2012 Projects

Neighborhood Courts Adjudicator Training
Community Boards recently received an 18-month grant from DA’s Office to oversee all the trainings for the San Francisco’s Neighborhood Courts program. Cordell Wesselink, assisted by Ana Guevara and select volunteers, will train the program’s neighborhood adjudictors in a restorative justice model.  In Neighborhood Courts’ adjudication process, trained volunteer adjudicators determine directives for low level infraction and misdemeanor cases at weekly sessions throughout SF, resulting in reduced court costs and case loads.  We are excited about our role with Neighborhood Courts and will keep you posted about how you can get involved.

Taking Mediation to the People
Taking Mediation to the People seeks to innovate the process of outreach, intake, and case development in order to reach those with the highest need for community mediation services.  This project, in one sense, is a return to an older, more proven “grassroots” approach to engage the public — taking conflict resolution directly to those who can most benefit from it.  The first stage of this pilot project will involve social service agencies and both assisted- living and affordable housing facilities.  JAMS Foundation is the primary funder for this project.  We thank them for their generous, ongoing support.