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UofM Will Host Forum on Connecting Businesses with Skilled Employees Who Are Ex-Offenders

May 29, 2019 - ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½ will host "A Forum Connecting ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½-Area Businesses with Sources of Skilled, Qualified Employees Who are Ex-Offenders (An Operation: Safe Community Initiative)" Tuesday, June 11, from 8 a.m.­­–noon in the University Center Ballroom. A continental breakfast will be served from 8–8:30 a.m.

The forum will provide an opportunity for local employers to learn how they can tap into sources of skilled, qualified workers while increasing opportunities for ex-offenders and creating a pathway for their success in the community.

Speakers will include Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½ Mayor Jim Strickland, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Tony Parker.

The forum is free; register at memphis.edu/psi/register. Free parking will be available in the Zach Curlin Garage.

The event is sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Correction, Greater ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½ Chamber, University of ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½ Public Safety Institute and ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½ Shelby Crime Commission.

What: Forum Connecting ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½-Area Businesses with Sources of Skilled, Qualified Employees Who are Ex-Offenders (An Operation: Safe Community Initiative)

When: Tuesday, June 11, 8 a.m.–noon

Where: UC Ballroom on the University of ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½ campus

Who: Tennessee Governor Bill Lee

ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½ Mayor Jim Strickland

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris

Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Tony Parker

Bill Gibbons, director of the UofM Public Safety Institute and president of the ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½ Shelby Crime Commission