Many families have been coping with unemployment, reduced hours, illness in the family, and other impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic that...

A small landlord of two rental properties had a tenant who would be unable to afford the rent once the eviction moratorium was over. It...

After losing her job and falling behind on rent during the pandemic, a single mother was contacted by her local Dispute Resolution Center...

Homeowners were in over their heads with a mortgage that they could not afford. The couple had been struggling financially and were...

A landlord contacted a local Dispute Resolution Center about a tenant that was very behind on rent. The tenant was an immigrant. The...

The landlord wanted to negotiate a rent repayment plan for the 4 months’ rent the tenant owed, while facing his own mortgage arrears on...

Sometimes good listening effects a change of heart in a community. In 2017 many in the Bellevue community were outraged at the mere...

The covert bias class participants were suddenly silent; the slow awareness of their own unconscious insults hanging in the air. “I had...

An out-of-work Latino father sold the tools of his trade to pay his back rent, afraid if he didn’t the family would be evicted and...

Mom’s drunken behavior had finally driven a wedge between her and her daughter. The daughter now lived with dad who entered the family...

Prince Gaston and Beauty are locked in an on-going conflict about marriage. He wants her to marry him, she doesn’t want to marry him. ...

A couple whose marriage is ending must make some difficult decisions about who should care for their daughter. DRC mediators help the...

The Whatcom DRC receives a call for help from a parent who wants to explore whether parent-teen mediation might be a good fit for her and...

When an extended family, trying to raise a high-needs child runs into disagreements, mediators at a local DRC step in to help them...

After neighbors become alarmed at multiple police visits to a transitional housing project, DRC mediators are called to help improve the...

Center for Dialog & Resolution, serving Mason and Pierce counties, steps in when a teenage daughter enters into conflict with her mother,...

The Whatcom DRC in Bellingham, Washington welcomed two, young Conflict Resolution Specialists from AmeriCorps whose focus was on...

Respect between parents and their teenage son had been eroding for months. When the teenager blew up and left home, the family turned to...

After two boys get into a fight at school, a juvenile counselor sends them to mediation to try to settle their differences. Here’s what...

The scenario that follows is not uncommon. Mediators from your local DRC help individuals, similar to the people in the story below,...