During the seven years Teresa Hodge spent incarcerated, she witnessed many women returning to prison. She realized that background checks were preventing them from getting a job after release, or even borrowing money to start their own business. As soon as Teresa came out of prison she started Mission Launch with her daughter Laurin Leonard. The organization developed R3 score, an alternative to background checks that increases the opportunities for people with criminal records. 

Today, we’ll learn how Teresa is transforming our financial system, along with our beliefs about who deserves access to opportunity. 

Featuring Teresa Y. Hodge, President & CEO, Mission: Launch and Ebony Thomas, President, Bank of America Foundation.

If you want to learn more about Mission: Launch and R3 Score visit mission-launch.org.

Listen to Forces for Good: https://link.chtbl.com/forces-for-good

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