Interning for Mediation: Riley Sloat

Jan 25, 2023 | Mediation, News

I am Riley Sloat, and I am currently a senior at Elizabethtown Senior Highschool. I am interested in having a career as a mediator due to the business and Personal Law class I took in my sophomore year, wherein part of the curriculum was to do a mock...

Getting to ‘Thank You’

Aug 20, 2020 | Mediation, Restorative Justice, Skillshare

Rewiring our Apologies…and Our Brainsby Chris Fitz We were getting to end of dialogue. The woman who’d been robbed expressed her grace, that she didn’t hold this against the boy in front of her—or his mom. He was 15, with older friends, saw her get out of her car,...

Resources for Conversations about Racism

Jun 15, 2020 | Education, Mediation, News, Restorative Justice, Training

By Chris Fitz Racism is a loaded word. In Advoz’s dialogue work, mediators often first ask, “how do you feel?” Then we ask, “what do you think?” So I’ll ask you, reader, “what comes up for you when you hear the word...

Relationships and their Critical Conflict Moments

Sep 21, 2018 | Mediation

By Mila Pilz, Executive Director, Program Operations A woman in her early 30’s called our office recently. She and her husband have two children living with them plus both of her parents, one of whom has Alzheimer’s. It was becoming too much to handle,  and she was...

Fall Mediation Training – New Three-Day Format

Aug 10, 2017 | Mediation, News, Training

Our intrepid training team has been at the drawing board, crafting a compact and potent Basic Mediation Training in one three-day stretch. The training, which replaces the prior two-part format, still provides professionals and volunteers alike with a high quality...