Fair Chance Profile: Brandy Smith
Smith’s experience searching for a job, as someone with a conviction history, is like the hundreds of thousands of Arizonans in the same position looking for “fair chance” employment opportunities.
Smith’s experience searching for a job, as someone with a conviction history, is like the hundreds of thousands of Arizonans in the same position looking for “fair chance” employment opportunities.
She came to Arizona almost 30 years ago for a short vacation. Thankfully, for all the women served by Arouet since she took over the organization as CEO, Alison Rapping ‘fell in love’ with the place and never left.
Jeffrey Korzenik talks with us about his book, ‘Untapped Talent,’ his father who died literally doing what he loved, and why he avoids sounding a little too preachy to the business community about the inequities of our criminal justice system.
Ahead of Arouet’s Fair Chance Employment Symposium, Jeff Korzenik spoke with Joe Watson, an Arizona-based small business owner and criminal justice reform advocate, to give us a preview of what Symposium attendees can expect in October.