Help Sustain the DRC's Transformation

Please help sustain the DRC's transformation with your year-end gift.

Dear Friends,

The past year and a half has been a time of challenge for the Dispute Resolution Center, but also a time of resiliency and transformation. We have adjusted, adapted and responded – developing new, innovative services and resources in response to critical and changing community needs.

During this time of amazing growth and transformation we have:

- Launched with our partners across Washington State the Eviction Resolution Pilot Program;

- Piloted a Restorative Justice Facilitated Dialogue program within our Thurston County DUI/Drug Court;

- Expanded our services to Spanish-speaking members of our community with bilingual staff and mediators;

- Trained dozens of volunteers to provide effective and meaningful online mediation, group facilitation and training; and

- Transitioned all of our mediator trainings, public trainings and custom trainings to be given online, and were selected by the National Association for Community Mediation (NAFCM) as one of just seven best practice models for online mediation training in the U.S.!

We envision a hybrid of in-person and online mediation, facilitation and training services going forward, to enable the DRC to best meet the unique needs of all the individuals, families, organizations and communities we serve.

Your support, and that of many other donors, volunteers and advocates, has made this remarkable transformation possible, but there is much more to be done. This year we launched an ambitious Capacity-Building Initiative aimed at ensuring that the DRC is positioned to continue to respond to evolving community needs in the years to come by making critical investments to enhance services, access and equity.

I am writing to ask you to make an investment, with a special year-end gift, to help sustain the effort we have begun. Please also consider making a monthly commitment of support via a recurring charge to your credit card.

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If you've already given in response to our recent mailed appeal, thank you for your generosity!

As I mentioned in our 2021 Community Impact Report, the Dispute Resolution Center is a hub for healing, for bridging, and for connecting. These are needs we all share, now more than ever.

In the 30 years since the Dispute Resolution Center’s founding in 1991, tens of thousands of Thurston and south Mason County residents have benefited from the communication, conflict resolution and conflict prevention skills shared and applied by our ever-growing family of volunteers, partners and advocates - continually striving to build a more civil and peaceful community.

We will be able to continue to adapt and serve our community’s needs for the next 30 years, thanks to your support and partnership.

Thank you!

Jody M. Suhrbier

Executive Director

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