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For about three weeks, Parsa Sobhani, a Fellow from Coro was placed at APADRC to work on media strategy. APADRC does not have a dedicated media relations manager which hinders our ability to constantly promote ourselves and our programs to the media. Parsa developed a media strategy that will help us maintain a presence in the media in order to bring about awareness of our programs and events. Although it was a short placement, it definitely expanded our ability to work with the media

BASIC MEDIATION TRAINING EMPHASIZING CROSS-CULTURAL COMPETENCY The Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center offers mediation and conflict resolution training opportunities for individuals interested in serving as a mediator. This 25-hour comprehensive course emphasizing cross-cultural competenct is designed for human resource personnel, nonprofit staff, customer service groups, public management and individuals who wish to improve their professional skills in conflict management or to become a mediator.

The Southern California Mediation Association(SCMA) held its 21st annual conference at Pepperdine University early November. Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center's (APADRC) Assistant Program Director, Carolina Garza De Luna, had the opportunity to present a community mediation center perspective to a majority of attorney mediators in a workshop called

APADRC received a grant from the YNOT Foundation to expand its mediation services in the Korean American Community. The grant will alow APADRC to allocate more staff and volunteer time to provide mediation services as well as educate the community about the benefits of mediation.