{"id":32302,"date":"2022-05-31T13:04:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T13:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/?p=32302"},"modified":"2022-05-31T13:04:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T13:04:54","slug":"ben-jerrys-joins-new-hiring-program-for-at-risk-youth-to-prevent-incarceration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/31\/ben-jerrys-joins-new-hiring-program-for-at-risk-youth-to-prevent-incarceration\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s Joins New Hiring Program for At-Risk Youth to Prevent Incarceration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"pull-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;Unlock Potential is a critical component of our Racial Equity work.&#8221; &#8211;Allie Reid, Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"shareIt(this,'Tweet','Release Body')\" data-tweet-text=\"&quot;Unlock Potential is a critical component of our Racial Equity work.&quot; --Allie Reid, Ben &amp; Jerry's\u00a0 \u00a0\" data-twitter-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/ben--jerrys-joins-new-hiring-program-for-at-risk-youth-to-prevent-incarceration-301557034.html\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<i class=\"fab fab-twitter mr-sm\"\/>Tweet this<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;The importance of second-chance employment efforts cannot be overstated. But hiring individuals when they&#8217;re released from prison isn&#8217;t enough \u2013 we have to be taking steps to stop them ending up there in the first place,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Matthew McCarthy<\/span>, CEO of Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s. <b>&#8220;<\/b>Data show that meaningful employment opportunities are one of the most impactful ways to prevent future incarceration. Unlock Potential will create those first chances.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Supported by Walmart.org Center for Racial Equity, the Unlock Potential program aims to tackle the profound racial inequality and economic immobility generated by justice-system contact. For example, \u00a0<u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3551053-1&amp;h=1859309&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.richmondfed.org%2Fpublications%2Fresearch%2Feconomic_brief%2F2021%2Feb_21-07%23%3A%7E%3Atext%3DWe%2520find%2520that%2520the%2520impact%2C43%2520percent%2520for%2520white%2520men.&amp;a=first-time+incarceration\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">first-time incarceration<\/a><\/u> can decrease lifetime earnings by more than 30 percent. These obstacles are also disproportionately felt by BIPOC communities. Black Americans are incarcerated at <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3551053-1&amp;h=301889273&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sentencingproject.org%2Fpublications%2Fcolor-of-justice-racial-and-ethnic-disparity-in-state-prisons%2F&amp;a=nearly+five+times+the+rate+of+whites\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">nearly five times the rate of whites<\/a><\/u>, and studies have shown the effect of a criminal record on employment to be <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3551053-1&amp;h=4201749920&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fs27147.pcdn.co%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FFairChanceLicensing-v4-2019.pdf&amp;a=40%25+more+damaging\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">40% more damaging<\/a><\/u> for Black men than white men. By preventing incarceration before it starts, Unlock Potential can mitigate the resulting economic exclusion and help break intergenerational cycles of poverty.<\/p>\n<p>Unlock Potential will also help businesses meet the unprecedented workforce shortage, their growing need to invest in future leadership, and their commitments to creating a fairer and more equitable society.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unlock Potential is a critical component in the advancement of our Racial Equity work,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Allie Reid<\/span>, Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s Sr. Retail Racial Equity and Inclusion Manager. &#8220;Creating meaningful career opportunities for Black and Brown at-risk youth supports skill development and economic mobility in the communities we serve and exist in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Unlock Potential will focus on the 4.4 million Americans identified as &#8220;disconnected youth&#8221;: individuals aged 16 to 24 who are neither in education nor employment. These young adults are far more likely than their peers to suffer negative outcomes like poverty and incarceration. Unlock Potential will focus on a subset who have experienced one or more of the following additional risk factors for incarceration: an incarcerated parent, sex or human trafficking, the juvenile justice system, or the foster care system. By opening up economic opportunities for these individuals, participating employers can help address the root causes of mass incarceration.<\/p>\n<p>Following the design consultation phase expected to wrap up in October, Unlock Potential will launch a 12-month pilot program. Assisted by the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice \u2013 cofounders of Unlock Potential \u2013 a handful of Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s franchised Scoop Shops will be matched with prospective hires to provide careers with real opportunity for advancement. Participants will also be connected with local wraparound support services through national non-profit Persevere to help ensure their success.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the program, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3551053-1&amp;h=4285135228&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.unlock-potential.org%2F&amp;a=www.unlock-potential.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.unlock-potential.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>About Unlock Potential<br class=\"dnr\"\/><\/i><\/b>Unlock Potential is an intentional hiring program that brings together major employers to use hiring to disrupt the prison pipeline, by providing meaningful, long-term career opportunities for at-risk young people. It was founded through a partnership between the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice and Persevere, and is funded by Walmart.org Center for Racial Equity.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>About Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<br class=\"dnr\"\/>Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s is\u00a0an aspiring social justice company\u00a0that believes\u00a0in a greater calling than simply making\u00a0and\u00a0selling\u00a0the world&#8217;s best\u00a0ice cream. The company produces a wide variety of super-premium ice cream and\u00a0Non-Dairy\/vegan desserts\u00a0using high-quality ingredients\u00a0and lots of big chunks and swirls. As a certified B Corp, Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s incorporates its vision of Linked Prosperity into its business practices\u00a0via\u00a0values-led sourcing initiatives\u00a0when purchasing ingredients.\u00a0Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s is distributed in over 35 countries in supermarkets, grocery stores, convenience stores, franchised Scoop Shops,\u00a0and via on-demand delivery services. Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s, a\u00a0Vermont\u00a0corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Unilever, operates its business on a three-part Mission Statement emphasizing product quality,\u00a0a fair financial return, and\u00a0addressing issues of social, racial, and environmental injustice around the globe. The Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s Foundation, guided by Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s employees, granted <span class=\"xn-money\">$3<\/span>.7MM in 2021 to support progressive, justice-focused grassroots organizing around the country. For up-to-date information visit benjerry.com.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b><i>About the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice<br class=\"dnr\"\/><\/i><\/b>The Responsible Business Initiative for Justice (RBIJ) is an international non-profit organization working with companies to champion fairness, equality, and effectiveness across systems of punishment and incarceration.\u00a0They engage, educate, and equip businesses \u2014 and their leaders \u2014 to participate in meaningful advocacy on key criminal justice issues, support policy-specific reform campaigns, and use their resources and operations to be a force for good in society.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rt.prnewswire.com\/rt.gif?NewsItemId=NE72232&amp;Transmission_Id=202205310900PR_NEWS_USPR_____NE72232&amp;DateId=20220531\" style=\"border: 0.0px;width: 1.0px;height: 1.0px;\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/ben--jerrys-joins-new-hiring-program-for-at-risk-youth-to-prevent-incarceration-301557034.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] &#8220;Unlock Potential is a critical component of our Racial Equity work.&#8221; &#8211;Allie Reid, Ben&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-careers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32304,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32302\/revisions\/32304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}