Community Service Mediation

I am the vice president of Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center. I also volunteer as a facilitator and Conflict Transformation (CT) instructor through this organization. Hear more about this center and my work as a facilitator. As a CT instructor, I work with the incarcerated, teaching them communication skills. They are able to use these skills immediately in their environment, as well as beyond their time being incarcerated. I also facilitate small group conversations between city leaders and their citizens. I have facilitated racial healing conversations, policing conversations, housing and traffic conversations with the people of Mountain View, Redwood City, San Mateo and their leaders.

I also am a panel mediator for the Conflict Intervention Services. I handle housing cases with low-income residents. The residents are either having issues with neighbors or they are violating lease terms and are facing a possible eviction. I mediate these disputes to prevent people from being displaced and to create more harmony amongst neighbors.

Finally, my work with the Department of Police Accountability allows me to mediate between civilians and police officers. They civilians have filed complaints and we mediate in order to facilitate greater understanding between the reality of the police officers and the experience of the civilian. These mediations change the way each of them sees the other. It is a beautiful transformation.