When I got a call in the spring of 2024 telling me I’d been accepted into a new workforce training program by Brooklyn Communities Collaborative ’s Advancing Opportunities for Justice-Involved Individuals, little did I know that the acceptance wasn’t just letting me know how I’d be spending the rest of my year. AOJI would become the transformative experience I needed following my release from prison in December 2023, where I’d served 12 years for a wrongful conviction.

BCC’s AOJI program collaborates with local workforce training organizations and employers to train justice-impacted Brooklynites for healthcare roles like environmental services technicians and community health workers, which are in high demand at hospitals and community clinics. The goal is to connect people with experi

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