Project Rebound wins the President’s Award for Distinguished Contributions to Justice from the American Society of Criminology
Project Rebound has won the President’s Award for Distinguished Contributions to Justice from the American Society of Criminology. Jason Bell, who has served as director of Project Rebound at SF State for 10 years and has worked with the program for over 20 years, accepted the award on behalf of Project Rebound and the many people who have, for decades, made Project Rebound a transformative program.
Professor John K. Irwin founded Project Rebound in SF State’s Sociology Department in 1967 to support formerly incarcerated students like himself through the admission process and provide wraparound support during their academic careers. With a dedicated team, Bell has led an expansion effort to bring 18 additional CSU campuses into the Rebound family.
For more than 50 years, Project Rebound has made higher education more accessible to and supportive of formerly incarcerated students. By doing so, Project Rebound has extended the reach and impact of higher education, changed people’s lives and contributed to diverse communities.
The President’s Award for Distinguished Contributions to Justice is given annually to an individual or organization who, through either a single initiative or over a longer period of time, has made significant and distinguished contributions to the cause of justice.
Read more about Project Rebound's impact.
Photo: The ‘Incarceration to Liberation/De la Encarcelación a la Liberación’ mural by Juana Alicia in the Cesar Chavez Student Center. Photo by Garry Belinsky.
For more information about donating to Project Rebound, contact:
Anjali Billa
Associate Vice President of University Development
(415) 405-3625