Kind Words, Kind Hands, Kind Feet: Fair Process for 3- or 93-year-olds
By: Mila Pilz, Advoz’s Executive Director, Program Operations One of the basic tenets of restorative practices is called “fair process.” “People are happier, more cooperative and productive, and more likely to make positive changes in behavior...
Advoz Names New Officers
We are pleased to announce a new slate of officers for our board of directors. Advoz, a Lancaster-based nonprofit providing mediation, restorative justice dialogue and conflict resolution training since 1981, recently named a slate of experienced officers to its...
What Happened Around the Advoz Table this Year?
Even if you weren’t around the Advoz table last week, I thought you might want to know how memorable it was for so many of us. Whether it was folks who experienced Advoz dialogue, committed volunteers, dedicated sponsors or curious newcomers on April 30th, the...
Creating Peace Takes Effort…and You
By Chris Fitz When people talk about “peace,” I often hear an assumption of tranquility or calmness. Not usually so at Advoz. German philosopher Immanuel Kant once distinguished between the “peace of the graveyard” in its quiet stillness and a peace wrought by...