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Stevenson (third from left) poses with the Hines family (left to right) David, Mary (Pick), Hugo, Lauren and Oscar.
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Libby Elliott, Freelance Reporter 12:44 am CDT April 15, 2016 Share +
When public interest lawyer and social justice activist Bryan Stevenson addressed an auditorium of students and teachers at North Shore Country Day School on Thursday, April 7, he spoke passionately about his work litigating on behalf of indigent defendants
and prisoners who have been denied fair and just treatment in the U.S. legal system. “Each person in our society is worth more than the worst decision they’ve ever made,” he told an audience of 125 middle and upper school students. Stevenson, who has tried five cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit legal organization that focuses on racial bias, social justice and human rights in the context of criminal justice reform in the United States. Stevenson’s efforts have reversed death penalties for dozens of wrongly condemned prisoners. He recently won an historic ruling that mandatory life-without-parole sentences for all children 17 or younger are unconstitutional. “I represent the broken,” Stevenson said to the crowd, “but I work in a broken system. In 1972, there were 300,000 people incarcerated in the United States. Today that number is 2.3 million.” Stevenson’s presentation was made possible by a fellowship endowed in memory of Harold H. Hines, Jr., a longtime member of the North Shore Country Day School Board of Trustees. Over the past 20 years, the fellowship has brought to the school’s campus distinguished individuals who exemplify the NSCDS motto, “Live and Serve.” English teacher Kathy McHugh, who helps select speakers for the Harold Hines Visiting Fellowship, bought Bryan Stevenson’s book, “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption,” at the Book Stall in Winnetka in 2014. Compelled by his message, McHugh traveled to watch Stevenson lecture at an event in downtown Chicago. “I thought he was one of the most inspiring people I’ve ever heard speak,” she said. “He is someone who truly embodies our school motto.” In addition to delivering a speech at North Shore Country Day School, Stevenson was also scheduled to make a presentation that afternoon at Evanston Township High School, and again in the evening at New Trier. But before he departed, Stevenson joined 15 students from North Shore Country Day School and members of the Hines family for lunch on campus. Claire Gupta, a senior NSCDS, who describes Stevenson as her “idol,” was among those selected to join this small, exclusive gathering. Gupta will attend the University of Washington next year on a merit scholarship, and plans to pursue a course of study
entitled “Law, societies and justice.” She hopes to eventually become a civil rights lawyer. “I’m eager to hear Mr. Stevenson give advice to young people who aspire to follow in his footsteps,” she said. During his hour-long presentation, Stevenson spoke movingly about growing up in segregated schools, studying at Harvard Law School and his 30-year career representing prisoners on death row. He urged the students of NSCDS to “get proximate” to the issues they care about, and be willing to do “uncomfortable” things to make a difference in society. “People are taught to stay far away from poverty and abuse,” he said, “but only when you get close to a problem can you truly learn about it. To change the world you need more than ideas in your mind.”
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Stevenson (third from left) poses with the Hines family (left to right) David, Mary (Pick), Hugo, Lauren and Oscar.
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Libby Elliott, Freelance Reporter 12:44 am CDT April 15, 2016 Share +
When public interest lawyer and social justice activist Bryan Stevenson addressed an auditorium of students and teachers at North Shore Country Day School on Thursday, April 7, he spoke passionately about his work litigating on behalf of indigent defendants
and prisoners who have been denied fair and just treatment in the U.S. legal system. “Each person in our society is worth more than the worst decision they’ve ever made,” he told an audience of 125 middle and upper school students. Stevenson, who has tried five cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit legal organization that focuses on racial bias, social justice and human rights in the context of criminal justice reform in the United States. Stevenson’s efforts have reversed death penalties for dozens of wrongly condemned prisoners. He recently won an historic ruling that mandatory life-without-parole sentences for all children 17 or younger are unconstitutional. “I represent the broken,” Stevenson said to the crowd, “but I work in a broken system. In 1972, there were 300,000 people incarcerated in the United States. Today that number is 2.3 million.” Stevenson’s presentation was made possible by a fellowship endowed in memory of Harold H. Hines, Jr., a longtime member of the North Shore Country Day School Board of Trustees. Over the past 20 years, the fellowship has brought to the school’s campus distinguished individuals who exemplify the NSCDS motto, “Live and Serve.” English teacher Kathy McHugh, who helps select speakers for the Harold Hines Visiting Fellowship, bought Bryan Stevenson’s book, “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption,” at the Book Stall in Winnetka in 2014. Compelled by his message, McHugh traveled to watch Stevenson lecture at an event in downtown Chicago. “I thought he was one of the most inspiring people I’ve ever heard speak,” she said. “He is someone who truly embodies our school motto.” In addition to delivering a speech at North Shore Country Day School, Stevenson was also scheduled to make a presentation that afternoon at Evanston Township High School, and again in the evening at New Trier. But before he departed, Stevenson joined 15 students from North Shore Country Day School and members of the Hines family for lunch on campus. Claire Gupta, a senior NSCDS, who describes Stevenson as her “idol,” was among those selected to join this small, exclusive gathering. Gupta will attend the University of Washington next year on a merit scholarship, and plans to pursue a course of study
entitled “Law, societies and justice.” She hopes to eventually become a civil rights lawyer. “I’m eager to hear Mr. Stevenson give advice to young people who aspire to follow in his footsteps,” she said. During his hour-long presentation, Stevenson spoke movingly about growing up in segregated schools, studying at Harvard Law School and his 30-year career representing prisoners on death row. He urged the students of NSCDS to “get proximate” to the issues they care about, and be willing to do “uncomfortable” things to make a difference in society. “People are taught to stay far away from poverty and abuse,” he said, “but only when you get close to a problem can you truly learn about it. To change the world you need more than ideas in your mind.”
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Publications Chicago Southwest The Frankfort Station The Homer Horizon The Lockport Legend The Mokena Messenger The New Lenox Patriot The Orland Park Prairie The Tinley Junction
Chicago North Shore The Glencoe Anchor The Glenview Lantern The Highland Park Landmark The Lake Forest Leader The Northbrook Tower The Wilmette Beacon The Winnetka Current
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