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Our Mission

To support the successful resolution of conflict, applying Nonviolent Communication to build connection and bring peace to the world.

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Who We Are

We offer training in Nonviolent Communication mediation, and provide trained mediators to help everyone move through conflict in a way that builds connection and meets the needs of all involved.

Our Non-profit

Maluhia Mediation is a program of the Teran James Young Foundation. The Teran James Young Foundation is a non-profit whose mission is to bring peace to the world by cultivating Non-Violent Communication in the next generation.

Meet Our Team

David Litman Mediator/Programs Director
David Litman
Mediator/Programs Director

Sarah Menzies, as a devoted mother in Maui, I am deeply committed to community, spirituality, and healing. I believe in supporting our youth and their communities as the foundation for a more peaceful world. With over a decade of experience in the non-profit sector—including four years as an executive director for an organization serving adults with developmental disabilities—I bring a compassionate and insightful approach to navigating complex family, relational, ethical, and regulatory dynamics. My background in contemplative and early childhood education from Naropa University shapes my leadership style, grounded in mindfulness and empathy. Since 2023, I have served as a mediation and restorative justice facilitator with the Teran James Young Foundation, focusing on non-violent communication and fostering restorative practices within organizations, families, schools, and the broader community.

David Litman Mediator/Programs Director
David Litman
Mediator/Programs Director

David Litman, (MA, MFT), has over 25 years of experience applying Nonviolent Communication in mediation, counseling, personal coaching, training, and organizational development. Initially certified as a mediator through the Santa Barbara Mediation Group in 1995, he currently conducts Nonviolent Communication mediations and trains mediators in Nonviolent Communication mediation through Maluhia Mediation courses and practice groups.  David has helped hundreds of individuals and groups resolve conflict in a manner that effectively meets the needs of all.

Genesis Young Founder/Mediator
Genesis Young
Founder/Mediator

Genesis Young is trained in nonviolent communication style relational mediation. He works with private clients and runs a nonviolent communication mediation weekly public class for years in person and currently online. This is a vigorous international group that practices mediation with each other with conflicts the members have in their lives. Our work is to use conflict as a medium to have increasing connection and therefore more peace in the world.

“At the core of all anger is a need that is not being fulfilled.” ― Marshall B. Rosenberg