Clean Slate MA

Yes! A Clean Slate law would help prevent and reduce poverty in MA.

That's why the MA Anti-Poverty Commission recommends automated CORI-sealing.

Thank you State Rep Marjorie Decker and State Senator Sal DiDomenico for including Clean Slate language in S.3095/H.5085, An Act to Significantly Alleviate Poverty.

Several of us testified today at the bill's hearing before the Joint Committee on Children, Families, and People with Disabilities.

You can watch a recording and get information for submitting written testimony here: https://malegislature.gov/Events/Hearings/Detail/5728

Coalition for Social Justice
Greater Boston Legal Services
Public Health Institute of Western MA
The Clean Slate Initiative
CPCS

On June 24, please join the Clean Slate MA Coalition at the MA State House to show your support for automated sealing of criminal records for those who are eligible. Everyone deserves a second chance! Register at the link below, and learn more at https://www.cleanslatema.org.

Sign up now to learn how you can help pass legislation in !
>>> https://tinyurl.com/StateOfTheSlate-June9

An estimated 523,000 (not a typo) people in MA are currently eligible to have their CORIs sealed but a boatload of complex red tape stands in their way, so let's simply automate the system by passing a Clean Slate law THIS SESSION. Sign up now for this zoom meeting: https://tinyurl.com/StateOfTheSlate-June9

Get information & inspiration from:
State Senator Cindy Friedman | Andy X. Vargas | Mary Keefe | Rahsaan Hall Shanique Spalding Rodriguez

Starting now! 5/8. 9:30am https://tinyurl.com/UntappedTalent-CSMA

Come see us today at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield! We’re here until 3p

Come for the poetry, inspiration and/or legal advice about CORI-sealing--it's all free! https://tinyurl.com/PoetryCafe-CORI-Sealing

🎤✨ Second Chance Poetry Café ✨🎤
Join us for an evening of powerful voices, fresh starts, and community care as we celebrate Second Chance Month and Clean Slate MA.
This event is made possible in partnership with Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, Teen Empowerment (The Center for Teen Empowerment, Inc.), Clean Slate MA, Prophetic Resistance Boston, Life after prison, and other community partners committed to justice, healing, and reentry support.
📝 What to expect:
🍽️ Free food
🔓 CORI & criminal record sealing assistance
📚 Learn about legislation to automate record sealing
🎙️ Poetry Café — share your voice!
📅 Thursday, April 30, 2026
🕓 CORI Sealing Clinic: 4–6 PM
🕕 Poetry Café: 6–8 PM
📍 ULEM | 88 Warren St., Roxbury, MA
🎟️ Free entry
📲 Scan the QR code or register: tinyurl.com/PoetryCafe-CORI-Sealing
Community. Creativity. Second chances. 💜

Clean Slate works and the data makes it clear. Automated record sealing expands access to work and opportunity.

In America, 1 in 3 adults has an arrest or conviction record. Old records continue to appear on background checks, blocking access to jobs—even years after someone has completed their sentence and remained crime-free.

Today, 94% of employers use background checks, and having a record can cut the chances of a callback or job offer nearly in half. Meanwhile, businesses across the country are struggling to find workers.

This isn’t a niche issue, it’s a workforce reality.