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2020: 2021: 2022: 2023: THE WOMEN’S PRISON PROJECT under the auspices of Tulane University in New Orleans THE SENTENCING FAIRNESS PROGRAM of the Arizona Justice Project in Phoenix THE FIRST STEP EXPUNGEMENT PROGRAM of Clean Slate Utah in Salt Lake City THE SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE INITIATIVE of the Innocence Project in New Orleans FOUNDATION UPDATE ONE OF MY FAVORITE ROBERT F. KENNEDY QUOTES FEELS PARTICULARLY APT AS MY TERM AS ACTL FOUNDATION PRESIDENT DRAWS TO A CLOSE: “LET NO ONE BE DISCOURAGED BY THE BELIEF THAT THERE IS NOTHING ONE PERSON CAN DO AGAINST THE ENORMOUS ARRAY OF THE WORLD’S ILLS. . . EACH OF US CAN WORK TO CHANGE A SMALL PORTION OF EVENTS. AND IN THE TOTAL OF ALL THOSE ACTS WILL BE WRITTEN THE HISTORY OF A GENERATION.” The “small portion of events” that the Foundation, in conjunction with the Emil Gumpert Award Committee, has worked to change in the last four years relates to second chances for those who have ended up on the wrong side of the law. Perhaps you remember the Gumpert Award recipients in that period: Each of these programs gives individuals convicted and incarcerated a chance to try again, a do-over as kids sometimes call it or a mulligan in golfer’s terms. But there is no second chance more significant or life-al- tering than a chance for an individual who has paid his or her debt to society to be given a second chance to get life right. You may recall that I have often opened these articles with a quota- tion. I admit that there is one quotation that I find so inspirational that I have used it twice, in November of 2022 when writing about the successful efforts of the 2021 Gumpert Award winner and again this year in writing about the 2023 winner. Okay, third time is the charm. George W. Bush said, “America is the land of the second chance – and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.” That has been a guiding light of the Foundation Trustees and the Emil Gumpert Award Committee for my entire tenure as President. In the four years preceding my term, my in- credible predecessor Chuck Dick presided over a Board whose awards often went to projects that sought to protect immigrant rights at a time when such rights were under serious at- tack. My extraordinary successor David Hens- ler will no doubt guide the Board through the process of assisting projects serving another dire need in our country today that may not yet even have been identified. I am humbled and honored to be bookended by these smart, committed gentlemen. And I am beyond grateful for the opportunity to have served as the Foundation’s President. Because justice can’t wait . . . Joan A. Lukey ACTL Foundation President 91 JOURNAL