Give me an opportunity to prove myself and show you and the world that I can do this work. They were given the opportunity to come back and change their life. People in the corporate world that have made mistakes.
I'm actually honored to be in a position where I can speak up and be a voice for the individuals that are voiceless. The Second Chance Business Coalition represents 30 large employers across industries committed to expanding second chance hiring. Graphics: Second Chance Business Coalition The Second Chance Business Coalition, which JPMorgan Chase is the co-chair of, brings together companies from across the American economy who are committed to doing more second chance hiring. They start working on your application, they start doing mock interviews, and they try to find out areas that you need work in. They've identified companies or organizations that are willing to hire people with backgrounds. Second chance programs really allow a person to continue to build their skill sets so they can be more marketable within the workforce. We need more organizations in our community to reach out and let us know that they're here and they want to help. Currently, only 11 states have automatic expungement laws. Let's make it accessible, and let's make it impactful.īipartisan legislation to make expungement easier by establishing new procedures to seal arrest records for nonviolent offenses.
The Federal Clean Slate Act is before Congress, it's bipartisan legislation that J.P Morgan is fully supportive of, and it would ensure that for federal crimes, if it's eligible for expungement, let's make that process easier. I'm thinking to myself ‘if I can't get this expunged, now what is my life going to be like? It dawned on me that I had a felony that is still with me maybe now 10 years later. About 25 to 30 million of them have crimes that are eligible to be expunged, but haven't done so, and that's because the process is so difficult to navigate.Įxpunge: to erase or remove a criminal record. We know that one in three American adults has a criminal record, and that's about 70 million people. I'm in a position where I make sure that we hire individuals that, like myself, who have been through different circumstances and trying to change their life because you have to give it, you have to allow an individual the opportunity to show that they have changed. So there's been a movement among employers, there's been support for legislation to eliminate that checkbox. It's really important because we're missing out on a huge talent pool. J.P Morgan Chase eliminated the checkbox on an initial employment application that requires disclosure of a criminal record. Graphics on wall: Job application with felony question box Once a criminal, always a criminal." That's not true. When they look on your application and they see that, that's the first red flag. We're parents, we're brothers, we're sisters, we're mothers, I'm someone's daughter. Doesn't matter if it's 50 years from now, I will always be looked at for that mistake.Īnd that's what stops a lot of us from even walking into the door trying to get help or trying to get a job, because we don't want to feel embarrassed or put down. If I was able to remove my background, a case that I committed when I was 18 years old, that happened almost 30 years ago. Having to disclose that record can really reduce the number of callbacks that a potential employee may get. Having a criminal record is a big barrier to getting a job. My name is Heather Higginbottom and I'm the President of the JPMorgan Chase Polic圜enter. Too often, even after people have paid their debt to society, they're still held back and punished from pursuing employment, housing and other key supports to succeeding in this economy. So one of the number one barriers that I faced upon my release from prison was simply finding a job. I'm the senior director for Heartland Alliance. I'm a car servicer at the Chicago Transit Authority.
I work for New Covenant Community Development Center. My name is Dorine Poole and I'm from Chicago, born and raised. A landscaping company based here in the south side of Chicago. I always wanted more out of life, but being in and out of jail for a majority of my life, I didn't have the opportunities.
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