From:

Safe Horizon

Contact:

Onika Abraham
Phone: (212) 577-4385
Email: oabraham@safehorizon.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Safe Horizon Mediation Program Launches New Spring Training for Working Professionals

May 20, 2009

New York, New York, May 20, 2009 – Safe Horizon Mediation Program is offering upcoming mediation training to working professionals May 29-30 and June 5-6, 2009. The new four-day course is designed specifically for working professionals who would like to acquire mediation and conflict resolution skills. Safe Horizon trains mediators from a broad array of occupations, including attorneys, educators, managers, human resources executives, healthcare personnel, and international peacemakers. The course is taught by distinguished faculty who practice what they teach.

Safe Horizon Mediation Program has a 25 year history of helping New Yorkers peacefully resolve disputes involving issues such as harassment, custody and visitation, elder care, school, consumer, workplace, and housing. Mediation is an effective alternative to expensive and time-consuming litigation.

Mediation skills enhance the effectiveness of professionals working in a variety of fields. “Approximately 80% of the people who choose to mediate a dispute report they are satisfied with the outcome. The mediators report a high degree of satisfaction as well,” says Alan Gross, Special Projects Coordinator for the Safe Horizon Mediation Program. U.S. News and World Report recently named mediation one of the top careers of 2009.

The training will take place at the Safe Horizon Training Center, located at 50 Court Street on the 8th Floor in Brooklyn, NY, and will cost $1175, with special non-profit and group discounts.

Information about the new Safe Horizon Mediation Training for Professionals and other upcoming training opportunities is available by contacting Mac Steele at 718-834-6671 Ext. 12 or MediationTraining@safehorizon.org.

Safe Horizon is the nation’s leading victim assistance and advocacy organization. Safe Horizon began offering mediation in 1981 and is now one of the largest providers of conflict resolution services in the country. For more information, visit www.safehorizon.org/mediation.