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Seeking Peacemaker Award Nominations 

Do you know someone who deserves recognition for promoting peace and civility in our community?  
​Nominate them for the 2026 Evan Ferber Peacemaker Leadership Award! 
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​We encourage members of the community to submit nominations for this award.  Established in honor of our Founding Executive Director, Evan Ferber, it recognizes individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership in promoting civility and peaceful conflict resolution.   The award will be presented this spring at our annual Celebration of Peacemakers event.
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The deadline for submitting nominations is March 1st. ​
Want to build your conflict resolution skills? Check out our free Conflict SMART course! 
It’s a great way to dive deeper into practical approaches for Conflict Resolution that you can use every day. 

Conflict SMART is a self-paced, seven-part course designed to give you tools for navigating disagreements with ease.
​In just five minutes per lesson, you’ll build skills that transform conflict into collaboration.
Picture - The DRC is your community resource. The Dispute Resolution Center of Thurston County provides a variety of online and in-person resources to help businesses, individuals, and families prevent conflict. Resolve conflict and improve communication. Mediation, Group Facilitation, & Customized TrainingClick to view the downloadable digital flyer [PDF]


The Dispute Resolution Center is here to support you.
We provide a variety of online and in-person resources to help individuals, families, businesses and organizations prevent conflict, resolve conflict and improve communication
- Mediation and Conflict Coaching to help people in conflict work toward mutually-beneficial agreements.
- Housing Stability Services, including mediation for HOA and landlord-tenant disputes, and renter certification classes.
- Customized Communication and Conflict Resolution Training, tailored to address the needs of businesses, organizations, and community groups.
- Group Facilitation to help work teams and other groups run orderly and productive meetings and achieve key goals.
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Mediation

Mediation is a safe, supportive space to have difficult conversations.

Facilitation

Specially trained facilitators consult with groups to run productive meetings.

Youth Services

Engaging youth to build a peaceful community.

Training

We train community members in skills to help manage conflict with greater ease.

Our Impact

Civic Harmony Starts Here
In 2025 the Dispute Resolution Center of Thurston County:
 
-  Served 4,221 people through mediation, conflict coaching, information & referral, housing support, group facilitation, training and community presentations.
  
- Trained 1,194 people in mediation, communication, conflict prevention and conflict resolution skills.

- Handled 329 landlord-tenant and other housing-related cases to help people maintain housing stability.
  
87% of mediation cases in 2025 reached some kind of agreement, 88% of clients reported that their situation was improved by mediation, and 91% said they would recommend mediation to others.
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At the Dispute Resolution Center of Thurston County, we are privileged to experience "the power of community" every day. 

Learn more about the DRC's community-building efforts, services and impact in our 2025 Community Impact Report.
Click here to read.
Thank You to all of the individuals, businesses, foundations and organizations who have made an investment in the mission and work of the DRC - and made our community impact possible - through their financial, volunteer, in-kind and service partnership support.

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