What is Mediation?
Confidential - The mediators will not tell anyone what was said during the mediation process; except information indicating that someone is in danger, such as child abuse, abuse of a vulnerable adult, or credible threats of violence.
Mediation is a conflict resolution process in which mediators help participants have a difficult conversation, get clear about what’s important to everyone, and make decisions that meet the needs of those involved. In mediation, people speak for themselves and make their own decisions.
Non-Judgmental - The mediators will not take sides, place blame, or tell you what to do. The mediators will not require you to make a decision.
Voluntary - Participants are at the table of their own free will and can end the process at any time. No one will be forced to do anything they do not want to do in the process. Nobody will be forced to to agree to anything they do not want to agree to.
Our
Story
In 2003 the Community Mediation Initiative (CMI) was founded as part of what would become the Bosserman Center for Conflict Resolution at Salisbury University. In 2015 TCM became the freestanding nonprofit organization, Tri Community Mediation, to more inclusively serve the entire Lower Eastern Shore community. In addition to mediation, Tri Community Mediation offers free 1-hour conflict management presentations, training opportunities, and regular in-service events for volunteers, staff, and the communities of Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester counties. TCM is largely funded by grants and donations. Funders include: the Maryland Judiciary’s Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office (MACRO); the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore; Community Mediation Maryland, and others.
Meet Our Staff
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