Join us for an insightful conversation on enhancing HR hiring practices for marginalized workers, particularly those with criminal records.

On Nov. 18, Cornell ILR’s Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative (CJEI) will cohost an event at Tompkins County Public Library in Ithaca, NY, to educate the public on New York State’s upcoming Clean Slate Act.

For Second Chance Month, Cornell ILR’s Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative (CJEI) launched a beta version of its Restorative Record, a digital hiring tool for justice-impacted job candidates to secure employment against exclusionary practices and stigma.

Join us on Wednesday, April 24, for the Center for Applied Research on Work's webinar "Qualified But Denied: How Policy Change Can Expand Access to Employment for Justice-Impacted New Yorkers."

Anderson Jr. stood before the New York State Senate on Feb. 12 to recount his experience working for Corcraft, an entity operating within the New York State Department of Corrections.

The barriers marginalized communities face to good jobs may not be our fault. Still, it is our responsibility, and it readily became the responsibility of those gathered at the Climate Jobs Institute's (CJI) statewide conference in March.

The 12-week program equips incarcerated learners with vital debate, public speaking, and critical thinking skills. 

Experts fused theory with practice in a collaborative lecture at Buffalo State University's crime prevention class in November.

“Buffalo Startup Week provided the perfect platform to introduce the new ‘Silicon Falls’ collaboration with Stanford University,” said Jodi Anderson Jr., director of technological development at Cornell ILR’s Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative (CJEI).

The American Probation and Parole Association’s (APPA) 48th Annual Training Institute took place in New York City from August 27-30. The hybrid event included workshops, speaker series, networking opportunities and a successful second-chance job fair supported by Cornell ILR’s Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative (CJEI). 

Representatives from both the NY State legislative and executive branches gathered on the ILR campus on Thursday morning to officially launch the New York at Work annual report.

Employment redemption in Shawshank – Timothy McNutt, director of ILR’s Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative (CJEI), joins the podcast Objection! You’re Fiction, to discuss the post-prison job prospects in the film The Shawshank Redemption.

Although the discussion focused on criminal justice, the panel underscored the universal need to fight injustice with resources and opportunities for employment, economic participation, and meaningful community contributions.

Education is a potent catalyst for personal transformation and societal progress, yet incarcerated individuals have long faced barriers to accessing quality education. Recognizing the transformative potential of higher learning, specifically for justice-impacted populations, Cornell University organized the Cornell Prison Education Symposium in June at the Statler Hotel’s Amphitheatre. 

"How do we build the skills and equip justice-impacted individuals with a talent set to prepare them for jobs that are going to lead to social and economic mobility? It's technology," said Jodi Anderson Jr., director of technological innovation at Cornell University’s Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative (CJEI). 

Combining the might of P2P and CJEI, the job fair brought together hiring and resource partners, leaders with lived experience, as well as service providers to support candidates with justice involvement in their pursuit of meaningful employment. 

More than 3,000 justice-involved people, employers, law enforcement personnel and others have received training since 2018 through an ILR program.

Traditional hiring practices are insufficient, but there is an alternative; this was the mission which brought together thought leaders from ILR and Jobs for the Future (JFF) at the 75th Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) conference earlier this month in Detroit, Michigan.

The inaugural Brooklyn Job Fair at the Barclays Center was not only a significant milestone in cementing CJEI’s commitment to serving NYS justice-impacted residents, but also a momentous event for the communities of NYC.

The director of ILR’s Criminal Justice Employment Initiative teaches job applicants and hiring managers how to get beyond the criminal records that often keep them apart.

Timothy McNutt, Esq  participated at the The Queensboro Correctional Facility winter resource fair on Friday, December 9th. The resource fair included employment and educational opportunities, family reunification, parental and child support, housing, health, discharge planning, and substance abuse assistance.

The Restorative Record project, led by Timothy McNutt, Matthew Saleh, and Jodi Anderson explored connections that can be drawn from experiences of justice-impacted workers to other marginalized workers and how these experiences relate to broader themes of access to work, equity, and economic development.

On November 29, 2022, Cornell ILR, hosted a roundtable discussion on emerging trends in work, labor, and employment at the New York City Conference Center.

The CJEI team addressed issues surrounding criminal records, third-party background checks and employment discrimination.