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Rework Reentry identifies systemic barriers & connects returning persons with meaningful careers in the tech industry.

  • Technology
    Rework Reentry Playbook
    This playbook helps companies navigate the process for hiring and supporting people returning from incarceration, breaking down everything from legal and HR hurdles to the human elements of making hiring programs a long-term success. Divided into discrete, bite-sized content, it makes it easier for companies to answer the question, “Where to begin?”
    BY Aspen Digital & 1 more

    Publication

    09.12.2022

  • Next Chapter Graduate Stories
    Next Chapter Graduate Stories

    Next Chapter has provided nearly 50 formerly incarcerated individuals training to develop technical skills and gain apprenticeships with companies like Slack, Zoom, Dropbox and Square.

  • Next Chapter Expands to 14 Companies
    Next Chapter Expands to 14 Companies

    Including PayPal, Dropbox, Zoom, Checkr, GoodRx, Lob, and more!

    • Building Careers After Incarceration
      Criminal Law and Justice
      Building Careers After Incarceration
      People exiting incarceration often struggle to find a job—and the idea of a full-fledged career is almost beyond conceiving. But through private and public partnerships, formerly incarcerated individuals are provided with professional development in leadership, entrepreneurship, and technological skills. Small scale successes show the promise of pre-release interventions, and the benefit of breaking the stigma of a criminal record.
      BY Aspen Digital

      Video

      06.30.2022

    • The Rework Reentry Collaboration
      The Rework Reentry Collaboration

      Learn more about the Rework Reentry projects and its goals.

    • About Home/Free
      About Home/Free

      Learn about the Home/Free project, which uses documentary story-telling to highlight the challenges faced by returning persons upon reentry.

      • Formerly Incarcerated People as Tech Workers
        Technology
        Formerly Incarcerated People as Tech Workers
        Inside Slack’s bold bet on training formerly incarcerated people to be tech workers - Fast Company
        BY Fast Company

        Blog Post

        06.30.2022

      • CNBC - Job training program for formerly incarcerated individuals
        CNBC - Job training program for formerly incarcerated individuals

        Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield discusses the tech company’s collaboration with the Aspen Institute, called Rework Reentry, a joint program with the Aspen Institute that helps formerly incarcerated individuals find careers in the tech sector.

      • A Second Chance in Tech
        Technology
        A Second Chance in Tech
        To help companies navigate the process for hiring and supporting people returning from incarceration, the Aspen Institute and Slack are launching a new Playbook, which breaks down everything from legal and HR hurdles to the human elements of making hiring programs a long-term success. Divided into discrete, bite-sized content, the Playbook makes it easier for companies to answer the question, “Where to begin?”
        BY Beth Semel & 1 more

        Blog Post

        09.12.2022

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