Your identities can be an important part of your career, and may influence how you explore your options, prepare your story, decide on opportunities, or approach your career goals. TC NEXT is dedicated to providing information and resources that can support your career development as a justice-impacted student. The below resources can help you answer questions regarding identity disclosure, evaluating potential employers, the job search, understanding your legal rights, and more.
Students who are justice-impacted may identify themselves using a variety of terms. Language is ever-changing, and we have selected justice-impacted for this community page as the one we feel best reflects this community at this time. Here is some information on the different terms people may use:
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The mission of Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network FICGN is to promote the education and empowerment of formerly incarcerated people through a collective community of over 1600 members across the globe.