Leadership

Standing with those who need a second chance

Trustees & Fellows

In addition to a regular class of Trustees on our Board, we have established a “Fellows” class of trustees with the authority to protect the original mission of the organization as a faith-based, grassroots, social justice project. To be eligible to serve as a Fellow, the candidate must either a religious professional with a background in social justice or convicted of a state or federal felony and have made a successful transition to civil society. 

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"The time is always right to do what is right.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Elaine Byers

Secretary

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"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit" – Harry S Truman

Felton Chinn

Vice President, Operations

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Floyd Davis

Trustee & Fellow

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"The end we are created for shows us the way." – Pier Giorgio Frassati

Timothy Dempsey

Founder & Fellow

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"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains. But to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." – Nelson Mandela

Calvin Figgures

Trustee & Fellow

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"I tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me." – Mt 25:45

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Ardena Garth Hicks

President & Fellow

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"Service is God's way of releasing the individual, whereas slavery is man's of destroying him." – Michael Harper

Rev. Willie Paul

Trustee & Fellow

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Larry Sims

Trustee & Fellow