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In response to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issuing final regulations to implement the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019 (Fair Chance Act)—which prohibits federal agencies and federal contractors from requesting an applicant’s criminal history information before the agency makes a conditional offer of employment to the applicant—JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA) President and CEO DeAnna Hoskins issued the following statement:
“JustLeadershipUSA applauds the work of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and their commitment to recruitment and hiring policies that create greater accessibility and inclusivity for individuals living with a criminal conviction. This action today was one JLUSA called for in our 2021-2024 Roadmap and reiterated again in March of this year when we published the landscape report Building the Table: Advancing a Sustained Federal Commitment to Ensure Economic Justice for Systems-Impacted Individuals. JLUSA was also honored to work with the Domestic Policy Council to identify rules and processes to make this truly equitable for those living with a criminal history.
“These types of procedural shifts are the beginning of many necessary steps the federal government must take to continue modeling its commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Belonging in hiring. The federal government is the largest hiring entity in the country with over 2.2 million positions and must continue to model the way as a fair chance employer.
“These Final Rules are an incremental step in the right direction towards economic justice. The clarion call continues as we encourage the federal government to continue to engage and increase authentic partnership with directly impacted individuals to expand employment protections that are meaningful and necessary.”
In our 10th anniversary year, JustLeadershipUSA’s work of educating, elevating, and empowering justice-impacted leaders continues and is growing even stronger!
This is going to be a very special time to look back on the past decade of JLUSA’s important work, the 1,600+ leaders we have helped get to the next level in their work, and even more importantly, we will look ahead to the next 10 years and beyond!
We can’t do this without you. We need your support to help us continue to do this work now and into the future. By making a donation in honor of JLUSA’s 10th anniversary year, you are saying to the amazing leaders in our network who represent the 70+ million Americans who have been directly impacted by the criminal legal system, “I see you, and I support you!”
Please give a one-time $100 gift or set up a recurring $10 monthly donation to celebrate JLUSA’s 10th anniversary year, and together we will build a fair and just U.S. Thank you!
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Since 2014, JustLeadershipUSA has maintained our commitment to ensuring systems-impacted voices are at the forefront of the movement for criminal legal reform, empowering directly impacted leaders in over 45 states with the tools, resources, and connections to transform their work.
Your donation will provide crucial support for our leadership training programs, empowering future generations of leaders and propelling the work of JLUSA and our alumni as we continue to advocate and push reform on issues that matter the most in our communities.
In just 10 years, JLUSA and our network of leaders have worked to dismantle decades of harm caused by the criminal legal system.