Check in every Wednesday 4–5pm to discuss aspects of conflict resolution in our community. Contact info@mvmediation.org to join us by Zoom. From February 9 to April 27 we will also focus on community outreach.
Mediators' Corner
Mediation Musings: January/February 2022
Trust
What does all this have to do with conflict? Trust. In our relationships with others we are always either making deposits into or subtracting from the reservoir of trust. We humans aren't so different from our canine cousins in that regard. My months with Ohmi had contributed drop by drop to the trust reservoir. Yet one incident when I raised my voice and inadvertently harmed her, slight though it was, had taken us many steps backward.
Workplace Conflict
New Year's Resolutions–– Your Financial Situation
You can prevent financial conflicts by tracking your expenses and budgeting your income. We have financial conflict coaches to help you to sort out your situation. Many of our mediation conflicts are financially related, and our coaches can help you to put your life in order. We hold workshops to help, send us an email if you want to be on the list.
Youth on MV
Juventude na Ilha––Youth Mediation
Você poderia ajudar com o nosso programa para jovens na ilha? Envie essa pesquisa para jovens entre 13 a 22 anos ou adultos que trabalhem com jovens. Nós precisamos de informação sobre problemas que afetam os jovens em Martha’s Vineyard para podermos ajudá-los.
Would you please help our Youth Program? Send any young person between 13 and 22 or any adult who works with youth to our survey. We would like to have a broad cross-section of responses as we seek to understand the conflict landscape for young people here on the Island.
Seven Ways to Help Our Conflict Resolution Center in 2022
Facilitation Services
Conflict Coaching Can Help You or Someone You Know
Mental Health Crisis
Across our Island, as in many other places, life's crises have had serious effects on individuals, couples, and families. Mental health needs are on the increase. MV Mediation does not provide mental health services, but we are able to provide referrals. Please reach out, we are good at listening and may be able to help you to take the first steps forward.
If you or someone you know is in a mental health crisis, please call 911, Emergency Services on Martha's Vineyard at 508-693-0032,
or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255.
Agricultural Mediation
Parent Mediation: Divorce, Family & Conflict Resolution
MVMP Open House
On November 24th we had our first Open House in a while, to hand out Certificates of Completion to many courses and training programs we provided. We finally had the opportunity to meet some of the members of our community in person. We hope that in 2022 we will have another Open House. Our doors are ALWAYS OPEN for whoever may need our services.
Mediator's Corner: Dec. 2021 - Jan. 2022
Check in every Wednesday at 4 p.m. to discuss aspects of conflict resolution in our community. Contact info@mvmediation.org to join us by Zoom. Mediators and coaches, look for a survey in your email about mediator check-ins. Any mediator or coach from anywhere can participate
Mediation Musings: December 2021
In the last six months and through the magic of teleconferencing, I've spent about 100 hours engaged in workshops, support networks, advanced practice seminars, and professional discussions with representatives from six continents. Here's a little travelogue; I hope you will indulge me as I present a virtual slide show.
Youth on Martha's Vineyard
This month we joined seven other island organizations at the Teen Health Fair organized by the Island Wide Youth Collaborative. We were grateful to have conflict resolution skills included in the greater context of what it means to be healthy. We also recruited a few teens for our next Peer Mediation training!
RAFT /ERAP – Housing Program
We are actively providing free mediation for housing cases in Dukes County, Barnstable County and Bristol County as part of the Eviction Diversion Initiative. If you are facing housing instability and can’t make your rent payments, contact us for information about the RAFT program. For more information email admin@mvmediation.org or call 508 693-2199
Outreach to the Brazilian and Portuguese-Speaking Community Nós Podemos Ajudar Você
Re-Entry Program
Mediation Musings: Celebrating Light
Celebrating light is the theme for November and December holidays across the world. The Hindu festival of Divali was celebrated last week with the lighting of candles to wish one another good luck, riches, and generosity. As the waning light of the sun in the Northeast US is heading us toward the shortest day of the year, many light candles and install lighting displays to brighten our lives and the lives of those around us.