Services offered

at the Center for Multicultural Mediation

Mediation

Mediation often offers an alternative to expensive court decisions. It fosters good faith between both parties and allows for timely resolution.

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Facilitation

We believe in the value of community partnerships. To get there, we help facilitate conversations between community members and businesses.

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African Youth Diversion Program

The African Youth Diversion Program provides an individualized response to youth experiencing conflicts, disputes, misunderstandings, or who are engaging in risky behaviors.

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Training and Education

We provide culturally aware dispute resolution education and training to members of the community who work with our African community members.

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Conflict comes in many forms and the paths toward resolution should meet those needs accordingly.

Mediation

Mediation often offers an alternative to expensive court decisions. It fosters good faith between both parties and allows for timely resolution. This can only happen when both parties feel heard and understood. Voluntary mediation between two parties provides space for both parties to face the conflict and collectively reach a solution that works for everyone.

CMM has Qualified Neutrals according to Rule 114 ready to help facilitate this outcome in the following contexts...

  • Community and court mediation
  • Housing Mediation (landlord/tenant) Our Housing Mediation Program aims to preserve housing stability and avoid the time, cost, and long-term impacts of court-filed evictions. Our Housing Mediators help resolve conflicts between tenants and landlords, prevent evictions, and resolve lease disputes. CMM Housing Mediators speak multiple languages and are skilled at mediating housing disputes.
  • Employment
  • Elders Meditation
  • Harassment
  • Family mediation (shared parenting) At CMM, we provide family mediation services to help families resolve conflicts by working with all parties to reach a mutually acceptable outcome. We help separating or divorcing families resolve issues such as custody, parenting time, property, and finances outside of court. With the help of a family mediator, you will make your own decisions and resolve family disputes creatively while reducing the emotional and economic costs of the dispute.
  • Business/consumer disputes
  • Neighbourhood disputes
  • Cultural conflicts, misunderstanding and language differences
  • Community and court mediation
  • Housing Mediation (landlord/tenant) Our Housing Mediation Program aims to preserve housing stability and avoid the time, cost, and long-term impacts of court-filed evictions. Our Housing Mediators help resolve conflicts between tenants and landlords, prevent evictions, and resolve lease disputes. CMM Housing Mediators speak multiple languages and are skilled at mediating housing disputes.
  • Employment
  • Elders Meditation
  • Harassment
  • Family mediation (shared parenting) At CMM, we provide family mediation services to help families resolve conflicts by working with all parties to reach a mutually acceptable outcome. We help separating or divorcing families resolve issues such as custody, parenting time, property, and finances outside of court. With the help of a family mediator, you will make your own decisions and resolve family disputes creatively while reducing the emotional and economic costs of the dispute.
  • Business/consumer disputes
  • Neighbourhood disputes
  • Cultural conflicts, misunderstanding and language differences
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Facilitation

We believe in the value of community partnerships. To get there, we help facilitate conversations between community members and businesses. These are often difficult conversations that need cultural sensitivity in order to be effective. Facilitating these conversations provides education and relieves the tension that can arise without cultural sensitivity. 

Mediation Center, Inc. and the Center for Multicultural Mediation (CMM) have forged a dynamic partnership rooted in mutual respect, cultural responsiveness, and a shared commitment to equitable conflict resolution.

  • Cultural conflicts, misunderstanding and language differences
  • Facilitated conversations between service providers/ government entities and communities
  • Cultural conflicts, misunderstanding and language differences
  • Facilitated conversations between service providers/ government entities and communities
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African Youth Diversion Program

The African Youth Diversion Program provides an individualized response to youth experiencing conflicts, disputes, misunderstandings, or who are engaging in risky behaviors. For these teens, we provide an alternative to formal involvement in the Minnesota juvenile justice system. In our 2019 study, we found that of the 160 youths served, 90% have been successfully diverted. This includes an increase in school attendance, parent-youth relationships, better conflict resolution skills, and a roughly 80% decrease in illegal activities and re-offending.

  • African Youth Diversion Program
  • Restorative practices, community healing, holding offenders accountable,, victim services
  • Be@school Program- School Truancy Program Our school truancy program addresses barriers to school attendance for K-12 students. We identify barriers and connect families with resources, including transportation assistance, tutoring, and mental health services. The program aims to keep children engaged in their education and to prevent families from entering the child protection or juvenile justice systems.
  • Case Management
  • School conflicts (suspensions, bullying, fighting, parent/school conflicts)
  • Community navigation
  • Youth violence prevention and Safe communities
  • Conflicts in special education
  • African Youth Diversion Program
  • Restorative practices, community healing, holding offenders accountable,, victim services
  • Be@school Program- School Truancy Program Our school truancy program addresses barriers to school attendance for K-12 students. We identify barriers and connect families with resources, including transportation assistance, tutoring, and mental health services. The program aims to keep children engaged in their education and to prevent families from entering the child protection or juvenile justice systems.
  • Case Management
  • School conflicts (suspensions, bullying, fighting, parent/school conflicts)
  • Community navigation
  • Youth violence prevention and Safe communities
  • Conflicts in special education
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Training & Education

Empowering Communities through Culturally Responsive Mediation
Partnership between Mediation Center, Inc. & Center for Multicultural Mediation

It’s imperative that those who work with the African communities understand their neighbors. Doing this ensures that both sides feel heard and understood. Ultimately this will lead to a more effective justice system for all involved. We provide culturally aware dispute resolution education and training to members of the community who work with our African community members.

See our upcoming trainings and events here.

Interested in being trained as a volunteer mediator at CMM? Apply here.

  • Working with African youth and families in the criminal justice system
  • School truancy and African/Somali/East African youth
  • Parenting trainings
  • Family preservation
  • Trauma healing and response for East African youth and families
  • Anti-racism training for Somali/East African youth in schools and the criminal justice system
  • Multicultural Mediators and cultural context in mediation, facilitation
  • Mediating in cultural communities
  • Working with African youth and families in the criminal justice system
  • School truancy and African/Somali/East African youth
  • Parenting trainings
  • Family preservation
  • Trauma healing and response for East African youth and families
  • Anti-racism training for Somali/East African youth in schools and the criminal justice system
  • Multicultural Mediators and cultural context in mediation, facilitation
  • Mediating in cultural communities
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