Dispute Resolution

The Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center (WDRC) offers conflict prevention and intervention services. On a prevention level, the WDRC seeks to build the capacity of community members to better manage conflict as it arises, and to learn ways to minimize the possibility of it occurring. To this end, the WDRC offers training for young people and adults, all in an effort to build skills and reduce unproductive conflict. Recognizing that conflict is a normal and natural part of life, and sometimes people and organizations need non-adversarial assistance, the WDRC also provides mediation, facilitation, and consultation services to those in need of some type of intervention.