Know Your Rights Presentation and Job Fair

 
FOREST PARK, Ill. - Oct. 26, 2016 - PRLog -- Living Word Christian Center Prison Ministry (LWCCPM) partners with Cabrini Green Legal Aid (CGLA) to host "Knowing Your Rights Presentation & Job Fair." The event will be held at Living Word Christian Center in Forest Park, Ill on Saturday, October 29 from 11:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.

This event will inform community members with criminal records of their legal rights, and that they have options in dealing with their past record other than sealing or expungement. Attendees will also be informed about the new laws that go into effect on January 1, 2017, affecting those with a criminal background.  Lawyers will be present to answer legal questions from the audience.

Men and women with past criminal records often face tremendous barriers to obtain jobs, decent housing, higher education, and even traveling to other countries. Nationally, more than 1.7 million juvenile cases are processed in juvenile court and the penal system, and almost 2.6 million adults are incarcerated in adult correctional institutions.Saturday's event will help people break through these barriers by educating them of their rights under the law. They will also learn how to get involved to change the laws and policies affecting the criminal justice system.

Also, a job fair will be held to connect attendees with hiring partner companies. The partner companies offering job opportunities include: Men's Warehouse, Jiffy Lube, HH Gregg, Elite Staffing, and Home Depot to name a few. Attendees will be provided with information on 600 job openings available in Burr Ridge, Ill starting November 2016.

The mission of Cabrini Green Legal Aid Leadership Council is "to create a more humane criminal justice system by building a partnership that raises the voices of this directly impacted to collectively inform and develop solutions for broad-based, systemic reform."  The mission of the LWCC Prison Ministry is "to set the captives free with the Word of God, reclaim our youth, adults, and their families for the kingdom of God, and to assist juveniles and adults to become re-acclimated back into society with their families." www.livingwd.org

For more information, please contact Colette Payne, 312-850-3596.

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