Greyston Bakery Joins Groundbreaking Walmart-Funded Employment Program As It Announces Locations and Partners

NEW YORK, October 25, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Joseph Kenner, CEO of Greyston Bakery, will take the stage at 3BL Media’s Brands Taking Stands Summit today to announce Greyston’s participation in Unlock Potential (UP) – a Walmart-funded intentional hiring program that is designed to prevent incarceration by providing meaningful career opportunities for young people at the greatest risk of justice system involvement. Kenner states:

"Unlock Potential will allow Greyston to showcase how we have been unlocking human potential these last 40 years through our Open Hiring® process at Greyston Bakery and our inclusive employment practices at Greyston Foundation. By creating job opportunities with real pathways for advancement we can ensure these young people get the life chances they deserve.”

He will be joined by Dr. Marvin Carr, Director of the Walmart.org Center for Racial Equity, and Celia Ouellette, founder of the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice (RBIJ), the non-profit behind the program. They will announce the U.S. locations and the community-based organizations (CBOs) that employers will be partnered with, following the conclusion of the design phase of UP’s pilot program.

Dr. Carr writes: “We are thrilled to move into the next phase of this exciting and unique initiative. We know that employment is critical in preventing people from falling into our justice system. By expanding the positive choices available to opportunity youth - who are at the greatest risk of incarceration, and overwhelmingly people of color – we can increase economic mobility, advance racial equity, prevent crime, and grow the next generation of corporate leaders.”

The pilot program will be kicking off with the following employers planning to hire in the following locations:

• Sam's Club in Dallas and Houston, TX
• Greyston in Yonkers, NY
• Ben & Jerry's in Atlanta, GA and Nashville, TN
• American Family Insurance in Atlanta, GA
• Delta Air Lines in Atlanta, GA
• Goodwill Columbus and Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, OH

UP试点计划的努力旨在通过提供有意义的就业机会来打破监禁周期，这是国家非营利性持久性和RBIJ之间的合作伙伴关系。

Persevere founder Sean Hosman explains: “By building a holistic approach to workforce development through cross-sector partnerships between businesses and CBOs, and with the right supports, resources, and social capital, we can build a talent pipeline that replaces the prison pipeline and increase racially equitable employment opportunities for a group of young people who are statistically at greater risk of justice system involvement.”

CBO合作包括社区援助联盟（德克萨斯州休斯顿），女孩拥抱母亲（达拉斯，德克188bet网址怎么打不开萨斯州），门罗·哈丁（Monroe Harding）（田纳西州纳什维尔），邻里基督教服务（孟菲斯，田纳西州）和亚特兰大城市联盟（佐治亚州亚特兰大）188bet上不了。候选人将包括16-24岁的年轻人，他们经历了以下一项或多项：少年司法系统；被监禁的父母；寄养；和性或人口贩运。

RBIJ have invited any businesses to reach out if they are interested in participating in this ground-breaking and equity-focused initiative.For more information, please visitwww.unlock-potential.org。

Notes to editors
For further information, please contact
Ben Cumming (Communications Director, Responsible Business Initiative for Justice):
ben@rbij.org
+44 7891551514 / +1 213 370 0222
#unlockpotential
@rbi_justice