The 2023 CDSC Bash was a huge success!
Thank you to our generous sponsors:
The CDSC Bash was a huge success!
Thank you to our generous sponsors:
Upcoming Events
2025 CDSC BASH fundraiser
10-23-2025 5:30 pm
-6:30 pm
CDSC will hold its annual BASH to celebrate our Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and the work of the EASTIE Coalition on October 23, 2025, from 5:30pm to 6:30pm EST.
The Massachusetts Attorney General does crucial work that aligns with our organizational mission, supporting conflict resolution work across the state for example through Face-to-Face Mediation Programs and Local Consumer Programs. Staff at the office of the Attorney General regularly refer cases to us, and as an organization that prioritizes accessibility and affordability, we appreciate Attorney General Campbell's commitment to standing up for the most vulnerable throughout her career.
The EASTIE Coalition does crucial work to prevent and reduce substance misuse in East Boston, with an important focus on youth. We love their supportive, community-based approach and have worked with them as a workshop partner in the past and in organizing a listening session on community mediation in East Boston. For this year's BASH, we will be raising funds for our youth work, and we are thrilled to honor this fantastic organization.
Past Events
Past BASH Peacemaker honorees:
2023: The Peer Mediators at Acera: The Massachusetts School for Science and Creativity
2022: Madison "Matt" Thompson • Elena Sokolow-Kaufman
2021: Brian Corr • Christopher Littlefield • D.G. Mawn
2020: Bobby Joe Leaster
2019: Officer Michael “Whitey” Daniliuk • MIT REFS
2018 : Gail Packer
2017: Brian R. Jerome • Thomas Smith • City Peace, Cambridge Youth Leadership
2016: Rev. Liz Walker • Essential Partners • The BASE
2015: Hon. John Cratsley (Ret.) • Jon Feinman • Cambridge Rindge & Latin Mediation Team
2014: Chandra Banks • John A. Fiske
2013: Lydia Edwards • James E. McGuire
2012: Donna Hicks • Hon. Eileen Shaevel
2011: Hon. Judith Dein • Robert Lewis, Jr. • Rep. Marty Walsh
2010: Steven and Linda Brion-Meisels • Peace First
2009: Martha Coakley • Douglas Stone
2008: Dina Lynch Eisenberg • David E. Matz • Stephen H. Oleskey
2007: Ellen Semonoff • Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution (MODR) • David O’Connor • Fredie Kay & Susan Jeghelian
2006: Melissa Brodrick • Brad Honoroff • Jane Honoroff
2005: Jeanne E. Cleary • David A. Hoffman • Robert H. Smith
2004: Albie Davis • Kathy Grant & Scott Harshbarger • James Grumbach • Helen Ladd • Rick Reilly
Past Spirit of Mediation Awardees: 2010: Jack Wofford • 2012: Mimi Grosser