Coordinated and overseen by the ombudsperson, the Oberlin Campus Dialogue Center promotes social change through conflict transformation, mediation, community building, and dialogue. The center’s mediation team includes students, faculty members, and staff members who represent various constituencies on the Oberlin campus. These individuals, are trained to mediate using the social justice model.

Through the Office of the Ombudsperson, the Oberlin Campus Dialogue Center also assists individuals and the College community in confronting and resolving sources of community tension, particularly those stemming from racism and other socially derived sources of prejudice and misunderstanding.

Union cases, sexual harassment, and legal disputes will not be addressed by the center, but the parties are most welcome to use its services for gaining information and utilizing mediation as a second option.