<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><div style="text-align: auto;"><br></div><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"><u><b>ALL OUT FOR CORI REFORM!</b></u></font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"><u><b>CORI Reform Press Conference & Lobby Day</b></u></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"><b> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Tuesday, June 30th</b></font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"><b>11-12:30pm</b></font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"><b>State House</b></font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"><b>Grand Staircase</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"> Confirmed CORI reform speakers include Mayor Thomas Menino, Sheriff Andrea Cabral, Bob Haynes (AFL-CIO), State Rep. Liz Malia and State Senator Harriette Chandler, Northeastern Labor Economist Andrew Sum and others.</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"><u>CORI Background:</u> Growing access to criminal background information prevents hundreds of thousands of MA residents from obtaining work, housing and education loans every year. Unregulated CORI practices lead employers to overlook qualified and motivated applicants for work. Meanwhile, ex-offenders who are unable to secure legal employment and housing are more likely to re-offend and enter a costly cycle of re-incarceration. People of Color are disproportionately penalized by these unregulated CORI practices. CORI reform in 2009 presents an immediate, cost-free strategy to reduce state expenses while improving public safety.</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"><i>An Act to Reform CORI, Restore Opportunity, and Improve Public Safety:</i> HB 3523/SB 1608</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"><b>Bans the Criminal History Question from </b><u><b>Initial</b></u> <b>Job Applications</b></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 72.0px; text-indent: -24.0px"><font face="Symbol" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Symbol">·</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica">Allows employers to check CORI only after an applicant has been deemed “otherwise qualified” for the position.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 72.0px; text-indent: -24.0px"><font face="Symbol" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Symbol">·</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica">Alters the timing of a criminal record inquiry but does not limit an employer’s access to such information.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"><b>Allows those who have not re-offended to seal old misdemeanor cases after 3 years and old felony records after 7 years</b></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 72.0px; text-indent: -24.0px"><font face="Symbol" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Symbol">·</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica">Currently, a person’s felony record is accessible for 15 years and a misdemeanor is open for 10 years which prevents people who want to be productive members of society to move on.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 72.0px; text-indent: -24.0px"><font face="Symbol" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Symbol">·</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica">Countless longitudinal studies have shown that if an ex-offender stays crime free for 5-6 years, the likelihood of his/her re-offending drops to statistically non-significant levels.</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"> <b>Removes not guilty and dismissed cases from the CORI</b></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 72.0px; text-indent: -24.0px"><font face="Symbol" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Symbol">·</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica">Job applicants should not be punished for cases in which there was no finding of guilt.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 72.0px; text-indent: -24.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"><b>For full text of the Senate bill, go to:</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#1907f1" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica; color: #1907f1"><a href="http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/senate/186/st01pdf/ST01608.PDF"><u><b>http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/senate/186/st01pdf/ST01608.PDF</b></u><u><b></b></u></a></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"><b> for more information on CORI Reform, go to</b></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#1907f1" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica; color: #1907f1"><a href="http://www.bostonworkersalliance.org/"><u>http://www.bostonworkersalliance.org</u><u></u></a></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"> </font></p>
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