If you prefer to have the membership application emailed to you or sent to you hard copy, please contact Jared Ordway at: 202-545-8866 or email: jordway@nafcm.org.
As Director for Program Development at the Fulcrum Institute Dispute Resolution Clinic and relatively new to the field of mediation, NAFCM has been an invaluable support to me and our clinic. I have been in the communication field for 25 years and I am amazed all that NAFCM offers its members. As a source of an incredible amount of informational and educational material, and you can't beat the training ideas, NAFCM provides connection to a vast cooperative and supportive network of members who share and support each other. Thanks to the dedication and responsiveness of the NAFCM staff, NAFCM members can access resources, feedback and development ideas not available any where else. Thanks,NAFCM!
Judith Sloane. Director for Program Development
Fulcrum Institute Dispute Resolution Clinic, Spokane, WA
Join the National Association for Community Mediation and take advantage of some great benefits!
The National Association for Community Mediation (NAFCM) is a membership organization focused on serving community mediation centers, their staff, and volunteer mediators. NAFCM also invites supporters of the community mediation field to join as Affiliate Members.
Benefits
Many recent exciting changes at NAFCM will directly benefit your center with funding possibilities, networking, research, publications, a membership directory, and more. To find out more about the benefits of joining the NAFCM, check out our Benefits page.
Membership Categories and Online Applications
On this page, you will find applications for membership available in two formats. The first is an on-line form that you may complete and submit to NAFCM via email. We ask that you send membership dues payment (check or money order U.S. dollars only please) via snail mail as soon as possible. The dues amount is on the application. At this time we do not accept payment by credit card. NAFCM will also send you an invoice for dues payment. You may also open the membership application in Adobe® Acrobat® Reader in .pdf format. This allows you to print the form and complete it by hand. Please submit this form with dues payment.
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1. Program Membership for community-based mediation programs. Is this the right membership category for you? Click here for characteristics/commitments of a Community Mediation Center (these can also be aspirations of your program)
Go to on-line application: Program Member Application
Print out the application and submit it with payment via snailmail: 
2006-2007 Program Application.pdf
2. Individual Affiliate Member Application for staff and volunteers of mediation programs including volunteer mediators
Go to on-line application: Individual Affiliate Application
3. State Mediation Association Membership for state-wide groups linking community mediation centers.
Go to on-line application: State Mediation Association Application
4. University/Higher Education Program Membership Application for mediation programs run on-campus by students, faculty and/or incorporated in the school governmental system.
Go to on-line application: University/College Program Application
5. Friend and Supporter Member Application for those who wish to support and are interested in the field of community mediation but are not directly involved at a mediation center.
Go to on-line application: Supporter application
If you prefer to have the membership application emailed to you or sent to you hard copy, please contact Jared Ordway at: 202-545-8866 or email: jordway@nafcm.org.
