Deployed Alternative Dispute Resolution Specialists help resolve conflicts in disaster areas. Tim Ruebke, Executive Director of Harrisonburg’s FairField Center recently returned from a 38-day stint as a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Specialist assisting relief efforts in North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. ADR Specialists are used to implement …
Harrisonburg’s FairField Center announced a recent addition to its Board of Directors, with Eastern Mennonite University (EMU)’s Travis Pettit coming on as a director. Pettit brings a background in management, organizational development, banking, and marketing to the board. He is currently director of admissions and marketing for all graduate, adult, and seminary programs at EMU. …
Conflict is a normal and even healthy part of relationships. Yet sometimes we get caught in a loop of ongoing disagreement in our personal and professional lives that is stressful and non-productive. Sometimes it’s hard to keep a cool head. For more than 30 years, FairField Center has demonstrated when individuals and groups improve their …
Come hear about the great restorative justice work being done within the Harrisonburg community by the Restorative Justice Coalition. February 28, 2018 Members Meeting: 4-5 PM Public Meeting: 5-6 PM Rockingham County Administrative Center 57 East Gay Street Harrisonburg, VA 22801 Entrance C Conference Room – Go straight down the hall ahead and turn right. …
FairField Center’s Basic Mediation Training class finished their first full day of study! Taught by Executive Director Tim Ruebke, this three day class offers experiential training in the basic principles of negotiation and conflict resolution, the mediation process, communication skills and issues faced by mediators. Instructors use role plays and practice activities applicable to real life …
We are already halfway through January 2018 and FairField Center still has three amazing training courses available this month! Whether you are looking to expand your personal or professional skill set or continue working towards becoming a certified mediator, these classes have what you need. All the classes are taught by trained mediators and certified …
Among the services provided by FairField Center are various forms of mediation training. Certified by the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia, these courses prepare individuals to become certified mediators. Click here to view and register for upcoming individual trainings. Offered classes include: Basic Mediation Training Family Mediation Training Domestic …