Alex Bender

Alex Bender is an Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Fellow at the East Bay Community Law Center in Berkeley, California.

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Haunted by the Past: A Criminal Record Shouldn't Ruin a Career

Too many applicants, particularly people of color, are being denied jobs based on background checks that are irrelevant or even inaccurate.
- Alex Bender and Sarah Crowley
- March 25, 2015