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April 20, 2018 ArtNews‘Bring Down The Walls’: Creative Time Details Educational and Dance Project Focused on Mass Incarceration
Creative Time, the New York–based public art nonprofit organization, announced the full schedule for its upcoming program “Bring Down the Walls,” organized in partnership with the Fortune Society, artist Phil Collins, and over 100 collaborators. The project will provide a communal space that serves as a school by day and a nightclub by night.
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April 14, 2018 New York Daily NewsReaders Sound Off on Police Discrimination, NYCHA and Night Owls
Khalil A. Cumberbatch, our Associate Vice President of Policy, responds to NY Daily News' April 12 editorial, “What mass incarceration?” He argues that the article ignores the stark racial disparities that continue to exist in police actions.
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April 09, 2018 New York Nonprofit Media
The Formerly Incarcerated Harmonize Through Music at The Fortune Society
The Fortune Society’s monthly jam sessions leverage music to further the re-entry process of formerly incarcerated people.
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April 05, 2018 Job Applicants Enter Settlement with Target Corporation over Discriminatory Criminal Background Screening Policy
Job Applicants Enter Settlement with Target Corporation over Discriminatory Criminal Background Screening Policy
The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the law firm of Outten & Golden LLP have reached a settlement with Target Corporation to resolve allegations that its overly broad and outdated criminal background check policy discriminated against African-American and Latino applicants.
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April 05, 2018 The New York Times
Target Agrees to Review Screening of Job Applicants Amid Claims of Bias
Target agreed on Thursday to revise guidelines for how it screens people seeking jobs at its stores, a step meant to quell complaints that the retailer discriminates against black and Hispanic applicants with criminal records that can include offenses too minor or old to affect their performance as employees.
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