Photograph by Jeff Crespi
The Community Mediation Center is building peace in our community one person at a time. Peace building in Calvert is the highest priority of this new center. By encouraging peaceful conflict resolution through free mediation services and facilitating community problem solving, the Center empowers local residents to build a better world for themselves and their children.
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 PEACEBUILDERS are advocates for resolving conflict in a nonviolent way.
PEACEBUILDERS practice peaceful conflict resolution in their daily lives.
PEACEBUILDERS support the Community Mediation Center by spreading the word that “Mediation Works”.
Once again CMCCC recognized an individual in Calvert County who has the passion and the know-how to bring diverse community members together to plan, organize and implement a peace-building program to benefit Calvert County. This person displays initiative, creativity and leadership, plus a “can do” spirit necessary for peaceful relationship building throughout the community.
Pat Ullberg was given this year's CMC Peace-Builder Award on October 15, 2009 at the Conflict Resolution Day celebration at the Phillips House in Prince Frederick. Pat has used her artistry of writing as a reporter for the Calvert Recorder, covering a broad spectrum of topics, to bring awareness to the issues within our community that we need to confront as well as of people who are making a positive difference within the lives of others in Calvert County and beyond. Her writings have helped to strengthen them by making the public aware of their missions, thus, drawing the community’s support for their sustainability.
Mary Ann and Joe Zaversnik were also recognized this year for spearheading the Safe Nights Program in Calvert County to provide homeless citizens safe overnight shelter during the cold winter months. This has developed into a 22 week program, 7 days a week, from November to the end of March. Volunteers from thirty-five different churches responded to the call. Fifteen of the churches agreed to host the homeless in their churches, while another 20 churches provided assistance with meals, transportation and other needs. This program is truly a grassroots effort.
The receipts of 2008 were Reverend Ken Phelps, pastor of All Saints Episcopal Church, and Robyn Truslow, Calvert Library Public Relations Coordinator, for their work in bringing community members together to plan and present the Civil Discourse for Sustainable Calvert (CDSC) series.
Conflict Resolution Day 2007
We invited members of the community to bring their gifts of peace (poetry, music, peaceful thoughts) to the Open House held at the Phillips House on October 18, 2007 to celebrate the CMCs First Birthday in conjuction with National Conflict Resolution Day.
Sheila Martel interviewed the guests and Jeff Crespi photographed them to document the "Many Faces and Voices of Peace Builders in Calvert County".
Here are just a few of the
Many Faces and Voices of Peace-Builders. . .
Mark Guiffrida offers beautiful peace-filled music on a Native American flute (left). Tom Wisner speaks of peace-making with planet earth, and shares a song connecting us with the natural world around us (right).
Lorig Charkoudian, Executive Director of Community Mediation Maryland, with her daughter, Ailene. Lorig offered her perspective on Community Mediation Centers and their role in peace-building.
Diana Waring, Anne Harrison, Vicki Rhoades and Anne Mychalus are all mediators and supporters of CMC. All shared their thoughts of peace-building in the community.
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