GOOD SHEPHERD MEDIATION

CORA Good Shepherd Mediation (CORA GSM) is a division comprised of two departments, Mediation and Restorative Justice, that work together to encourage peace, reconciliation, and social justice by empowering individuals and communities to resolve conflicts and repair harm.

DIVISION WIDE DATA:

86 individuals served

3,560 individuals served

4,455 individuals served

97 individuals received direct conflict resolution processes and 447 individuals received information about conflict resolution processes.

In addition, 2,071 landlordtenant pairs received conflict-resolution services through CORA GSM’s Eviction Diversion Program.

2021

2022

CORA GSM’s community mediation and restorative justice programs are a special resource for Philadelphians and surrounding neighbors where participants are equipped with tangible steps towards transforming conflict into opportunity for growth and resolution. When someone calls not knowing what to do when faced with a troubling situation with a neighbor, family member, friend, contractor or community business, I assure them that there are steps to take to begin to walk towards peaceful resolution. Although we sometimes face challenges in bringing people together, our participants are not alone and we support them when they cannot find help elsewhere, such as within the legal system. Our services provide a human-based, traumainformed alternative measure to address the conflicts that we all experience, in a manner that meets our basic need to speak our truth and be heard.”

—SERENE HARRIS, CORA GSM PROGRAM COORDINATOR