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A community-based nonprofit helping people navigate conflict since 1984.
🤝 Conflict Resolution | 📚 Education | 🌱 Community Building

10/15/2026

🍂 Our Fall Newsletter is here!

Catch up on the latest from MV Mediation, including program updates, community initiatives, and helpful resources.

Read the newsletter here: https://conta.cc/4y3z4Dn

10/13/2026

Join MV Mediation at the Tisbury Senior Center on Thursday, October 15th, from 11am - noon for a Local Consumer Program Clinic focused on consumer rights and support.

This free community clinic, offered through MV Mediation’s Local Consumer Program (LCP) in partnership with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, is an opportunity to ask questions, learn about available resources, and receive guidance around common consumer concerns and disputes.

📅 Thursday, October 15, 2026
🕥 11:00 AM - noon
📍 Tisbury Senior Center, 34 Pine Tree Rd, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568

10/06/2026

💬 Let’s Talk About Productive Conversations!

Join MV Mediation at the Tisbury Senior Center this Thursday, October 8, at 11:45 AM for a conversation about our Productive Conversations Program.

Our Productive Conversations Program helps families, including older adults, navigate conflict, have meaningful conversations, and work together toward agreements.

Come with your questions, ideas, and curiosity about how conflict resolution services can help you have more productive conversations.

📍 Tisbury Senior Center, 34 Pine Tree Rd, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568
📅 Thursday, October 8, 2026
⏰ 11:45 AM

10/05/2026

🎒 Back to School with our Youth Program!

A new school year means our Youth Program is gearing up to support students on the Island in building communication and conflict resolution skills that strengthen their ability to listen, understand different perspectives, and work through disagreements constructively.

🕊️ Third Grade Peace Project:
Our Peace Project introduces third graders to the building blocks of positive communication and conflict resolution. Through stories, games, role-play, and team activities, students explore emotions, active listening and finding common ground.

🤝 Sixth Grade Introduction to Mediation:
Building on skills learned through our third-grade curriculum, students practice active listening, identifying and framing issues, understanding different perspectives and generating solutions through interactive workshops and realistic scenarios.

🌱 Growing Youth Leadership:
MV Mediation is developing a peer mediation program for high school students. Through hands-on training, students will take on leadership roles as peer mediators within their school. The program will create opportunities for students to address conflicts collaboratively while building a sustainable, youth-led approach to conflict resolution across the Island.

As students head back to the classroom this fall, we’re excited to continue helping young people develop skills that extend far beyond the school day—and into the relationships and communities they will build throughout their lives.

Learn more here: https://www.mvmediation.org/youth-mediation

09/29/2026

The Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (OCABR) works to protect and empower consumers through education, advocacy, and resources that promote fair business practices. As part of this work, OCABR shares guidance to help veterans and their families recognize and avoid scams.

🔗 Learn more: https://www.mass.gov/orgs/office-of-consumer-affairs-and-business-regulation

09/21/2026

🌾 Frequently Asked Questions: Agricultural & Farming Mediation

Q: What is agricultural and farming mediation?

A: MV Mediation is part of a national network of USDA-supported farm, agriculture, and aquaculture mediation programs. We help farmers, growers, and aquacultural businesses navigate challenges and find constructive paths forward.

Q: What kinds of conflicts can agricultural mediation help address?

A: Mediation can support agricultural communities facing a range of challenges, including: debt and financial difficulties; neighbor disputes; farm succession planning; workplace conflict; management and business disagreements; and more!

Q: Why is mediation valuable for agricultural communities?

A: Agricultural work depends on relationships—with family, neighbors, employees, and business partners. Mediation provides a space for open communication, understanding different perspectives, and exploring solutions that work for everyone involved.

Q: What does mediation cost?

A: Most services are free or low-cost thanks to USDA funding, helping make conflict resolution accessible.

Q: How do I get started?

A: Have a question or a situation you'd like to discuss? Reach out to MV Mediation to learn more about our services and whether mediation may be a good fit.

09/15/2026

Join MV Mediation at the Oak Bluffs Council on Aging on Friday, September 18, 2026, from 11 AM–1 PM for a Local Consumer Program Clinic focused on consumer rights, support, and resources.

We'll be there alongside the Healthy Aging MV's Tech-Pro, connecting with community members and offering free assistance with consumer concerns.

Stop by to:
📝 Get help filling out a consumer complaint with the Massachusetts Attorney General's Consumer Advocacy and Response Division
📚 Learn about your rights and available resources as a consumer
🤝 Get guidance on steps you can take to help resolve a consumer issue

This free community clinic is offered through MV Mediation's Local Consumer Program (LCP), which works in partnership with the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office.

📅 Friday, September 18, 2026
🕥 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
📍 Oak Bluffs Council on Aging, 21 Wamsutta Ave, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557

09/08/2026

Join our Workplace Conflict Management Cohort beginning November 9, with weekly Zoom sessions on Mondays from 10 to 11:30 am. With the right skills, workplace conflict can become an opportunity for stronger communication, collaboration and growth.

Register Here: https://conta.cc/4gTrR1r

Designed for managers and supervisors, this confidential, interactive cohort uses real-world case studies to help participants strengthen their conflict management skills, develop practical strategies, and learn from peers. The program also includes an opportunity for an individual consultation with a mentor, providing personalized support for your workplace challenges.

09/04/2026

At MV Mediation Center, our mission begins with a commitment to serve our community. Every day, we help individuals, families, neighbors, businesses, and organizations navigate conflict in ways that build understanding.

Our 2025 Annual Report, linked here (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YWL8jojm-h1NzzWdfNoXLgl9undJaZt1/view), highlights what that commitment looked like in action over the past year. With the support of our staff, roster, donors, funders, partners, and community members, we handled more than 500 cases and provided mediation, conflict coaching, consumer advocacy, housing stabilization, youth education, adult education and court-connected services across Martha's Vineyard, Bristol County, and beyond.

This work is powered by a growing network of people who believe that listening, understanding, and working through conflict together are worth investing in. As you reflect on our 2025 impact, please consider making a gift to support our work in the year ahead.

Your generosity will help us reach more people, expand our programs, and ensure that next year's annual report tells an even stronger story of community, connection, and conflict resolution in action.

Donate here: https://www.mvmediation.org/donate-or-payment

09/02/2026

🛍️ Consumer Support this September

As summer winds down, September is a good time to take care of unresolved consumer issues. Through our partnership with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, MV Mediation’s Local Consumer Program (LCP) provides free consumer advocacy services to help individuals navigate disputes with businesses.

Whether your concern involves retail purchases, home improvement projects, vehicle sales, utility bills, or other consumer matters, our staff work with both consumers and businesses to seek resolutions without going to court.

📝 Need assistance? Start by filing a complaint with the Attorney General’s Consumer Advocacy & Response Division: https://conta.cc/4otXSj3

Address

15 Merchant's Court, Suite 5
Vineyard Haven, MA
02568

Telephone

+15086932999

Website

http://www.mvmediation.org/

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