Mediation Can Mean A Lot To Local Families We've all experienced fights with loved ones and friends, but there are some conflicts that need a little help toward a resolution. Mediation can help with repairing personal or professional relationships, or it can be a low-cost alternative to helping two parties move through the court system. Basically, mediation is an opportunity to navigate difficult situations in a respectful, beneficial and efficient models of dispute resolution, and how to navigate challenges collaboratively." West Hawai'i Mediation Center and Ku'ikahi Mediation Center are the county's only nonprofit community mediation centers, and individual fees are normally based on an affordable sliding fee scale with no one turned away. manner. No matter the disagreement, Eric Paul and Julie Mitchell - executive directors of West Hawai'i Mediation Center and Ku'ikahi Mediation Center, respectively - and their staffs are there to help. Programs include mediation, facilitation, workshops, youth-peer mediation training and victim-offender conferencing, and all are designed to strengthen bonds between people and promote healthy ways of managing disagreements. "Through mediation, conflict resolution education and restorative justice practices, we empower community members to successfully resolve conflicts and support peacemaking efforts in Hawai'i County," they share. "The pandemic has put a strain on economic and social realities for families," they add. "As hundreds of families face evictions, and intimate partner relationships are experiencing stress, we have seen a large influx of both landlord tenant mediations and child custody or separation mediations." "Mediation outcomes literally change the way people conduct their lives, including previously estranged parents creating time sharing plans for their children, debt reduction or forgiveness, and housing preserved, to name a few. In mediation, participants learn healthy ways to communicate and negotiate agreements, alternative In addition, both West Hawai'i Mediation Center and Ku'ikahi Mediation Center offer basic mediation training and apprenticeship programs for anyone interested in becoming a mediator. Learn more about West Hawai'i Mediation Center at whmediation.org or by calling 808-885-5525; and for more information on Ku'ikahi Mediation Center, visit hawaiimediation.org or call 808-935-7844. Mediation Can Mean A Lot To Local Families We've all experienced fights with loved ones and friends, but there are some conflicts that need a little help toward a resolution. Mediation can help with repairing personal or professional relationships, or it can be a low-cost alternative to helping two parties move through the court system. Basically, mediation is an opportunity to navigate difficult situations in a respectful, beneficial and efficient models of dispute resolution, and how to navigate challenges collaboratively." West Hawai'i Mediation Center and Ku'ikahi Mediation Center are the county's only nonprofit community mediation centers, and individual fees are normally based on an affordable sliding fee scale with no one turned away. manner. No matter the disagreement, Eric Paul and Julie Mitchell - executive directors of West Hawai'i Mediation Center and Ku'ikahi Mediation Center, respectively - and their staffs are there to help. Programs include mediation, facilitation, workshops, youth-peer mediation training and victim-offender conferencing, and all are designed to strengthen bonds between people and promote healthy ways of managing disagreements. "Through mediation, conflict resolution education and restorative justice practices, we empower community members to successfully resolve conflicts and support peacemaking efforts in Hawai'i County," they share. "The pandemic has put a strain on economic and social realities for families," they add. "As hundreds of families face evictions, and intimate partner relationships are experiencing stress, we have seen a large influx of both landlord tenant mediations and child custody or separation mediations." "Mediation outcomes literally change the way people conduct their lives, including previously estranged parents creating time sharing plans for their children, debt reduction or forgiveness, and housing preserved, to name a few. In mediation, participants learn healthy ways to communicate and negotiate agreements, alternative In addition, both West Hawai'i Mediation Center and Ku'ikahi Mediation Center offer basic mediation training and apprenticeship programs for anyone interested in becoming a mediator. Learn more about West Hawai'i Mediation Center at whmediation.org or by calling 808-885-5525; and for more information on Ku'ikahi Mediation Center, visit hawaiimediation.org or call 808-935-7844.