Get Involved

Fairfield Center offers a comprehensive array of conflict resolution, communications excellence training, business services, restorative justice and civic engagement initiatives.

  • Resolve a conflict using our Conflict Resolution Services.
  • Improve your communications skills through our Training.
  • Engage in Restorative Justice to right a wrong.
  • Enhance your meeting processes with our Business Services.
  • Participate in a civic forum or the International Festival.
  • Train to be a mediator, helping others improve their lives.
  • Volunteer in various capacities.

Anyone is eligible for services or training. The Center works with a sliding-scale and pro bono fee structure. The Center’s primary service area is the central Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. Services may be provided outside of this area in certain situations.

Incorporated in 1982 as the first mediation center in Virginia, Fairfield Center continues to lead the way. The Center leads the effort to establish a Harrisonburg Nonprofit Center to facilitate collaboration and cost-reduction.

Fairfield Center is a registered 501(c)3 organization in Virginia (under the name Community Mediation Center, the original name).

The Center is a Partner Agency with both the United Way of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County and the United Way of Greater Augusta, and a member of both Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce and Greater Augusta Chamber of Commerce.

Fairfield Center does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, disability or age in its employment or activities.

Our People

Fairfield Center prides itself in the professionalism, experience, and dedication exhibited across the entire organization.

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Internships

Volunteer and student internship opportunities are available at the Fairfield Center’s Harrisonburg offices.  These positions are reserved for individuals interested in learning about and gaining experience in the field of alternative dispute resolution.  Internships are unpaid, but offer interns invaluable hands-on learning opportunities in dispute resolution. If you are interested in an internship, please read …

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Meet our Volunteers & Interns

Fairfield Center depends on volunteers and interns contribute countless hours of case management, coordination, mediation, and in-kind professional work. Fall 2012 / Spring 2013 University Interns and Community Volunteers Sylvia Whitney Beitzel, Volunteer Interpreter Shirley Trobaugh, Volunteer Staff and Certified Mediator Noel Levan, Volunteer Staff and Certified Mediator Nathan Barge, Volunteer Staff and Certified Mediator …

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Support Us

Fun-raising Events: Plane Pull: Come out April 13 for our Valley Plane Pull. Teams pull a 4-ton plane for 150 feet in competition. Harvest Celebration: Join us November 2 for our annual gala fundraiser at Cross Keys Vineyards with live music, live auction, raffle, dinner buffet and free-flowing wine and beer! Time Out 4 Fairfield …

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Contact Us

Phone us at (540) 434-0059 Fax us at (540) 574-0174 Visit or write us at Fairfield Center 165 South Main Street, Suite A Harrisonburg, VA 22801 Directions From I-81 take exit 245 and head west on Port Republic Road Turn right at traffic light onto Route 11 (South Main Street) Located in front of the …

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