Why mediation?

• Because mediation is easier and more effective than fighting, suing, withdrawing, dropping the class, quitting the team, leaving school, or just about any other solution to a serious conflict.
• Because mediation through Gavilan Mediation Services provides an accessible, attractive, positive alternative for conflict resolution that creates win-win situations.
• Because mediation empowers people in conflict to learn how to avoid, handle, and resolve conflicts; it helps people learn and practice good communication skills.
• And because mediation foster a campus climate in which people can work through differences, so conflict leads to positive, creative solutions.