This site is a repository for our work originally produced for Olelo Community Television in Hawaii. The views and opinions expressed in our work and through this site is purely that of individuals involved and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of our sponsors which are ACR Hawaii and MCP Inc. We thank them for their sponsorship and Olelo for the use of their equipment and facilities.

My name is Leo Hura JD Mediator. I am producer of the series and, when used, I serve as moderator for our interviews and panel discussions. My biography, as well as those of the volunteers involved in this series, are posted in the “Bios” tab in the navigation bar above.

Our intent for this web site is to encourage the use of our videos as educational tools and to encourage dialogue on avoiding, preventing, resolving conflict through our chat room.

What do I mean by avoid, prevent, and resolve conflict by peaceful means? Where there is a relationship it is meant to operate harmoniously to accomplish some purpose. It can be business with business (owner/owner), business with client (contractor/owner), or interpersonal (neighbors) meant to achieve a state of harmony. That problems arise or disagreements occur is quite natural to the human condition. Our objective is to demonstrate and discuss how to establish, maintain, and manage relationships to not only anticipate problems or disagreements but to prevent them from leading to conflict. Conflict can be defined as some action or circumstance which influences our behavior towards each other in a way that we start to build barriers, creates disharmony, where resolution requires action to be taken to return our relationship to a state of harmony. Unresolved, conflict can and often leads to a deterioration or destruction of a relationship.