Creative Response to Conflict

Creative Response Conflict (CRC) is a global non-profit organization that educates individuals and groups to transform conflict into positive and constructive experiences that contribute to building a just and peaceful world.

CRC has long been considered a leader in the field of conflict resolution education. Created in 1972 by the New York Quaker Project on Community Conflict, and initially known as Children’s Creative Response to Conflict, the organization developed a practical and theoretical framework for teaching nonviolence through character and social skills development, using an innovative experiential approach incorporating multiple learning modalities.

Between 1978 and 1992, CRC was a program of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR). In 1992, CRC incorporated as a separate 501(c)3.

Besides its central office in Nyack, New York, CRC has affiliate branches throughout the United States, in Europe, and in South and Central America. CRC materials have been translated into languages including: Arabic, French, German, Nepali, Russian, Serbian, Spanish and Welsh.

CRC designs and facilitates workshops and programs on social skills and conflict resolution for seniors, families, parents, young people, and  those who work with young people from all racial, ethnic, class,  ability, sexual orientation and language backgrounds. CRC’s organizational  mission is to achieve a nonviolent and just world by helping  people learn to resolve conflict though cooperation skills, communication skills, affirmation, bias awareness, creative responses to bullying, creative problem-solving skills and mediation.