This week I mediated a very important case in terms of my progress as a mediator in RJ. I was able to bring together several people in one room to facilitate some great discussion. My co-mediator was a veteran in the field, and I am thoroughly happy and honored to have been a part of the process. The next steps in this case are to track the youth through their agreement. Unfortunately, I will be stepping down in my role as Restorative Justice Program Intern, and becoming an intern at the Division of Youth Services, beginning next term.
Although I am not going to be an intern for RJP, I will be helping out CDR with their Peer Court. Do to unforeseeable circumstances, the coordinator who was set to do the job had to step down. I, along with another intern from CRES, will be tackling this program with full force. One set back for me is that I will be in the UK from 3/20/13-4/6/13. The majority of my work will begin there.
I am so happy to have had the chance to work for such a wonderful organization. CDR is doing some really great work in community, family, parent/teen, and RJ mediations (now facilitated dialogue). I appreciate every moment I have had there as a learning experience. So many of the volunteer mediators have been doing this work for some time. I am grateful to each person who I have worked with, and I hope to work again with them in the future as a professional in whatever field I decide. I cannot wait to start my journey into learning more about the juvenile corrections setting. I think CDR has helped me gain a greater sense of why people should want to help youth before they get to prison, and in a more restorative fashion.
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