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CONNECTICUT MEDIATION ASSOCIATION OUR PURPOSE To make mediation the first option OUR PROMISE OUR VISION Voices Experience the extraordinary work that our members partners are doing to resolve disputes in their community Manhattan Justice Opportunities provides communitybased diversion and sentencing options to reduce the use of incarceration and criminal convictions for people charged with both lowlevel offenses and felonies. Our social workers and case managers strive to make each case an opportunity to positively alter the direction of a persons life connecting participants with social services to address the underlying issues that often fuel involvement with the justice system. The Quinnipiac Dispute Resolution Workshop sponsored by the center brings distinguished scholars to both campuses to engage students practitioners and professors in lively discussions about important issues in the field. Furthermore Quinnipiacs Dispute Resolution program was ranked 15th in the nation by U.