Apr 10, 2026 | Events, Making Peace, Mediation, News
When Ken and Karen Sensenig’s family gathered for Christmas 2025, joy was shadowed by years of accumulated pain, conflict, and distance. With their 50th wedding anniversary on the horizon, they hoped their adult children and in-laws could come together to...
Mar 16, 2026 | Education, Events, Making Peace, Mediation, News, Volunteers
Conflict is inevitable but violence and disconnection don’t have to be. At a recent Advoz donor event hosted at McCaskey High School, students took center stage to share how peer mediation is reshaping the way conflict is addressed, understood, and resolved within...
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...
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,...
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...
