Support North Shore Community Mediation Center

 

Founded in 1994, the North Shore Community Mediation Center (NSCMC), with its 70 volunteer mediators, delivers mediation services throughout Essex County. Many of the people who benefit from these mediation services are unable to afford to pay expensive legal fees, or they want to avoid the stress that comes with litigation. Still others need to find a way to confront a bully, to make peace with a neighbor, or to solve a family disagreement. Since its inception, the North Shore Community Mediation Center has facilitated over 3000 mediations. 

  

North Shore Community Mediation Center FAQs:

 

• Designated Face to Face Consumer Mediation Program

• Experienced panel of volunteer mediators

• Over 65% of cases resolved through mediation

• Recipient of the 2009 Salem State College Peace Institute’s Champion of Peace Award

• Member: MA Coalition of Court Mediation Providers, NEACR, NAFCM

• Recipient of grant funding from: MA Office of the Attorney General, Mass Bar Foundation 

In the past, the State Legislature has funded more than half of the Center's budget, allowing NSCMC mediators to be present in the local courts at no charge to participants. This year, due to the unprecedented State budget shortfall, our legislative funding was eliminated. Without additional funding, many of our most critical programs will shut down. Yet, NSCMC‘s committed staff and volunteers have a strong vision for the future.  

• To expand our Youth Initiative outreach by teaching conflict resolution skills to elementary school students and connect middle and high school students with trained mentors from local colleges.

• To continue mediating in the courts to reduce overloaded dockets, and preserve alternative ways of settling conflicts.

• To educate consumers about mediation strategies which provide a means for disputes to be settled before lawsuits are filed.

• To help the elderly and their families make difficult life-changing decisions.

• To provide returning veterans timely re-entry support. 

We can do this. . . but we need your help. We have been a part of this community for over 15 years, and this is the first time we are asking our community members for support.  Please consider making a donation to NSCMC today - $.99 of every $1 raised will fund mediation services and programs. Your tax-deductible gift will fund the kinds of services that helped those three teens, and many others, go beyond conflict and learn skills that will enrich their lives and the community for years to come. Thank you for considering our request.