Mid Shore Community Mediation Center is seeking volunteers to join their team of community mediators. The center provides free mediation sessions for residents of Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot counties. The Basic Mediation Training will be held twice in 2020, once in March and again in August.
The center hosts nearly 400 mediations each year. With only 3 full-time staff, the center relies heavily on volunteers to provide this critical public service. Our friends, neighbors, and community members continue to choose mediation instead of litigation or violence. Our volunteers support all kinds of conversations, including parenting plans, elder care, neighborhood disputes, re-entry from incarceration, youth and families, and substance abuse recovery.
Mid Shore Community Mediation Center operates under three main principals; mediation is voluntary and confidential, and the mediators are nonjudgmental. Our fundamental belief is that people are experts in their own lives and are better equipped to develop solutions than anyone else.
We are also seeking applicants for our AmeriCorps program. AmeriCorps members make a commitment to provide 1700 hours of community service for 11 months. Members receive a stipend of $14,000 and $6,000 for education expenses, and some travel reimbursement. Support may also be available for health care and childcare.
Applicants must speak and read English, and live in Caroline, Dorchester, or Talbot counties. Applications are available online and should be submitted to [email protected] or call (410)820-5553 for more information. March training dates: 7-8, 14-15, 21-22. August dates are 15-16, 22-23, 29-30.
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