40-Hour Divorce Mediation Training Starts May 9, 2022 Family disputes often involve complex legal issues and highly emotional entanglements between disputing parties. Such cases present mediators with challenges that require a wide range of skills. This Advanced Divorce Mediation Training is designed for both the novice and the experienced mediator to consider and discuss the challenges unique to mediating the
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The January 2022 training sessions will be delivered online via Zoom and Google Classroom. There will be 27 hours of Zoom meeting sessions as well as 13 hours of guided learning activities that are designed to be completed by each participant on their own time before each zoom session. Training runs from January 11 through February 5. “The success of
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Michael Penn Rest In Peace We are very sad to report that longtime advocate for interfaith work and friend of OC Human Relations, Mike Penn, passed away recently after battling cancer. Mike served for a number of years as the President of the Orange County Interfaith Network. Mike was an incredible human being who trailblazed a pathway for interfaith unity,
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The Dispute Resolution Team is very excited about the new staff members who have joined our team in the last quarter. Each of these staff members bring a diverse set of skills that will enhance the quality of our programming and improve our ability to provide Orange County residents with an opportunity to resolve conflicts in a more peaceful manner. After
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Our Spring Training Series offers two workshops of interest to mediators or those in training to be mediators. April 19 features the topic of “Civil Harassment Mediation” and April 26, it’s “Unlawful Detainer Mediation”
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OC Human Relations is proud to co-sponsor Orange County’s premier mediation conference for mediators, ADR experts and peacemaking professionals, taking place March 20th. This, the 23rd Annual Conference, has a theme of “Promoting the Choice to Mediate: Moving Beyond Barriers.”
Read more →There are a number of trainings offered by OC Human Relations staff coming up over the next few months. In March there are two advanced mediation workshops for volunteers and interns already working with an Orange County Dispute Resolution Program. April marks the start of the next 32 hour Basic Mediation Training, which is open to the public. In June a
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OC Human Relations, Dispute Resolution Program is pleased to announce our first round of Advanced Mediation Trainings for 2014 as part of the competency requirements for the Advanced Mediation Program.
Read more →Our very own Alfonso Clarke, Dispute Resolution Program Director and 2014 Orange County Mediation Conference Chair, talks to Mari Frank, host of KUCI’s “Prescriptions for Healing Conflict” show, about OC Human Relations and the upcoming Orange County Mediation Conference. This year’s conference theme is “Mediation in a Time of Change, 2014: The Year of Transformation”. The conference takes place next
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Registration Now Open for the 2014 Orange County Mediation Conference! “Mediation in a Time of Change: 2014 the Year of Transformation” Hurry – Early Bird Prices Good Until March 7, 2014 The 2014 OC Mediation Conference, is scheduled for Friday, March 14th at the beautiful University of California, Irvine University Club at 801 East Peltason Drive, Irvine, CA 92697 For more information
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OC Human Relations now has a new name. We are Groundswell!
Use the link below to visit our landing page and learn more about this exciting announcement!