RECOURSE Mediation

If you’re ready to let go of an old conflict but not sure how to get un-stuck from unhealthy communication patterns, try mediation. Mediators can help people look at conflict through a new lens, solve problems, let go of the old junk, and move forward to a brighter future.

From your team of devoted peacemakers at RECOURSE: We wish all our valued clients, community partners, volunteers, and staff a wonderful holiday weekend.

Mediators may help you identify these important and productive points of overlapping or otherwise compatible interests, leading to eventual agreement.

If you’re still feeling offended, struggling in a conflict, and need help having a productive conversation and peaceful outcome, you might try reaching out to a caring mediator. Mediators are trained to handle and facilitate difficult conversations to help people in a dispute move forward.

RECOURSE volunteers always go that extra step to try to help, led with thoughtful compassion. We thank our wonderful volunteers, and share this clip in the spirit of celebrating kindness.

Sometimes the way we say things matters more than what is said.

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Fred Rogers was an excellent mediator and peacemaker in his own right. May each of us listen to and love our neighbors here in beautiful Sonoma County, this special home we all share.

Conflict is an opportunity to improve and move in a new direction. Resolving conflict can be stressful and exhausting at times, but if you keep in mind that it’s an opportunity for something better, it can help keep you motivated to work on it and stay with the process. Your mediators are here to help you!

Second chances can change lives and communities for the better! RECOURSE is proud to work with our community to help people resolve differences peacefully and provide restorative justice services for our county’s youth.

Soon-To-Be Law School Graduate Has Emotional Reunion with Judge Who Gave Her a Second Chance Photo: rutgers.law/Instagram At age 17, Carmen Allen Day found herself in a New Jersey Superior Courtroom facing an 18-month probation. After sharing her plans to attend college and become a lawyer herself one day, Judge Charles Dortch ultimately reduced her original 18-month probation sentence to o...

Wishing all our friends, supporters, and fellow Sonoma County community members a peaceful and productive weekend. Remember, it’s never too late to create a new and better outcome. The choice is yours!

Here is a sample of a landlord-tenant mediation, for purely educational purposes. All mediations are slightly different.

Also, please note that mediation that occurs the day of trial will not be like this. It will be a much more abbreviated and informal setting, sometimes only minutes in length depending on how full the court calendar is that day.

If possible, try to work out your differences in advance of having to file lawsuits. Where all parties to a dispute are willing to mediate, productive outcomes may result, and both time and money can be significantly saved.

Tenant-Landlord Mediation Mediation with a Landlord and a Tenant in a disagreement about rental payments. A production of the Mediation Center of Greater Green Bay in cooperation with...