The Responsible Business Initiative for Justice (RBIJ) is an international not for profit, working with businesses to champion fairness, equality, and effectiveness across systems of punishment and incarceration.  RBIJ’s work is designed to root out systemic injustices and racism within the justice system, by bringing businesses to the table. RBIJ has successfully drawn around 200 businesses into the criminal justice space and has successfully equipped those companies to create meaningful and measurable impact.

Through UP, RBIJ will work with businesses to create meaningful career opportunities for opportunity youth.

Persevere is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to empower justice-involved men and women and individuals at risk for justice involvement to succeed as productive members of society. They do this by helping them develop the skills they need to be employable within the technology industry, either as employees or entrepreneurs, and helping them find jobs in the field. Their goal is to change lives through education, mentoring, and ongoing support.

Through the National Institute for UP, RBIJ will support opportunity youth with wraparound services and community best practices.

The Funder.

Walmart funds Unlock Potential through the Walmart.org Center for Racial Equity, which was founded through a $100 million commitment over five years to address the drivers of systemic racism in society and accelerate change. The center’s initiatives fund research, advocacy, innovation of practices and tools, stakeholder convening and non-profit capacity building with a focus on four systems: finance, health, education and criminal justice. The mission of the center is to complement and extend the societal impact of Walmart business initiatives to advance racial equity within these four systems, and our work extends the overarching philanthropic work of Walmart.org.