Lessons from the 2025 Clean Slate Initiative Convening

I traveled as a first-time attendee to the Clean Slate Initiative annual convening in Chicago earlier this month. The convening celebrated the 5th year anniversary…

The Cost of Doing Nothing: Why Missouri Needs Automatic Record Sealing

As an organization focused on ending poverty in our state, Empower Missouri is deeply aware of the individual costs of a criminal record. Limited housing,…