PRESS RELEASES
August 12, 2007--The power to end harassment
by Lindsay Tice, Staff Writer, Sun Journal
February 1, 2005--Mediation wins new credibility
in justice system by Mechele Cooper, Staff
Writer, Kennebec Journal
January 30, 2005--The art of crafting fair
agreements by Mechele Cooper, Staff Writer,
Kennebec Journal
September 16, 2004--Community
Mediation Services (“CMS”), a private non-profit corporation
in Hallowell, has been certified to provide services under the
Maine State Agricultural Mediation Program. This certification
covers disputes relating to agricultural loans, wetlands determination,
compliance with farm programs, including conservation programs,
agricultural credit, rural water loans, grazing on National Forest
System lands, pesticides, rural housing loans, rural business
loans, crop insurance and other issues the United States Secretary
of Agriculture may subsequently consider appropriate. CMS will
also mediate disputes between farmers and their neighbors and
any other disputes involving farmers under this program. CMS,
celebrating its tenth anniversary, offers free mediation services
to any community member in dispute. The subjects they mediate
include family disputes, neighborhood quarrels, workplace and
school disputes, landlord/tenant issues and many others. Trained
volunteer mediators guide the parties to come to their own solutions
to the disagreements, rather than imposing an opinion. The desired
outcome to the mediation is a “win-win” resolution that
each party can live with. Farmers facing adverse decisions regarding
USDA agriculture credit, compliance, or wetlands determinations;
or having disputes with neighbors or others regarding farm issues
are encouraged to contact Community Mediation Services at (207)
621-6848. Contact person: Tracy Quadro, Executive Director, Community
Mediation Services, 621-6848
November 19, 2002---Community Mediation Services,
a private non-profit located on Arsenal Street in Augusta, has
received a grant in the amount of nearly $5000 from the National
Association for Community Mediation, to help resolve conflicts
in culturally diverse areas of Androscoggin County.
Community Mediation Services provides mediation
free of charge to people in Kennebec, Somerset, Androscoggin,
Oxford, Franklin, Knox, Waldo, Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties.
The trained mediators on their roster help to resolve conflicts
in homes, neighborhoods, workplaces and schools.
The grant funds will be used to provide Somali-
and French-speaking individuals with a 40-hour basic mediation
training course at a much reduced cost. These newly trained mediators
will then be available to resolve disputes, bringing their cultural
expertise and awareness to the table along with their conflict
resolution skills. The grant will also make multi-lingual brochures,
posters and other outreach materials available to culturally diverse
areas.
Interested persons who are fluent in Somali
and/or French as well as English are encouraged to contact Community
Mediation Services at 621-6848 for more information. Those experiencing
conflicts within their homes and communities are also encouraged
to call to see whether mediation may be their solution.
Contact: Tracy Walk, Executive Director P.O.
Box 177 Augusta, ME 04332-0177 621-6848 621-8399 (fax) cmsmedi8r@aol.com
www.communitymediationservices.org
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Community Mediation Services Receives $2,000 Grant
Augusta--Community Mediation
Services (CMS) recently received a $2,000.00 grant from the Maine
Community Foundation (MCF) to help it form a coalition with two
other mediation centers in Maine, Penquis Dispute Resolution Center
in Bangor and Community Mediation Center in Portland. CMS hopes
to build on the centers' shared vision to offer alternative dispute
resolution services throughout the state of Maine.
"We hope that pooling our
assets and sharing the knowledge that each center has gained as
a separate entity will build a Coalition that will have the strength
of three," said Tracy Walk, Executive Director of CMS. "We
are confident that our combined efforts will produce increased
awareness of community mediation and advance the cause of alternative
dispute resolution in the state of Maine."
Community Mediation Services,
a non-profit organization incorporated in February of 1994, promotes
peacemaking. Its mission is to help people resolve everyday disagreements
in our schools, homes, communities and workplaces using trained
mediators.