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Our History |
The Martha's Vineyard Center for Dispute Resolution,
d/b/a Martha's Vineyard Mediation Program, Inc. was founded in 1984.
Known as the Edgartown District Court Mediation Program and modeled
after the Urban Mediation Project in Dorchester, Massachusetts,
the program at first was court-based, taking only cases referred
by the Edgartown Division of the District Court. In 1990, the program
expanded to accept cases from the community of Dukes County.
Today, the program is still approved by the state as a court-annexed
mediation program, able to handle cases referred by the District
Court, the Probate and Family Court, and the Superior Court on the
Island. Our mediators also work on community conflicts involving
neighbors, landlords and tenants, homeowners and contractors, business
owners, parents and children, partners, and spouses and elders.
We also offer facilitation for large or small meetings, as well
as coaching and training in conflict skills for individuals and
groups. In 2008, reflecting our expanded services, we became the
Martha's Vineyard Center for Dispute Resolution. |
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