FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATIONS ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE – Last month we were able to have some really great conversation about the book and film Just Mercy, followed by an excellent presentation by Blake Strode from Arch City Defenders. Many of you were not able to make it for these conversations and have expressed a desire to have some further discussion about the subject. The inward-facing anti-racism core group has heard you and would like to offer two follow-up opportunities on Sunday, November 15 and 22 at 9:15 a.m. These conversations will take place in the context of the Rector's Forum on Zoom.

We look forward to a great discussion with you!

“Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system. One of his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man who was sentenced to die for a notorious murder he insisted he didn’t commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship—and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever.”