2024 Conflict Resolution Clinics @ CB

-SEPTEMBER 26-

What is Workplace Harassment?

With Caitlin Meredith & Cabral Bonner

Thursday, Sept 26, 5:30-7:30pm PDT

Live Interactive Workshop on Zoom

At work, do you encounter situations that seem a lot like harassment or discrimination, but you aren’t sure if the conduct was just improper or actually a violation of workplace laws? You’re not alone. It’s hard to know how, or if, you should move forward.

Caitlin’s and Cabral’s workshop will explain what qualifies as harassment, discrimination, and retaliation in the workplace versus what is just annoying, rude, or disrespectful behavior.

Through a combination of short lectures, group discussions, case studies and role play activities, you’ll learn how to answer these questions that workplace mediators need to know.

• What are the options for an employee who has been subject to legally defined harassment or discrimination?
• What qualifies as a whistleblower action?
• What is the role of law in each of these cases?
• Which scenarios are appropriate for mediation?
• What questions should you ask as the mediator to get the information you need to move forward?

Cabral Bonner

Cabral is a civil rights attorney who represents plaintiffs in civil rights, personal injury, mass tort, and workplace discrimination, harassment, and retaliation cases. He graduated from Stanford Law School in 2006 and joined forces with his father, Charles Bonner, forming the Law Offices of Bonner & Bonner.

Cabral has tried cases in State and Federal courts in California, New York, and North Carolina. In addition to his work as a litigator, Cabral is a trained mediator who successfully works with parties to resolve conflicts before trial. Mr. Bonner teaches Negotiation at Monterey College of Law. Learn more about Cabral: BonnerLaw.com.

Caitlin Meredith, MPH, MA

Caitlin is a mediator, trainer, and conflict coach who works with individuals, organizations, and families who are navigating transitions and conflict. After working with Doctors Without Borders in war zones in sub-Saharan Africa for 13 years, Caitlin consulted in the criminal justice system and taught journalism classes in county jails.

In addition to her private practice, Caitlin now volunteers her time as a mediator for community and court-based mediation programs in Colorado and California. She is a conflict skills trainer with the Center for Understanding in Conflict based in Santa Rosa, California, and teaches Core Mediation, Negotiation and Difficult Conversations classes at the Monterey College of Law. In all of her endeavors, Caitlin finds honest, open, and patient communication to be the key ingredient for creating meaningful connections in our lives. Also, humor! Learn more about Caitlin: infuturefocus.com.

Cost

• CB Member: $25
• Public: $45

You will receive the Zoom information via a separate email after registering.

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