Let’s Talk About Conflict

Conflict: A Powerful Catalyst for Growth

Conflict often feels like an unexpected storm—unsettling, sometimes destructive, but always pointing to deeper undercurrents. What if, instead of bracing for impact, we learned to step into conflict as a signal—an invitation to grow, to take accountability, and to transform?

In this workshop, we’ll explore a different way of being with conflict—one that is relational, reflective, and rooted in the understanding that accountability is a form of care. Grounded in transformative conflict frameworks and community-based wisdom, we believe that conflict, when approached with honesty and empathy, can become a powerful catalyst for sustainable cultural change.

Together, we’ll build a shared language and toolbox for engaging conflict in ways that prioritize relationship, resilience, and repair. Through storytelling, self-reflection, and practical tools, participants will explore how power, identity, and lived experience shape our responses to conflict—and how we can meet tension with curiosity, care, and courage.

Workshop Goals

Shift your mindset and practices around conflict engagement.

Strengthen your ability to sit with tension, listen across difference, and navigate uncertainty.

Build personal and collective practices that center safety, dignity, and accountability.

What You’ll Learn

How to notice and reflect on your own conflict style tendencies—and how they show up in collaboration.

A trauma-engaged lens for recognizing how context, power and relationships shape conflict.

How to ask better questions and receive feedback with more openness and curiosity.

Practical tools for working through conflict in ways that deepen trust rather than break it.

Who Should Attend?

This workshop is for anyone seeking to engage with conflict more intentionally, especially those who are:

Navigating new or complex partnerships across differences.

Looking for relational, restorative approaches to tension in collective work.

Ready to unlearn harmful conflict habits and step into accountable leadership.

Committed to building cultures where conflict becomes a pathway—not a barrier—to connection and justice.

Whether you're a facilitator, team member, people leader, or simply someone who wants to do this work differently—this space is for you.

Yas Hassen (They/them)

Yas is an Associate Director supporting Tamarack Institute’s Skills for Change, where they are privileged to focus on community development and (re)building relationships rooted in belonging. With an MA in Adult Education and Community Development, Yas integrates storytelling, sustainability, and capacity-building strategies to foster collective impact and meaningful systems change. They specialize in designing inclusive community engagement strategies that amplify diverse voices, ensuring equitable participation in decision-making processes.

Learn more about Yas

Registration includes pre-workshop learning and access to the workshop itself. It also enrolls you as a member of the Tamarack's Global Learning Community.

Post-workshop, participants will be invited to register for a post-event coaching session. At this interactive session, learners will reconnect, get further advice and learn about additional resources to put their learning into action.

Can’t attend the workshop, but love the content? Get in touch with Isaac to learn more about how you can bring a custom version of this workshop to your organization or collaborative.

Let’s Talk About Conflict

strengthening relational & accountable practices for collective work

Conflict: A Powerful Catalyst for Growth

Workshop Goals

What You’ll Learn

Who Should Attend?

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Yas Hassen (They/them)

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