Help from CRES

    This past week I received some help from a fellow CRES student, whom I will refer to as L, and for all intents and purposes refer to L as a she. I went to L's presentation on the thesis that she had done regarding Latin culture and mediation. During the course of her project she went around to the majority of the community dispute resolution centers in Oregon and interviewed people regarding their capacity to work with members of the Latin community. I had met with L before regarding her work, and was really curious to see what she had to say in the presentation, and how everything had been wrapping up for her with the thesis.
    After the presentation I spoke with L about my internship and asked if there were any dispute resolution centers in Oregon that she interviewed, showed or displayed a capacity to work with the Latin community. She informed me that there were two that stood out to her, and that she felt would be best suited or able to have cultural understanding with that particular population. The two centers were the Beaverton community resolution center, and an organization in Portland called Resolutions Northwest. She said that these two organizations by far seemed to not only provide more resources for the Latin community in regards to mediation, but also displayed a higher capacity to train and build capacity in others. This was exactly what I was looking for, and will incorporate this into my plans, and hopefully everything will work out.