Conflict resolution skills are essential for navigating everyday encounters with landlords, employers, and others, but many historically marginalized people who have experienced trauma lack access to such skill-building resources. Negotiation Works partners with community organizations to provide custom courses for their clients who are returning from incarceration, experiencing homelessness, living in domestic violence shelters, or recovering from substance abuse. During sessions, participants role-play scenarios familiar with their lived experiences practicing active listening, effective communication, and other strategies. Course graduates become ambassadors, meeting regularly to continue mutual problem-solving. Partners also take part in professional development workshops so they have the tools to better advocate on their clients’ behalf. Improved relationships, employment, and housing situations cumulate impact, one positive interaction at a time.

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About Spur Local

Each year 150+ community advocates review applicants on the basis of governance, equity, and impact. Each featured nonprofit has been successfully site visited and its financials given the thumbs up. Spur Local charges no fees and raises funds separately to support its work. Since 2003, it has raised over $57 million for nonprofits across the Greater Washington region.

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