The bullet-riddled shield used by police in the final assault on the Bataclan bombers |
The bullet-riddled shield used by police in the final assault on the Bataclan bombers |
The trip from Baltimore to Hagerstown might not seem like a difficult one to make, but for many without transportation who want to attend a mediation session with their incarcerated loved ones, it can be nearly impossible.
That's why Lorig Charkoudian, executive director of Community Mediation Maryland, is running 70 miles this weekend to dramatize the hardship many families throughout the state face.
Read more [HERE].
Even though we mediators love to tout the benefits of using divorce mediation over other divorce processes (especially traditional, court-based divorce) it is not the most popular process. Mediation just isn't the number one choice (yet) despite the facts that: it usually costs less, is faster and more efficient, and is a gentler and more peaceful process. It also offers spouses the greatest degree of control over their own decision making (with regard to asset division, issues surrounding the children, what happens to the house, etc.) and it has an added benefit in that agreements reached through mediation are more likely to be adhered to than those obtained through other processes. So why isn't mediation the most popular divorce process? Here are five possible reasons why not (though NONE of these is actually a good enough reason not to use mediation).
1). In the mediation room, spouses, who may not have agreed on a single thing in many months, years, or even decades, are expected to talk to and listen to each other (with the mediator's help, of course) and even work to understand what the other needs and thinks is important. This can be a pretty tall order particularly when considering that you have to do this work with someone whom you may feel has mislead, mistreated, or otherwise deeply disappointed you.
Read more [HERE].
In Boston, where women make 83 cents for every dollar paid to men, an effort is underway to train every working woman to better negotiate her salary. (Pablo Iglesias for The Washington Post)
BOSTON — Eleven women huddle in an aging community center, leafing through 27-page guides on how to negotiate pay. They speak of watching YouTube tutorials, of Googling market rates, of practicing at home with partners, of vowing not to cry at the office.
They’re part of America’s largest civic experiment to close the gender wage gap, launched this fall in Boston.
Women here earn 83 cents for every dollar paid to men, 4 cents higher than the national statistic. Disparities persist across age groups, industries and companies, researchers have found — even when colleagues of the opposite sex hold identical education levels and job titles.
Read More [HERE].
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