Lowell Lecture
Bryan Stevenson: Just Mercy
Date & Time
Oct. 9, 2019 at 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Location
Boston College-Conte Forum
Conte Forum
140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Driving Directions
Speaker(s)
Bryan Stevenson
Presenting Organization
Topics
Contact
Chandler Shaw (shawcp@bc.edu, 8066745510)
Bryan Stevenson is the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama. Mr. Stevenson is a widely acclaimed public interest lawyer who has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated and the condemned. Under his leadership, EJI has won major legal challenges eliminating excessive and unfair sentencing, exonerating innocent death row prisoners, confronting abuse of the incarcerated and mentally ill and aiding children prosecuted as adults. His numerous awards and honors include the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Prize and the National Medal of Liberty from the American Civil Liberties Union. He is the author of the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller, Just Mercy, which was named by Time Magazine as one of the 10 Best Books of Nonfiction for 2014 and has been awarded several honors including the Carnegie Medal by the American Library Association for the best nonfiction book of 2014 and a 2015 NAACP Image Award. Mr. Stevenson is also a Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law.
Presented by the Lowell Humanities Series and cosponsored by the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics and Boston College PULSE: Celebrating 50 Years of Service.
Please use the Commonwealth Avenue Garage for parking: https://www.bc.edu/offices/transportation/visitor.html