Last Friday, at our Annual Leadership Awards Celebration, we celebrated the concrete change we have all won that makes our lives and the lives of our loved ones – and
Rosenblum: TakeAction Minnesota helped Target ban the box
Target Corp.’s decision to Ban the Box is a victory for many ex-offenders, and a wise and moral move for the wildly popular discounter. But it would be a shame
Betsy Hodges prepares to put vision, record to work
She’s a fan of NASCAR who wears Wonder Woman T-shirts beneath blazers, a progressive activist with a penchant for wading into messy political issues at City Hall, and a DFLer
TakeAction Minnesota Congratulates Minneapolis Mayor-Elect Betsy Hodges
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — November 7, 2013Contact: Greta Bergstrom, 651.336.6722, greta@takeactionminnesota.org TakeAction Minnesota Congratulates Minneapolis Mayor-Elect Betsy Hodges Minneapolis, MN – TakeAction Minnesota’s Executive Director, Dan McGrath, released the following
Target initiates ban the box nationwide
In an overflow meeting at the Capri Theater, executives with Target Corporation engaged in a dialog about how corporate hiring policies prevent people with criminal arrest – disproportionately people of
Target To Drop Criminal Background Question In Job Applications
Target plans to stop asking prospective employees about their criminal records in initial job applications at all of its U.S. stores, a company spokesperson confirmed to The Huffington Post on
Target Bans the Box
Sanctions that make it more difficult for ex-offenders to obtain jobs, housing and even basic documents like drivers’ licenses only serve to drive them back to jail. With that in
What’s working in Minnesota?
Consider what life is like in our neighboring states in the upper Midwest. To the south, in Iowa, farm and rural activists are fighting off factory farms at every turn.
Target Joins the Conversation
Last week, more than 400 people packed the Capri Theater on the northside of Minneapolis and others watched online in Duluth, Grand Rapids, Virginia, Rochester, Mankato, and beyond. Why? To
Target to ban criminal history box on job applications
Target Corp. will roll out a national program early next year that will eliminate the box on employment applications that asks job seekers whether they have a criminal record. The initiative,
