Volunteer Mediator at Resolve Center for Dispute Resolution and Restorative Justice - MEDFORD, OR, US
Our Mission: Resolve transforms the way the people and communities of southern Oregon manage and resolve conflict and heal from harm.Our Vision: A healthy, cohesive community where positive communication and conflict resolution is the norm.Resolve is the Community Dispute Resolution Center (CDRC) of southern Oregon. We are professional mediators, educators, and community volunteers dedicated to building safer, healthier communities at home, work, and at school through conflict resolution education and services. Resolve works with people in both Jackson and Josephine counties.Since its beginning, Resolve's mediation services have expanded to include dispute resolution in the areas of family relations, divorce, schools, property, workplace, neighbor-to neighbor, landlord/tenant, small claims, elder and caretaker, adoption/birth/foster care, and foreclosure facilitation.Resolve's restorative justice programs work with at-risk youth, crime victims, community members, and those impacted by juvenile crime. Restorative justice is also brought to regional K-12 schools to help maintain a safe learning environment by strengthening relationships and teaching how to repair them when harm is done. Student bystander empowerment and bullying intervention education, student peer mediation, and restorative justice implementation are all part of Resolves school based education programs and services.Each year Resolve produces professional level trainings and seminars open to the public. Resolve offers a four day Restorative Justice Facilitator training and an in-depth Fundamentals of Mediation course that provides individuals with the education required to work as civil mediators. Resolve also partners with businesses and organizations to bring customizable conflict and communication trainings to their employees.