Participation Surges for Second Annual Ombuds Day

The number of organizations participating in the second annual celebration will at least double the number last year. The celebration of the Ombuds profession (and all its variants) on October 10, 2019 is organized by the American Bar Association’s Dispute Resolution Section Ombuds Committee. 

This year, the ABA Ombuds committee is joined by other Ombuds organizations:

• American Bar Association Chicago, Washington DC, Denver;
• Coalition of Federal Ombudsman;
• International Ombudsman Association;
• International Ombudsman Institute; and
• United States Ombudsman Association.

Official declarations and proclamations marking the day have come from:

• Board of Education of Frederick County, Maryland;
• City of Aurora, Colorado;
• City of Boulder, Colorado;
• City of Des Moines, Iowa;
• Commonwealth of Virginia;
• King County, Washington;
• State of Arizona;
• State of Colorado;
• State of Connecticut;
• State of Iowa;
• State of New Mexico;
• State of North Carolina; and
• State of Texas.

Organizational Ombuds events include:

• Argonne National Lab;
• California State University San Bernardino;
• Clemson University;
• Columbia University;
• Eastern Michigan University;
• Georgia State University;
• Grinnell College;
• Marquette University;
• Michigan State University;
• North Carolina State University;
• Northeastern Illinois University;
• Northern Illinois University;
• Pepperdine University;
• Quinnipiac University;
• Stonybrook University;
• University of California, Berkeley;
• University of California, Merced;
• University of California, San Francisco;
• University of Central Florida;
• University of Cincinnati;
• University of Colorado Boulder (livestream of keynote speaker Ken Cloke, “Conflict Revolution: Designing Preventative Systems for Chronic Social, Economic and Political Conflicts” will be available);
• University of Denver;
• University of Iowa;
• University of Kansas;
• University of New Mexico;
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;
• University of South Florida; and
• University of Texas.

(Ombuds Day.)

Updated continuously through the event.

Here's a link to the ABA event in Denver (YouTube).

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