East Central Program

(580) 559-5674

earlysettlement@ecok.edu

Jorjia Cash, Director
Sandra Johnson, Office Coordinator

Raygan Lee,
Student Worker

PROGRAM ADDRESS:
East Central University
Horace Mann, Suite 220
1100 E. 14th Street (Box E-3)
Ada, OK 74820

PROGRAM SPONSOR:

SOCIAL MEDIA

Our program provides mediation services to those facing money/property issues, family/divorce matters, adoption/guardianship matters, and child permanency cases. We utilize volunteer mediators to provide free mediation services to those who wish to negotiate a dispute. These volunteers receive FREE mediation training and are certified by the Administrative Office of the Courts.

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Pre-Mediation Paperwork
East Central Program News and Updates!
Volunteer of the Year! Mary Garber has been a volunteer mediator for Early Settlement Mediation for 5 years. She resides in Pontotoc County with her Husband John Garber. She is retired and enjoys reading (participating in couples’ book club). She has 6 children and is blessed with 13 grandchildren. Her grandchildren’s ages range from 3 months to 21 years old. Mary also is a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and is very active in her parish community. 
Mary became a volunteer mediator in January 2020, but was forced to pause her training due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Mary has been a huge asset to the East Central Program, as she often travels to multiple counties for our program. She can often be found in Pottawatomie, Pontotoc, Garvin, Coal and Seminole Counties assisting with mediations. Mary has also assisted with recruiting new volunteer mediators in our program area.
When asked what advice she would give new trainee mediators Mary said “Listen. Listen. Listen. When I began mediating, I was more focused on solving the situation. I’ve since learned, it isn’t my job to solve, but to promote open conversation. Other need to be heard”.
Mary has been a volunteer for 5 years and has mediated 88 cases. She has volunteered over 277 hours to the East Central Program.
Serving East Central Oklahoma

Coal, Garvin, Hughes, Okfuskee, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, & Seminole Counties

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