PROGRAMADDRESS: Pittsburg County Courthouse 115 E. Carl Albert Pkwy Suite 201 McAlester, OK 74501
McCurtain County Courthouse 108 North Central Ave. Idabel, OK 74745
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The goal of our program is to assist individuals in working together to solve problems, play a role in decision-making, and formulate creative solutions to issues in dispute. Our mediators are vital to the success of our program in helping resolve community and domestic disputes, offering citizens in Southeast Oklahoma the opportunity to restore peace and trust.
Lions Club! Program Director, Regan Glinton, recently spoke to the Checotah Lions Club. The program uses volunteer mediators, not only to help the local communities thrive, but also to offers individuals the chance to build conflict resolution skills and give back in meaningful ways. For more information contact the Southeast Program office.Site Visit! Phil Johnson, State Director, recently visited the Early Settlement – Southeast Program office in McAlester. Regan Glinton serves as the Program Director.Idabel Rotary Club! Early Settlement – SE Program Director, Regan Glinton, recently spoke to the Idabel Rotary Club about the FREE services that Early Settlement Mediation offers to the people of Southeast Oklahoma. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer mediator, please click on the link about to get more information about this national recognized program.Certificate Presented! Lauren O’Brien, Associate State Director, presented Regan Glinton, Director, Early Settlement – SE program, with her basic civil and family certificates recently. The new office coordinator, Kelaiah Keith, also joined in for the presentation.McCurtain County Bar Association!Regan Glinton, Director of Early Settlement – Southeast Program (left) and Becky Going, Office Coordinator of the Early Settlement – Idabel Office (right) joined Phil Johnson, State Director, Alternative Dispute Resolution System, for a presentation to the McCurtain County Bar Association this week. The Southeast program serves eight (8) counties in southeastern Oklahoma and is sponsored by East Central University.Welcome Regan! The NEW Early Settlement – Southeast Program Director, Regan Glinton, was on the campus of East Central University Monday to meet with the Program Supervisor, Dr. Christine Pappas, and other fellow program directors, Jaxie Johnston, South Central and Jorjia Cash, East Central.
Volunteer of the Year! Floyd Bridgwater has been a volunteer with Early Settlement Mediation for two years. He moved back to McAlester, his hometown, in 2018 from Chapel Hill, NC where he served on three Orange County advisory boards. He searched for volunteer opportunities that required more effort of mind than back for a few years until hearing of the Southeastern Early Settlement Volunteer program. Floyd is certified in small claims, civil, family and divorce, and permanency mediations. He is also a volunteer in the AmeriCorps Retired Senior Volunteer program. Floyd derives pleasure and satisfaction from the mediation effort as it provides him with the opportunity to be involved in the community in a meaningful way. However, his primary interest in the program stems from his interest in the process itself. His working career was as a research scientist. The process of identifying a problem or opportunity, collecting the pertinent information available, and applying logic and common sense to reach a solution applies both to scientific research and the mediation process in my experience. Being a volunteer with Early Settlement Mediation provides him with the opportunity to apply the skills he used during his working life to help others here in Southeast Oklahoma. Floyd has mediated 109 cases and has volunteered over 288 hours.
