Store Stories

City Studies

Store Stories

TGNC-NYC

Public Access Design

TGNC-NYC

Your Truth, Your Rights

Public Access Design

Your Truth, Your Rights

What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

Making Policy Public

What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

Rent, Rights, and Repairs

Public Access Design

Rent, Rights, and Repairs

Engage to Change

Technical Assistance

Engage to Change

Print Barriers to Reentry

This issue of Making Policy Public tells the stories of formerly incarcerated people and the difficulties they face when trying to reenter the workforce. With vivid portraits, it puts the faces of real people on the fact that 1 in 5 adults in the United States has a criminal record, and it explains their rights when being considered for a job.

Barriers to Reentry was a critical tool in The Fortune Society’s successful campaign this year for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to release an updated and improved set of guidelines for employers on the use of criminal background checks in hiring!

This pamphlet was produced through a collaboration of CUP, the Fortune Society, and designer Sara McKay. Photographs by Fiona Aboud.

Bodega Down Bronx

Urban Investigations

Bodega Down Bronx

Get Support in Housing Court

Making Policy Public

Get Support in Housing Court

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Education Rights for Families

Technical Assistance

Education Rights for Families

Your School, Your Choice!

Making Policy Public

Your School, Your Choice!

Get It Back!

Public Access Design

Get It Back!

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?