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Research Foundation of CUNY obo John Jay College of Criminal Justice

$88,000 to produce user-friendly resources to help court staff easily address and implement best practices in terms of accessibility, trauma-informed service delivery, and procedural fairness.

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Consensus Building Institute

$77,050 to fund pilot program in Piermont, NY to train local residents who will spearhead collaborative neighborhood dialogues on resilience planning against rising sea levels and increased flood risks.

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Prison Inmate Mediation Training

$75,000 to fund a 40-hour mediation workshop for 30-50 inmates. The workshop will be conducted in one cohort to be completed in 7-10 weeks, creating a new cadre of desperately needed inmate mediators at Valley State Prison and to fund train the trainer program at Valley State Prison, aimed at training new mediators as well as developing a cadre of inmate mediation trainers. Prison of Peace 2016 Valley State Prison Mediation Training Program.

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Center for Conflict Resolution

CCR will be conducting an equity audit of its Mediator Mentorship Program. CCR mediators, while diverse in many ways, are not fully representative of the communities served. CCR knows it cannot truly improve access to justice without engaging all parts of the community. Greater volunteer diversity will help CCR increase client comfort, identify, and remove biases, and recognize new opportunities. This grant will help CCR conduct audit recommendations, engage with experts, devote staff time to improving the program, remove barriers to volunteer participation, and better serve the community.

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Arizona Town Hall

$75,000 to invite Arizonans of diverse views and experience to participate in a forum to examine the issue of extreme polarization, interact with one another, respectfully discuss the issues, and work together to find solutions.

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NULAI Nigeria

$75,000 to support young persons from 5 university law clinics and 15 secondary schools from Northern Nigeria with knowledge, skills, and values in facilitating peaceful dialogue using conflict transformation and peacebuilding approaches.

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Arizona State University Foundation

$59,789 to fund empirical study with goal of providing guidance about what needs to be accomplished during opening stages of mediation.