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I’m willing to bet that the overwhelming majority of us have read Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter.” And if you’re like me, you were understandably appalled that any civilized society would place an identifying mark on a person so that they would endure ongoing, public ridicule and shame for the rest of their life because of a misdeed.
People are also reading… My goal is that you experience us as individuals, not as representatives of a group. I want you to see that your previous assumptions about us are false and certainly do not apply to most members of this community. We do recover and we do change. My “lucky break” came during my last incarceration when I learned of a company working inside the prison that gave second-chance opportunities to women like me. It was a golden ticket of sorts that allowed me to start a meaningful career, build a professional network, and have access to a cohort of mentors, skills training, and personal and professional development programs.
I personally know formerly incarcerated women who have gone through the interview process at companies, only to have job offers revoked after the background check comes back. There are so many reasons to hire qualified talent from the second-chance community and only one reason not to…personal biases. This has been the driver for The Televerde Virtual Roundtable: to help all of us identify and overcome hidden attitudes so we move toward people instead of away from them.
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