UofM Will Host Forum on Connecting Businesses with Skilled Employees Who Are Ex-Offenders
May 29, 2019 - ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ will host "A Forum Connecting ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½-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, ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ 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 ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Chamber, University of ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Public Safety Institute and ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Shelby Crime Commission.
What: Forum Connecting ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½-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 ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ campus
Who: Tennessee Governor Bill Lee
ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ 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 ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Shelby Crime Commission