Over the past few months, Community Mediation Services has provided group facilitation to several neighborhoods and organizations around the St. Louis metropolitan area. Topics have included race relations, community police relations, the role of small businesses in a neighborhood, crime, poverty, and many others. In each of case, neighborhood organizations sought a forum in which…
Executive Director John Doggette spoke on community mediation at the October 17th 2014 Association of Missouri Mediators Annual Conference held in St. Louis. His presentation provided an overview of community mediation centers nationally as well as the specific programs of the Community Mediation Services, including Neighborhood Mediation, Eldercare Mediation, Family Mediation, Town Hall Meetings, and…
Community Mediation Services has participated in several town hall meetings recently, including for Benton Park Neighborhood and Lindenwood Park Neighborhood. Both of these meetings were organized by the respective neighborhood associations, and invited residents to discuss potentially controversial changes to their neighborhoods, including new businesses, rezoning, and possible changes to infrastructure. With each of these…
On Monday, March 31, 2014, MediationSTL joined with the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, UMSL and Community Mediation Concepts of Denver, CO, to present a forum on Police Community Mediation. Police leadership from throughout St. Louis City and County were in attendance to learn about the immense potential of such a program. The panel…