Hello everyone!

Hello everyone!

Nice meeting you online, and it will be even better getting to know each other live in Berlin within two weeks! I think everything is being arranged for really well, thanks to Anne and colleagues!

So what’s Critical Mass and who’s writing?

Critical Mass (http://www.criticalmass.nu/) is a foundation based in the Netherlands. It seeks to share knowledge of social processes that underlie (violent) conflict. Our aim is to provide people with a set of skills, enabling them to prevent, to signal and to defuse conflict. At this point eight people are employed by Critical Mass, and besides we can count on a great and active pool of about 50 volunteers.

We target a variety of adolescents and adults, mostly in Dutch society. One of our main and growing activities is training (young) adults working with youth or youth-related themes. We aim to equip them professionally with adequate approaches and methodologies, including video and audio material for conflict training and online seminar tools.

Bas Gadiot and I will attend the launch meeting in Berlin. Bas is one of the founders and directors of Critical Mass, and together we organize and develop our training activities for adult learners.

Ok, we’ll exchange more in Berlin! Looking forward,

Regards, also on behalf of Bas,

Eline van der Noord