2024 National Fair Chance Hiring Conference
On October 7-8, 2024, the Corporate Coalition of Chicago, the Harris School of Public Policy and NORC at the University of Chicago will host a first-of-its kind, national working meeting on fair chance hiring. Fair chance practitioners (employers and nonprofits), policymakers, researchers, and funders will gather in Chicago to:
- Explore the impact of recent changes in fair chance hiring practice and policy
- Catalyze new knowledge-building that will advance fair chance policy and practice
- Grow the emerging field by advancing research, by involving scholars who are still forming their research and teaching platforms, and by including in all aspect of the convening justice-impacted individuals.
Each session of the meeting will begin with a keynote address, followed by a panel and then a generative, facilitated conversations to identify research topics that could advance fair chance policy and/or practice. All attendees will participate in these generative sessions, which will make the convening a working meeting.
Event Details
Date
October 7-8, 2024
Location
David Rubenstein Forum at the University of Chicago
1201 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Accommodations
A limited number of hotel rooms is being held for participants. Please use the link below for a list of hotels with room blocks.
Conference Goals
This Conference aims to:
- Explore the impact of recent changes in practice and policy from new perspectives. In conversations across sectors, conference attendees will discuss recent policy and practice changes, their impacts, and implications on expanding opportunities for individuals with records.
- Catalyze new knowledge-building. By generating research questions that might be explored, discussing how such questions might be examined and the practical impact of greater knowledge, the conference aims to help build the interdisciplinary field of fair chance hiring.
- Grow the emerging field of fair chance hiring by involving scholars, including justice-impacted academics, who are still forming their research and teaching agendas.
- Serve as a meeting point for practitioners, policymakers, funders, justice-impacted leaders and researchers in the field of fair chance hiring.
Who will attend?
- Corporate leaders & practitioners
- Government officials
- Justice-impacted individuals
- Nonprofit organization leaders
- Philanthropic leaders
- Researchers and scholars
Student/Alumni Program
The afternoon of October 8 will feature an engaging student/alumni program on expungement, including experts from the nonprofit, corporate, start-up, and legal communities discussing expungement, as well as a site visit to an expungement clinic on Chicago’s South Side.
Agenda
The main conference will be structured around three half-day sessions, each beginning with a keynote presentation, followed by a multi-sector panel and then a facilitated, generative discussion of potential research topics and strategies for addressing identified topics. These conversations that will cap each session are a critical, distinctive component of the convening.
Lunch sessions and a reception and dinner on Day 1 will provide time for participants to connect and talk informally. The afternoon of Day 2 will be reserved for colleagues to meet, both formally and informally.
Monday, October 7
8:00-8:50 am
Registration & Breakfast
9:00-9:30 am
Welcome, Goals & Agenda
- Lisa Blumerman, NORC at the University of Chicago
- Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, Harris School of Public Policy
- Brian Fabes, Corporate Coalition
Session 1: What works, for whom, and how do we know?
MC: Steph Dolan, Corporate Coalition of Chicago
9:30-10:00 am
Keynote Presentation
- Damon Phillips, Wharton School of Management
10:00-10:45 am
Multi-Sector Panel
- Amanda Agan, Cornell University
- Stan Ball, Intel
- Jeff Korzenik, Author, Untapped Talent
Discussion Leader: Marianne Bertrand, Chicago Booth
10:45-12:15 pm
Facilitated, Generative Discussion
- All Attendees
Moderator: Maha Jweied, Responsible Business Initiative for Justice
12:15-1:30 pm
Lunch
Session 2: Fact, Fears & Changing Perceptions
MC: Kathleen St. Louis Caliento, Cara Collective
1:45-2:15 pm
Keynote Presentation
- Shawn Bushway, SUNY Albany, RAND Corporation
2:15-3:00 pm
Multi-Sector Panel
- Jeff Brown, Brown's Super Stores
- Amelia Burke-Garcia, NORC at the University of Chicago
- Ken Oliver, The Just Trust
- Awesta Sarkash, Small Business Majority
Discussion Leader: Joeann Walker, ConEd
3:00-4:30 pm
Facilitated, Generative Discussion
- All Attendees
Moderator: Matt Joyce, Envoy
4:30-4:45 pm
Day 1 Wrap-Up
5:30-6:30 pm
Cocktail Reception
- Willette Benford, Office of MK Pritzker
- MK Pritzker, First Lady of Illinois
6:45-8:30 pm
Dinner
- Larry Miller, Jordan Brand at Nike
- Ken Oliver, The Just Trust
Tuesday, October 8
8:00-8:50 am
Breakfast
9:00-9:15 am
Day 1 Recap & Plan for Day 2
Session 3: Public Sector Incentives: What works, why, and what might work better?
MC: John Roman, NORC at the University of Chicago
9:15-9:45 am
Keynote Presentation
- Jennifer Doleac, Arnold Ventures
9:45-10:30 am
Multi-sector Panel
- Reginald Bean, White Label Management Group
- Nan Gibson, JPMorgan Chase
- Evan Rose, University of Chicago
Discussion Leader: Lucretia Murphy, JFF
10:30-12:00 pm
Facilitated, Generative Discussion
- All Attendees
Moderator: Dr. Bria Hoosier, Equal Access Workforce Solutions
12:00-12:30 pm
Reflections
- What worked?
- What didn’t work?
- Next Steps
12:30-1:30 pm
Lunch
Session 4a: Fair Chance Business Education Consortium Meeting
1:30-3:00 pm
Details to be provided by Resilience Education Team
Session 4b: For Students & Alumni: Erasing Criminal Records - What's New in Policy and Practice
1:30-5:00 pm
More information and a link to register can be found here
Participants
Discover the full list of participants to see who will be joining us at this year’s conference.
Fair Chance Business Education Consortium
Join us on Tuesday afternoon, from 1:30 - 3 p.m. for the inaugural convening of the Fair Chance Business Education Consortium.
The Consortium is a group begun by Resilience Education through the generous support of the Ascendium Education Philanthropy to unite colleges and universities dedicated to making a collective impact on justice-impacted individuals through business education and fair chance employment. In this interactive session, the Consortium’s founding institutions will bring together business schools, researchers and the business community to share our mission and strategy as well as our goals for 2025.
The Consortium’s Founding Institutions
- Damon Phillips, Wharton School of Business, Coalition for Equity and Opportunity
- Fareeda Griffith, Wharton School of Business, Coalition for Equity and Opportunity
- Alyssa Lovegrove, Georgetown, PIVOT Program
- Marc Johnson, Darden School of Business
- Sandra Navalli, Columbia Business School, Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change
- Nan Gibson, JP Morgan Chase
- Tierney Fairchild, Resilience Education
- Molly Lasagna, Ascendium Education Philanthropy
Sponsors
The 2024 National Fair Chance Hiring Conference is made possible by its hosts, financial supporters, and organizing committee.
Hosts
Financial Support
Organizing Committee
- Willette Benford, Office of MK Pritzker
- Daniel Dart, Rock Yard Ventures
- Nan Gibson, JPMorgan Chase
- Jeff Korzenik, Author, Untapped Talent
- Lucretia Murphy, JFF
- Ken Oliver, The Just Trust
- John Roman, NORC at the University of Chicago
- Carson Whitelemons, Arnold Ventures
- Jarred Williams, REFORM Alliance
