Business stakeholders stand behind push to extend job training to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated

Business stakeholders stand behind push to extend job training to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated

As a healthcare leader and employer of more than 33,000 employees, many would assume that Henry Ford Health System (HFHS) must actively minimize, if not eliminate, risks whenever possible. Nevertheless, Robert G. Riney, president of healthcare operations and chief operating officer at HFHS, says eliminating the requirement that job applicants state whether they’ve been convicted […]

Investing in Futures

Investing in Futures

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan lauded 41-year-old Brian Jones’ extraordinary record at the ribbon cutting of his east side 102030 clothing store last month. Jones, a paralegal who graduated summa cum laude from Oakland Community College, is well on his way toward achieving a bachelor’s degree at Eastern Michigan University. The typically reserved business owner fought […]

Returning citizens can help rebuild Detroit if we let them

Returning citizens can help rebuild Detroit if we let them

Whether we realize it or not, we’ve all received or benefited from a second chance at some point in our lives. Unfortunately, not everyone is as quick or generous to extend a second chance when it comes to helping convicted felons return to society in a constructive and productive manner. These are the friends, relatives, […]

Recovery Park: Re-growing Detroit’s job market one seedling at a time

Recovery Park: Re-growing Detroit’s job market one seedling at a time

A head of lettuce is a high-cost, low- value commodity. From the moment it’s planted, it requires intensive care, says Gary Wozniak, president and CEO of RecoveryPark. The company grows specialty produce and works to provide sustainable jobs for those facing employment barriers because of addiction or imprisonment. “If there were a plant hospital, it […]