Tschika McBean
Host: Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc.
Sponsor: AmeriCorps, Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc.
Kiara Taite
- Hosted by Mississippi Center for Justice
- Sponsored by AmeriCorps, Mississippi Center for Justice
- Service location Biloxi, Mississippi
- Issue area Employment
- Fellowship class year 2016
- Program AmeriCorps Fellows Program
The Project
Kiara helped remove barriers to employment for people with criminal records and provide expungement outreach and direct legal services to Mississippi residents in all of the state’s 82 counties.
This program uses the state’s expungement statutes to clear reentering individuals’ records to help them to gain employment, obtain promotions, or get into schools that will give them an opportunity to pursue higher wages.
Meet Other Fellows Like Kiara
Tiffney Love
Host: South Carolina Legal Services
Sponsor: AmeriCorps, South Carolina Legal Services
Kathleen Lockwood
Host: Southern Coalition for Social Justice
Sponsor: AmeriCorps, Southern Coalition for Social Justice
Christina Kelly
Host: South Carolina Legal Services
Sponsor: AmeriCorps, South Carolina Legal Services