Justice-impacted youth and adults face a complex web of bias, racial discrimination, and structural barriers that prevent them from accessing high quality workforce opportunities. This panel will focus on programs that help justice-impacted youth and adults become economically self-sufficient and increase their chances of success.

More specifically, the panel will focus on at least two intersecting workforce development issues: First, how to effectively prepare justice-impacted youth and adults for jobs and careers in environmental sectors. Second, how to prepare employers who hire justice-impacted individuals for jobs in their firms to create workplaces wherein all employees feel welcomed and respected and have equal opportunities.

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