Bryan Stevenson has won relief for dozens of condemned prisoners, argued five times before the U.S. Supreme Court, is one of “Time” magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” of 2015, and wrote “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” (WSU’s 2015-16 Common Reading book).
The acclaimed social-justice activist and executive director and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative will be in Pullman to deliver:
The Common Reading Invited Lecture
Day/Date: Tues., Dec. 1
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Beasley Coliseum
Plus: Book signing on the Beasley Concourse following the lecture and Q&A
Mr. Stevenson grew up in southern Delaware, graduated from Eastern University, received a full scholarship to Harvard Law School, and attended Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
He has worked at the Southern Center for Human Rights, which represents death-row inmates throughout the South; raised funds to end the practice of incarcerating children in adult jails and prisons; and is a professor of law at New York University Law School.
His awards also include the MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Grant, the Gruber Justice Prize, and the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence in Nonfiction for “Just Mercy.” More information about the popular, national guest speaker is online at bryanstevenson.com.
The WSU Common Reading Program is the center for information and programming around topics contained in a single book used by thousands of students in classrooms and highlighted in extracurricular programming in residence halls, expert lectures, and events. Since the program began nine years ago, more than 30,000 WSU students have benefitted from the academic discourse and resources associated with the selected books. http://CommonReading.wsu.edu
