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Drew Lahr knows firsthand what it means to walk the road back after incarceration. Now a re-entry coordinator for Susquehanna Valley Mediation, he stood before a room full of employers and professionals on Wednesday, sharing the lived experience that now fuels his mission: Helping others like him seize the second chances that changed his life.
“I brought what that lived experience gave me into my job,” Lahr said. “It’s something your heart, your passion has got to lie at.”
"The importance of second chances,"
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Susan Jordan has spent a lot of time working with people who don’t agree with each other. She wonders, as do many others, what the psyche of the United States will be in the days, weeks and months after Nov. 5, for a nation that seems to grow more divided each day.
To read more, click this article from The Herald.
Susquehanna Valley mediator: Disagree better to resolve conflicts
The need to listen to each other — disagree better — and conflict resolution were some of the subjects covered in a Monday night presentation by Susan Jordan, executive director, Susquehanna Valley Mediation.
More than 100 attendees, including area residents and members of the Northumberland, Union and Lycoming League of Women Voters came to the Shoe Factory in Milton for the event.
To read more, click this article from the Daily Item.
Brilliant sunshine, beautiful surroundings enhance the Mediation Center’s fall fundraiser
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Sunday, Sept. 15 was a lovely day to be driving to Whispering Oaks Vineyard for Susquehanna Valley Mediation Center’s fundraising event. When I arrived, the view from the Vineyard was breathtaking.
Patti Urosevich, the Mediation Center’s board president was outside greeting the guests. We chatted for a few minutes before I went inside to check in. Jen Heid was behind the check-in desk.
To read more, click this article from the Daily Item.
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What if we could create more resilient communities, and engage with each other more civilly through intentional skill-building, connection, and communication?
That’s the groundbreaking idea being promoted by Susquehanna Valley Mediation, a Selinsgrove, Pa.- based mediation organization that’s branching out beyond its legal work to offer individuals, families, workplaces, schools, and organizations tools needed to accomplish those objectives.
To read more, click this article from WVIA.
ARPA Funds used by SVM to help reduce recidivism in Union County
Susquehanna Valley Mediation received COVID-19 relief money from Union County to fund programs working with formerly incarcerated people before, during, and after their release from prison to reduce recidivism and support healthy reintegration into society.
To read more, click this article from the Daily Item.
Snyder and Union Counties to spend combined $200K to combat opioid crisis
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Snyder and Union counties will pool more than $200,000 they’ve received from an opioid settlement fund to help individuals in recovery and their families.​
The counties will use the money to fund the Susquehanna Mediation Center’s Families in Recovery program, if approved by the Opioid Trust, Snyder County Commissioner Joe Kantz and Union County Commissioner Preston Boop said Tuesday.
To read more, click this article from the Daily Item.