The Upstate Community Mediation Center is a non-profit organization that offers a voluntary alternative to the adversarial Court process by resolving disputes through use of mediation. We aim to promote the use of mediation and other non-adversarial means of resolving conflicts and to nurture peace by restoring and strengthening family, business and community relationships. Since its founding in 1999, through mediation the UMC volunteers have helped literally thousands of people settle their differences in a peaceful, non-adversarial way. The UMC programs include Family, Probate, Civil, and Magistrate Court mediations, as well as, community mediations.