When people think about conflict, they usually think negatively. Our work is about moving conflict concepts away from the lose-lose mentality to a win-win one, where conflict becomes...
MV Mediation is pleased to announce a $2,500 grant from the Martha’s Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation to support the Youth Mediation Program and Peace Curriculum. The Peace Curriculum, developed by Executive Director Sara Barnes, is a 10-week conflict resolution and positive communication program designed to teach conflict resolution to the students of Martha’s Vineyard. Using integrative and hands-on activities, students learn to apply skills to resolve conflict in their day-to-day lives.
Toni Kauffman, a member of the Board of Directors, has recently taken on the role of President of the Martha’s Vineyard Chapter of the NAACP. Here she reflects on Black History Month.
There outside the Edgartown courthouse the air was arctic cold, and the wind was whipping. I smiled and offered the flyer, saying, “We’re the mediation program. It’s International Conflict Resolution Day.” He refused to take the flyer, walking past me quickly.
MV Mediation's Program Director, Nancy Grundman, talks about Family and Divorce Mediation and our Parent Mediation Program (PMP), which provides parents with up to 4 hours of free mediation.