Community Focus Group: A Reality Check on Background Checks
Wed, Jul 15
|Powderhorn Recreation Center, Room 103
Have personal or professional experience or a loved one dealing with a criminal background, background checks, or expungements? Join and be a part of critical research about the implementation and effectiveness of the Minnesota's new Clean Slate law.
Time & Location
Jul 15, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Powderhorn Recreation Center, Room 103, 3400 15th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407, USA
About the event
Have you been rejected from a job because of your criminal background? Have you ever tried to have your background officially cleared? Have you ever worked with clients to expunge a record? Have you heard about Minnesota’s new Clean Slate law and wondered how and whether it will work? We want to hear from you!
Join us for a listening session and be a part of critical, community-based research about the implementation and effectiveness of Minnesota's new Clean Slate law.
About the project:
The consequences of a criminal record can be devastating. Private sector criminal background checks are widely used to screen applicants for housing, employment, and volunteering opportunities. A law in 2024 sought to address this discrimination: “Clean Slate” was enacted by the Minnesota State legislature to automatically seal many criminal records. But the extent to which these companies comply with the new law is unknown. At the Minnesota…