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FAST COMPANY HONORS OPERATION HOPE’S 1 MILLION BLACK BUSINESSES INITIATIVE WITH ‘WORLD CHANGING IDEAS’ AWARD
P4 WEEK OF MAY 17, 2023
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Starbucks and Brandon Blackwood team up to launch new limited-edition Sip & Sling bottle bag collection P6
Sheena Meade, CEO of the Clean Slate Initiative during a TED Talk. PHOTO PROVIDED BY CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE.
THE CLEAN SLATE Blue Bottle Coffee And The Weeknd Partner To Launch “Samba Origins” P10
INITIATIVE WORKS TO GIVE THOSE WITH CRIMINAL RECORD A CLEAN SLATE
Black people are disproportionately affected by mass incarceration. A national initiative is looking to ensure those who have served their time are able to not have their record be a barrier to gaining housing, employment and education opportunities. The Clean Slate Initiative is a national bipartisan movement that focuses on automatic record clearance, removing the petition-based system that sometimes serves as a barrier for people who are eligible to get their record cleared. P2
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