and holds the endowed Factor-Inwentash Chair in Law and Social Work at the University of Toronto’s Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work. He is Co-Director of the Combined J.D./M.S.W. Program with the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. Dr. Saini has authored over 200 publications, including peer-reviewed articles, books, and government reports, and regularly presents internationally on family law, separation and divorce, child protection, parenting plan decision-making, and children’s rights. He is the Past-President of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC), President of Family Mediation Canada, and an Associate Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers.
Registration is $10 per attendee, and Ally in Divorce will donate 100% of the proceeds to Kids Managing Conflict (KMC). Carolyn Jacobs serves on KMC’s Board of Directors.
This program is for:
• Parents
• ADR Professionals
• Educators
• Mental Health Professionals
• Parenting Professionals
• Youth Program Staff
• Anyone hoping to support children in building relational skills
60 Minutes, On Zoom, Wednesday, April 15: 1 pm PT / 3 pm CT / 4 pm ET
On April 15, Carolyn Jacobs, founder of Ally in Divorce, will host a virtual benefit to support Kids Managing Conflict, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that strengthens and funds peer mediation programs in K–12 schools. Carolyn will sit down with distinguished scholar, educator, and family law practitioner Dr. Michael Saini for a conversation on the importance of fostering civil discourse concepts and skills among youth.
Children and youth are coming of age in a world marked by polarization, rapid judgment, and shrinking spaces for thoughtful disagreement. Teaching civil discourse is no longer just about manners or classroom rules. It is about helping young people learn how to express values, listen with curiosity, disagree without harm, and remain in relationship across differences. This conversation explores how children and youth learn the norms of disagreement through families, schools, peers, institutions, and digital spaces. It examines the tension between speaking up and staying open, and between accountability and dialogue.
About Dr. Saini
Michael Saini, Ph.D., MSW, RSW is a Full Professor and holds the endowed Factor-Inwentash Chair in Law and Social Work at the University of Toronto’s Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work. He is Co-Director of the Combined J.D./M.S.W. Program with the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. Dr. Saini has authored over 200 publications, including peer-reviewed articles, books, and government reports, and regularly presents internationally on family law, separation and divorce, child protection, parenting plan decision-making, and children’s rights. He is the Past-President of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC), President of Family Mediation Canada, and an Associate Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers.
Registration is $10 per attendee, and Ally in Divorce will donate 100% of the proceeds to Kids Managing Conflict (KMC). Carolyn Jacobs serves on KMC’s Board of Directors.
This program is for:
• Parents
• ADR Professionals
• Educators
• Mental Health Professionals
• Parenting Professionals
• Youth Program Staff
• Anyone hoping to support children in building relational skills