We are a non-profit mediation center based in Carrboro, North Carolina. Our mission is "to promote and bring about the peaceful settlement of disputes and to prevent the escalation of conflict through mediation, conciliation, facilitation, and training."

Have an interpersonal or group dispute? Tell us about it.

MAY/JUNE 2008

The following training is now full; email jpotts@disputesettlement.org if you'd like to be on a waiting list.

• Meeting Facilitation Skills (two day)
  Instructor: Andy Sachs
  June 16 and 17, 9:00-5:00pm

(See Trainings page for full description and Upcoming Trainings for fees and registration information.)

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2008 GENERATION PEACE ART AWARD

DSC is announcing the 3rd Annual Generation Peace Art Award that carries a $500 cash prize. The contest is open to Chapel, East Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Cedar Ridge, and Orange High School students.

We are seeking entries in various media (drawing, paingting, sculpture, photograph) that reflect the artist's hope for peaceful conflict resolution on an interpersonal or larger scale.

Entries should be submitted by May 9, 2008 to the Dispute Settlement Center, 302 Weaver St, Carrboro. A panel of judges will select the winner.

(The prize was funded by an anonymous donor who wished to encourage young people to consider conflict and its resolution in their lives and the culture.)

For more information, contact Kerry Paksoy at 929-8800 ext 12 or kpaksoy@disputesettlement.org

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CONGRATULATIONS!

DSC Board President LeAnn Nease Brown has been named one of the Triangle's 24 Pro Bono Award Winners by Business Leader Media and the NC Bar Association, for her work with DSC.

DSC founders the late Charlotte Adams, the late Tan Schwab, and Beth Okun received the 2008 Peace Award from the Dispute Resolution Section of the NC Bar Association at its annual meeting April 11 in Cary. The award recognized the women's work in the 1970's leading to the founding of the DSC, the State's first mediation center.

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DSC Wins Bridge Builders Award from MLK Committee

For its efforts and leadership in eliminating barriers based on race/ethnicity, religion, and social and economic conditions among the diverse communites in Orange County, the DSC was given the Bridge Builders Award by the University/Community MLK, Jr. Planning Corporation on January 20, 2008.

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Superior Court Mediation.

For NC Superior Court and Clerk of Court-referred cases, contact Frances Henderson, member of the NC Academy of Superior Court Mediators

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You can make a secure online donation to support the Dispute Settlement Center here:

• Click here to use your PayPal account to donate online.
• Click here to make a secure gift to our organization through Philanthropy Central, Triangle Community Foundation's web-based tool for community giving.
• Click here to make a secure donation to our organization through Network for Good.

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Download our 2007 Annual Report

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The Dispute Settlement Center is a Triangle United Way member agency.

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