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Originally Posted by MAYHEM666  Ahh, finally someone who thinks like me, can I drive for you? |
Sure, Keep me in mind. As soon as I complete training, get the experience and I speak with officials on how to bring my plan to action, you're more than welcome to contact me.
I'm so sick of crying (yes crying myself to sleep), reading and hearing about others in the same situation that it's time for us to come together and turn things around.
If my conviction has nothing to do with the job I do on a daily basis, there should be no reason why I cannot do that job (period).
I only wish that programs like The Delancey Street Project offered more than just carpentry, HVAC or blue collar work. There are tons of opportunities out there. However, I believe looking at what's in demand, where is there a shortage and fulfilling that shortage with qualified individuals. Yes, felons are qualified individuals too as long as the nature of their offense is not related to the job they are being hired to do.
Yet this is exactly where the problem lies because so many companies try to use the nature of the offense to the job being done as an excuse why they don't hire people convicted of a felony. "You may take one of our trucks and commit a felony with it.", "You may try to commit felonies across every state you travel becoming a serial rapist, child molester or murders.", " You may call up your buddies and tell them now that you have your CDL license and work for a trucking company, you can finally haul all those drugs they needed you to haul across state lines." or "Our insurance liability will not cover or will increase if we hire you."
Stop the madness. Mind you, these thoughts are coming from CEO and Executives and people in governmental positions with college education some with masters, PH.D's and/or MBA's from top business schools like Wharton school of Business of the University of Penn.
Here's something to think about;
"As many as 64 million Americans have arrest records, many of which never resulted in conviction. More than 600,000 individuals are released from state and federal prisons every year; hundreds of thousands more are leaving local jails or are serving their sentences in the community. Many of these individuals encounter the stigma associated with having a criminal record as they try to become productive members of society. They also face an explosive growth of legal roadblocks in the form of state and federal laws that make successful reentry much more difficult."
"Most states allow employers to deny jobs to people who may have been arrested but never convicted of a crime."
"Most states allow employers to deny jobs to or fire anyone with a criminal record, regardless of how long ago or the individual’s work history and personal circumstances."
"Although no one questions the legitimate concerns of employers who do not want to hire someone with a conviction record who clearly demonstrates a threat to public safety or who otherwise has a conviction history directly related to a specific job, policies that encourage employers to adopt broad sweeping exclusions (i.e. not hiring or considering anyone with any type of criminal history) simply locks out and eliminates many qualified, rehabilitated individuals from the job market."
Stop crying about this injustice and let's start to do something about this. 64 million people is enough that we can make a difference. The government cannot ignore 64 million voices. If we came together, we can do something about this injustice.
I'm not going to cry no more, now, I'm going to do something about it.
I've had it! To Fellow Felons.... 
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