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In an op-ed for The Washington Post, Blue Meridian CEO Nancy Roob, Ford Foundation president Darren Walker, and Schusterman Family Philanthropies chair Stacy Schusterman push for fair chance hiring practices to improve the life trajectories of people impacted by the criminal justice system.
“In a year bookended by a racial reckoning and a sputtering recovery, social sector leaders are driving a vision of a just economic system that serves everyone. That’s why the organizations we represent launched the $250 million Justice and Mobility Fund to scale the work of local and national advocates who are advancing these and other solutions. Unless businesses, governments and philanthropic organizations recognize that racial equity, economic mobility and justice reform are interconnected, we won’t be able to rebuild America fully and equitably. Indeed, as millions await their next opportunity, our job is clear — and, to borrow a phrase, help is wanted.”