Action Requested: Race & Equity Committee of the NCBA Dispute Resolution Section

At the NCBA’s Dispute Resolution Section Council meeting on March 17, 2022, the Council unanimously approved the following motion, made by the Race & Equity Committee:

We move for the NCBA Dispute Resolution Section to adopt an initiative to actively support, promote and encourage the designation and appointment of mediators of color in North Carolina consistent with the NCBA guidelines that seek to develop equity and inclusion and to dismantle systemic racism in our justice system.

Accordingly, the Committee is beginning the “Try Someone New” campaign, in which we plan to circulate a curated list of mediators of color with their backgrounds to legal practitioners in North Carolina who need mediators for their cases and encourage them to consider contacting them when they need mediators.

If you are interested in being included on this curated list, or if you’re interested in supporting this campaign in any other way, please email [email protected] by October 1, 2022. Thank you for your time, and we hope to be a resource for all in this endeavor.

Thank you,
Kerry Burleigh & Peter Singh, Race & Equity Committee Co-chairs
Kate Deiter-Maradei, Project Head