Deepti Rohatgi
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- Milken Institute48 min
A Conversation with John Legend on the Path to Reentry after Incarceration | Global Conference 2023
John Legend, Conrad Kiechel, Karen Bass, Jonathan Capehart, Sheena Meade, Deepti Rohatgi
At the 26th Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles, speakers including Mayor Karen Bass and documentary filmmaker John Legend addressed the city's upcoming infrastructure projects for global events while highlighting a severe homelessness crisis. A subsequent panel on the *Home Free* documentary examined systemic barriers facing the 114 million Americans with criminal records, featuring success stories from the Clean Slate Initiative and Slack for Good's Next Chapter Program. These initiatives have demonstrated that removing occupational licensing hurdles and implementing "Ban the Box" policies can yield high hiring success rates, prompting calls for business leaders to adopt policies that unlock second chances for employment and housing.