OMDP

Let's begin the conversation now and not let ourselves off the hook because it's an uncomfortable one-or because the historical, social, and economic explanations for why private mediators in Oregon are almost all white are complex-or because we don't know how to solve this immediately. Traditional legal power structures here and elsewhere have typically benefitted experienced white lawyers and white mediators the most. Let's just admit that we have a problem here in Oregon and say it out loud... Our focus in 2021 is creating a pipeline of lawyers from outside the dominant culture who will train to become mediators with an eye to opening a mediation practice in the next five years.

Also known as: Oregon Mediator Diversity Project